Found June 16, 2009 on NFL Football Online: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Why did Darko fail? I blame Larry Brown. For 2 and a half season with the Pistons, Larry Brown never played Darko meaningful minutes. Darko got about 5 minutes of burn per game, all coming in garbage time. Someone in the media even nicknamed him "The human victory cigar", because he only got on the court after the game was decided, a Pistons win or loss. How the hell can you expect a young talent to improve if he's playing once or twice a week for 5 minutes? You have to throw rookies and young guys into the mix and let them make mistakes and learn. Darko never got that chance, and was completely mentally destroyed from the hellish years in Detroit. Now, some say with Rasheed and Ben Wallace on the team, there was no room for Darko in the rotation. Mehmet Okur was getting some of the backup time, but really? Darko couldn't sniff the court, at all? He couldn't have gotten in at the end of a quarter or two and worked up a sweat? Learned a few things? ...
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