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It'd not Brown's fault Darko's a bust, but I can understand why it's valuable to a Pistons fan to think so.
Look at that garbage team he has. He has no choice. And still their play has been sporatic. Channing Frye's minutes in particular waver from 15-30 on a game-to-game basis.
It'd not Brown's fault Darko's a bust, but I can understand why it's valuable to a Pistons fan to think so.
I agree that it's more the situation than Brown, but Brown certainly didn't help the situation any.
Darko, Kwame, Kandi, Skita. happens.
I just got back home from Chicago. Long trip knowing the Pistons gave up that game today. Haven't gone through this whole thread, so don't know exactly what was discussed. I just know the Pistons had control of that game today for much of the game and Dwyane Wade just went berzerk at the end to save the Heat. Tough game to lose, and very disappointing. With Dallas and San Antonio playing as well as they have, it really hurts to go through these last few losses. The solace I do take is that all four of these recent losses were close games on the road. Pistons had a chance in each of the losses to win the games, and especially at Atlanta and at Miami, they probably should have won. Great teams find ways to win on the road, and the Pistons haven't been able to do that recently.
San Antonio and Dallas coming on strong. I just hope the Pistons start playing better at the end of these close games on the road. That will help them continue to have true success this season. Only 32 more games in the regular season. Detroit, Dallas, and San Antonio will all be a lot more focused after the all star break to win every game. And, Phoenix will remain a darkhouse contender to make some noise in the second half before the playoffs.
Looks to be a very exciting second half of the season.
1984 NBA Draft:
1: Akeem Olajuwon
2: Sam Bowie
3: Michael Jordan
4: Sam Perkins
5: Charles Barkley
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7: Alvin Robertson
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9: Otis Thorpe
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11: Kevin Willis
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16: John Stockton
So in this draft, you had 4 of the Top 50 Pro players of all time, at least that many Hall-of-Famers, the all-time league leader in assists, one of the three best centers ever, and the greatest player to ever play the game. There's 8 MVP awards in that group, and 52 All-Star games selections. Sam Bowie, the second pick by the Portland Trailblazers, averaged 10.9 ppg and 7.5 rpg over a 10 year career. Now I know that's not exactly comparable to the 1.6 ppg and 1.2 rpg of Darko the Destroyer, but you have to raise the bar a little bit since that was the best draft of all time. Look at it like this; by picking Darko, the Pistons missed out on Melo, Wade, Bosh, Hinrich, Kaman, T.J. Ford, Ridnour, David West, Boris Diaw, etc. Who knows, maybe two or three of those guys will end up being all-stars, maybe you have one guy (ahem, Wade) somewhere along the line win an MVP, but it's not like Detroit missed out on drafting the GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME in order to pick up some foul prone, injury-laden dump of a big man. They just missed out on getting a good/great player by drafting what FreshPrince and darrin want to call "a work in progress," but what I would call a steaming pile of dog .
It's interesting though how people try to justify that pick by saying "we didn't need another shooting guard, we drafted Clyde the year before." Sounds very similar to "We didn't need another swingman, we had Tayshaun" or "We didn't need another guard, we had Chauncey." It should be a lesson for everyone; the conventional logic, a guy with skills who doesn't fit on your team is worth more than a guy with no skills who might someday fit on your team.
The Spurs didn't win fifty games the year before Robinson arrived, they won twenty-one. That's how they secured the #3 pick that turned out to be Elliot.
Who said they won 50 games? I said they were a 50+ loss team at the beginning, and just prior to the Robinson era. Meaning, he was on a bad team.
I do.
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