It is an interesting number. Only four NBA players were above 1 all of last season (regular season) -

Kirilenko - 1.36
Griffin (Eddie) - 1.18
Camby - 1.16
Wallace (Ben) - 1.10

Then Mourning at 0.98, Brand at 0.89, etc. Gasol was 0.83 in the NBA.

Could be a good number to consider when evaluating defense via stats.

darko put up 16 against the hawks once upon a time in a piston jersey. when bosh was given the minutes and shots he produced and showed what he was capable of.

darko hardly touched the court with all the talented players on the pistons. let's just say the talent pool on the pistons goes much deeper than the raptors. bosh i'm sure has probably tripled darko's minutes in nba game time.

the raptors are using bosh as the primary option.

my post wasn't to really bash bosh it was just to point out how similar they look when given similar playing time. even though bosh is playing a little more than darko was playing on the pistons. just think if roles were reversed in the nba some of you would be calling bosh a bust right about now instead of darko.

maybe i'm watching a different world championships. ok maybe he doesn't suck but he sure isn't playing like the guy that had some people wishing we drafted him instead of darko.

This may be why...

http://tinyurl.com/hpb5h

And before you cry, it's per 48 with Bosh playing with Larry, Curly and Arajuo in Toronto.

For $700k less per year (average) Bosh buys you a lot more draft pick.

Getting back to the tourney...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/sp...ts&oref=slogin

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/9619524

Btw, Tony Meija is a big hater. Check out his Greece vs. China drivel.

yup. good link it proves my point. do a per 40 minute stat line using the fiba games and the results will be the total opposite. darko would look like the definite better player which in reality isn't true. they are both good players.

yeah and the money thing only applies if you think of bosh being drafted later. i was pointing out how people say we should have maybe drafted bosh instead of darko. which means he would have been a # 2 pick and making the same as darko.

Ok, I'm really not into following Darko, but here are the 40 minute stats. Bosh has not been stinking it up on a per minute basis as bad as some would believe. Like I wrote, "it's you".

yes. he has been stinking it up. bosh had one good game. just like in the 2004 season darko had one good game. that game saved bosh on a per minute basis. just from watching though he's looked bad and darko has looked good. he looked like he couldn't get a rythm in limited minutes. statistically they are similar but in reality darko has had a much better world championships by a very big margin. even though we know if bosh were put into darko's position he would have a very good worlds too. it's just difficult for bosh to do it in limited minutes. maybe he has blood flow problems.

Thanks for the laugh. I needed that today.

A guy stuck to the bench, traded for zip for being crap, is now leading his country, and crushing Bosh in the 40 minute stat (Beats him in almost every category, except percentage, but Darko takes deeper shots). If Detroit drafted Bosh, he'd be an even bigger bust than Darko was portrayed to be.

Question, last time a team let a hyped player go (saying he was a bust) and that player proved them wrong? And who's fault would it be? The former team? Or the former player?