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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

Darko was given a total of 30 minutes in our rotation this year. Six five minute stints scattered over the first 14 games of the season. That is no chance to speak of.

Don't let the doorknob hit you.

Orlando just became my 2nd favorite team

But Lee, what do you make of Darko's explanation of his bad performance in a game (quoted in your post)? That was indeed a very stupid statement, if he actually made it. I hope you are right about Darko's future. But the rather low value we are getting for Darko in this trade makes it clear to me that Flip and Joe have given up on him, and that they are just cutting their losses with this deal (perhaps thinking that his trade value may fall even more over time). And to my mind Joe and Flip telegraphed this a few months ago when they made their negative public comments about Darko's lackadaisical attitude and continuing "mistakes." You don't come down on a player publicly like that unless you are very disappointed in him.

I dont like Darko but John Saunders' dumb @$$ just called Darko one of the biggest draft busts of all time. The kids 20! Kandi man Sam Bowie Kwame Brown Dajuan Wagner Jonathan Bender Tractor Traylor Ron Mercer Tony Battie Antonio Daniels Ed OBannon Eric Montross - All lottery picks all garbage. With the exception of Kwame Brown none of those players has a chance to do anything with their careers and Darko still has at least another 10 years to prove himself. Again I dont like Darko but calling him one of the biggest busts ever is ludicrous. Good luck proving yourself not to be the worst ever darko

I think the kid can make an All Star team or two in his career, and I wish him well. It would be nice to see him enjoy playing basketball.

i started a thread (which later got merged) on Jan. 11th about Arroyo and trades, and possibly the media buttering up his skills (even though he had a bad game)

http://www.pistonsforum.com/detroit-...royo#post15682

heh looks like there *was* more to it!

....where the Good Lord split ya.

Wow, Lee! Was that your first response to the news? I would have expected you to be more vocal. I'm not mocking you or anything, I'm just surprised that you haven't posted more about the trade.