not far but i won't hesitate to draft him again next year. he provides more than ben wallace though. darko wasn't my downfall in fantasy leagues anyway. this was my first year and i was much too balanced instead of focusing on winning certain categories. this was darko's first real year playing and it was my first real year playing fantasy basketball. me and darko's career will grow together.

Did you bleach your hair and go with the earring?

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Nov 13 LW Milan Lucic had an active night. He scored his first goal in eight games since his Oct. 25 hat trick and also pounded Michael Komisarek in a third-period fight. Lucic cut his hand in a fight with Michael Komisarek. "I'll be fine," he said. "(X-rays are) negative, but there's so many broken bones in there from before you can't really tell."

Jay.

I'm not trying to be mean or critical. I'm trying to help you here.

Your team was 63-123-3.

You ended up 57.5 games out of first place and were in dead last. The next closest person to you was 13 games ahead of you.

Your problem was not balance. Your problem was having a bunch of guys who had "potential" but very few proven players. The only balance you had was that you were weak in every single category.

Go ahead and draft Darko next year but do NOT waste your first round (second overall) pick on him like you did this year. Draft him a few rounds later if you really want him. He should still be there for you.

I'm glad you had fun in the league, but it's a lot more fun when you field a competitive team.

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"Quite simply captain, I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only logical action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at." -- Spock

Drafting him first buried you, Ben was a better fantasy basketball player this year, and I have no doubt that you will get better. To be a good fantasy bball GM requires alot of attention to detail. You excel in that area. Good luck next year. Just don't let your love for your fav get in the way of your drafting. Had I done that, my squad would have been Pistons only and I would have surely been creamed by the competiton.

I know this was meant to be supportive, but you have the subtlty of a train ramming into a house of cards and the sarcasm of a hundred starving comics.

I'm working on it Mo. These things take time.

Anyone care to throw a score out there?

I'll go with 100-88 Pistons.

Darko - 8 pts 5 rebs 1 stl 1 block 2 assists

Orlando wins 105-99.......Darko has 17 points, 11 rebounds............and I don't like him..............

fantasy basketball represents something else to me. it's not fantasy basketball if i don't have darko on my team. i drafted him second because i would have had to pay high prices in trades to get him because everyone in my league knew he was my guy.

win or lose darko's my boy. i disagree about my picks though. i drafted great picks but i didn't trade and pick up free agents well. i'll do better next year.

102 - 99 pistons.

darko 15 pts, 11 rebs, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks. 2008 fantasy stud.