Seriously, if Darko doesn't start showing huge gains by the All-Star break, I'll bury my DHOF badge next to my DHHOF badge (Drew Henson HOF).

I'll believe it when I see it.

With the poor year Darko had last year he has nowhere to go but up. He should improve.

Improve he should, but by how much? There has to be a jump in his output at some point. Otherwise, he may never live up to the original expectations.

Shame about what has happened to Drew Henson. He was invited to the Minnesota Vikings camp last week basically as an extra QB to throw balls during practice. In their first pre-season game, the Vikings played their recent low draft pick from a place called "Costal Carolina". This candidate played his college games in front of 1,700 fans. Drew Henson did not play at all in the preseason game.

I still think Deng has the ability to take it up a notch.

16....zat you? You still sleeping with that badge? So what are you calling "huge gains?" Would averaging 10/5 be considered huge? Or 15/10?

Considering DMC won't be the primary scorer or rebounder, his role should be similar to Sheed's when we won the title, so huge gains would be at a minimum matching Sheed's #'s, 14/7, plus showing some strong Defense, and blocking a lot of shots.

Also, if Stuckey can score, Flip will play him. Don't expect rookie of the year, but he could make some noise.

DMC's, points and rebounds must add up to 23+ per game. Anything less is a disappointment.

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To me Darko would show a huge improvement if a lot of his missed shots (that weren't really passes off the glass) almost went in. That's all I'm looking for.