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buddahfan · #71 (**permalink**) 09-03-2007, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by basketbills

I'll take it that all of your post's supporting Darko are in jest then. Wouldn't you really rather have Otis Thorpe on your team than Darko?

This is not like the Ty Cobb question is it?

When a reporter asked Cobb a few years before he died how much he thought he would hit if he played then rather then when he did and Cobb's answer was. "Only about .300" and then he said with a straight face. "But you have to realize that I am now over 60 years old."

At this point I would rather have Darko.

On the other hand if Thorpe were Darko's age I would rather have Thorpe.

Buckeyes#1 · #72 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 12:29 AM

Darko's value just went to 0 in my opinion. Threatening to rape the wife and daughters of refs. Unbelievable. I say ban him from the NBA. That's much worse than killing a canine.

ggazoo69 · #73 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Buckeyes#1

Darko's value just went to 0 in my opinion. Threatening to rape the wife and daughters of refs. Unbelievable. I say ban him from the NBA. That's much worse than killing a canine.

Does anyone have a link to these comments? I hadn't heard this story.

buddahfan · #74 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Buckeyes#1

Darko's value just went to 0 in my opinion. Threatening to rape the wife and daughters of refs. Unbelievable. I say ban him from the NBA. That's much worse than killing a canine.

I certainly would not want him dating any female relatives or friends of mine that is for sure.

buddahfan · #75 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 12:44 PM

There are currently rumors swirling in the international press that Darko will be heavily fined by FIBA and possibly banned for a year. This has nothing to do with the NBA, obviously, but this whole episode builds on the myth of the Serbian Gangster.

Darko is a Serbian gangster! | Detroit Bad Boys

basketbills · #76 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 12:54 PM

I hear Stephon Marbury was supportive of Darko:

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I don't like it at all," Marbury told The Post. "I don't think he's right. He's 100 percent wrong. But this dude is trying to ask for forgiveness and everyone's turning their heads on a man trying to ask for forgiveness. The way it's going about in the newspapers and TV, it's ridiculous."
Marbury said during his sneaker tour, "from what i hear, it is a sport," and defended Darko.

roscoe36 · #77 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ggazoo69

Does anyone have a link to these comments? I hadn't heard this story.

There is a link on Free Darko in the comments, under the Free Amir post.

There was a good translation (readable) on the Grizzlies website, but the moderators kept removing it, and then they closed the thread.

Slippy · #78 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 01:06 PM

YouTube - Darko Milicic izjava

the comments have translations from multiple peopleses. DArko doesn't deserve forgiveness. He deserves punishment. mete it out and we can all move on.

mikhail1973 · #79 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 01:33 PM

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Being swept in their group has left Serbia out of the competition and out of the top-12, an almost unthinkable circumstance only a few years back. Never since 1951 had Serbia, or its predecessor Yugoslavia, failed to make the top-12 in the Eurobasket (of course, we're not counting the 1992-94 period when they were banned due the Balkan war). Even if we consider young squads, only twice did they fail to make the top-12, in 1998 and 2002 at the U-18 stage. Actually it's an interesting fact, since the generations that played those years (including names such as Milos Vujanic, Vladimir Radmanovic, Kosta Perovic and Darko Milicic) should be among the ones carrying the load at this moment.

The Serbian Federation and coach Slavnic knew the risks of calling a very young squad, with seven guys born in 1985 or later. Despite their dominance this summer in youth competitions, they are not the next coming of the unbelievable generation featuring Divac, Djordjevic, Kukoc or Radja that led Yugoslavia to the 1989 European title while being around 20 years old. Mix it with such inconsistent and not very smart players leading this team such as Marko Jaric, Darko Milicic and Milan Gurovic, while also facing a very tough group that included Greece and Russia, and it was the perfect recipe for disaster.

DraftExpress: EuroBasket 2007 Notebook: Preliminary Round

lazyberbs · #80 (**permalink**) 09-06-2007, 02:28 PM

There is no excuse for the tirade he spewed out. I liked him a lot better when he knew how to keep his mouth shut. He has done major harm to his career.

He should apologize, naturally, but this should not be enough for us to all just move on. He has taken a giant step back and should be punished by the Euro league for this misadventure.

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