Micro, from that article, I get that Darko will not be playing for another four years and he will have to be good enough to start out playing 15-20 minutes a game in order to get in at all. He will not be allowed to play through his mistake as just about everyone on the Pistons has done.

He apparently cannot see DMC starting out at 10 minutes, regularly, and improving and earning his extra minutes.

When you do not play a player, how do you know that he will make these mistakes that his teammates will not be able to forgive? I admit Darko is not good enough to earn minutes from the end of the bench, and that is what he is limited to doing. I remember a lot of forum members saying many bad things about Delfino last year, but he has managed to carve out a niche for himself, because he was ALLOWED to have his chance.

I don't know how any player is expected to show his wares if he does not get into the games. But that is what I have been saying forever, and not just about DMC.

And how could Joe even imagine that he will still be here once he is allowed to make a decision for himself on whether to collect rings from the end of the bench or actually play in the NBA? They must REALLY think DMC is stupid.