Accepting new members to DHOF

Iaccept the nomination

And I will be proud to serve.

Thank you!!!

Does it really take a genious to say that a #2 pick will be a very good player?

Excellent post MotownPride.

Hey Lee - while you may be the founder, Massimo surely must be the President Emeritus as he knew about Darko before Fad Chord. Even though he was the only one at the detnews forum with any significant Darko exposure and spoke very highly of him, he was doubted by many but held strong.

Mercury, "Does it really take a genious to say that a #2 pick will be a very good player?" - maybe not, but it helps to be able to spell your intelligence. Kind of like being able to count up to your IQ.

As for me, I still remember reclining on the plush carpet on the 15th floor of a 5-star hotel overlooking the Sea of Oman while watching SportsCenter when, wonders to behold, it was announced the Pistons had won the 2nd pick. I jumped up and shouted to my utterly oblivious friends "It's Darko time!" and have been a (mostly silent:() part of the club since then. Maybe that earns me a member-at-large privilege? I'll be happy to hold out the chairs for the genius members.

Sounds good to me. You are in at genius level seating.

Like I said, when I said I closed genius level seating, I meant it was too late to change your mind now to get genius level seating. And obviously you have been a Darko supporter for a long time.

Welcome to the club.

There seems to be no middle ground

From reading posts in either this forum or the DetNws one, if you believe that Darko is not a bust, you have to believe that he has already attained HOF status and adore him like an idol.

Or you have to put him down as not having shown anything good to base a belief on that he will be a good player in the NBA.

I for one believe that he has already shown quickness, agility, speed, heart, basketball sense and basketball talent. I saw enough of those things early on to be able to tell that with the proper training, support from coaches and teammates that he would succeed and become a competent player.

Of course, I have not seen him do all these things all the time. He has not had the opportunity to show steadiness, reliability, or continuity from game to game yet. But that comes with time and game exposure.

Have we seen enough of him to say he will be in the hall of fame or be a superstar in the NBA. Of course not, but we have seen enough to know that he possesses the assets to become a contributor. That is all that I expect, at this point.

I have mentioned before, all players go through peaks and valleys in their pro careers. I believe that Darko's peaks will get higher and more frequent and valleys will get further apart and not so deep.

That's the gist of it.

I have only ONE question and one question only for SOME of the "genius club" members.

Are you also distinguished members of an IDIOT club for all of your past missed prognostications?????

Nice post Motown!! I'm with you & Merc on this one. I will root for whom I please in the way I choose, with or without the permission of a fool.

hi

Motown Pride, membership requires that you state that Dumars did not make a mistake in drafting Darko. Nothing more.

The DHOF club wasnt started because we thought he was a future hall of famer, it was started by LB sycophants (The win now club) who thought anyone who believed in Darko was anti Detroit.

Most of the DHOF club believed in the hype, and thought all Darko needed was some PT to develop and prove himself, and couldnt understand why LB refused to play the kid, even when he did well. (My guess is Darko didnt kiss LB's butt enough).

Is Darko Hall of fame now? No, will he be? Maybe, I dont know. But he does have talent, and with a coach that wants him to succeed, he just might.

thank you for that explanation. some of the posters may have misunderstood because they are coming in the middle of a ongoing kinda inside joke.

i think joe d is in the dhof. are all of us in the dhof that bad if we think darko was worth it just like joe d and mr. d.

I have to say this out loud, Mercury

There are still a lot of people out there who are saying that he won't.

Lee

1) Lee, is there any way I can get in without wearing the sticker? I sent in my application a long time ago and it got lost in the mail.

2) If not how do I get one of the stickers and how much do they cost?

3) What is the refund policy? If Darko doesn't live up to his preseason promise

4) Also I want to make sure that the Darko genius club is not related in any way, shape or form to the various other genius clubs you have been involved in...the Rodney White Genius Club, Pepe Sanchez Genius Club etc. etc etc

schwag

What is a "schwag"? And, whatever it is, how do I get one? Do I have to be a genius?

Nope. But you need to belong to the club and call Lee "Mr. President." The initiation ceremony isn't bad. You are merely required to pick your 100 all time favorite Lee lineups and explain why Rodney and Pepe would lead them to a championship. Oh...one other minor detail. Membership requires a full frontal lobotomy.

lineups

Sounds easy to you. How do you narrow it down to just 100 lineups? That's just an hour's work for lee356.5.

I'm guessing schwag is the same as chotskies. Crap you hand out to clients with the company logo on it. Actually, I wouldn't mind having a DHOF Genius Club paperweight for my desk.

I have a feeling the any schwag relating to the Darko Genius club is going to be mostly pocket protectors with Darko's picture on them.