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Thursday, February 16, 2006The Darko Ages are over. It saddens me, as I think he and Arroyo could be great players. I hate how the modern NBA is about salary cap flexibilty and doesn't value developing young guys, or team depth and cohesiveness like we had when I was growing up, e.g. the Bird-Parrish-McHale Celtics or the Magic-Kareem-Worthy Lakers. Basketball is awesomely exciting because there are only a dozen or so people who can consistenly play it at a high level. At the same time it is boring because it is often a one-on-one matchup game where mediocre guys offset each other. Without teamwork or coaching it isn't especially entertaining for me, unless you are some spectacular player such as Michael Jordan. (Whom I despised while he was playing, since I am a Pistons fan and all.) Really, Darko's draft year was interesting because the fourth and fifth pick (Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade) are becoming stars. This is an anomaly in a league where there are are usually one or two can't miss guys in the draft and a bunch of career backups. The lesson, as known but not followed, is to not draft a big man under 21 (Jermaine O'Neal?). By the time he physically matures he will be at the end of his contract and will sign somewhere else anyway for insane money. Since the max rookie contract is five years, you should avoid drafting these guys and sign them when they are 24 year old free agents and ready to crack your starting lineup. Hopefully Four-Years-From Now Darko will return to Detroit and lead them to a half dozen titles. Then again, I hoped Brad and Jennifer would invite me to their fiftieth wedding anniverary, so my credibility is tainted. If only Jon Voight had pulled out. posted by Nate on 10:59 PM link Monday, February 13, 2006Firpo Marberry posted by Nate on 11:44 PM link Sunday, February 12, 2006What happened? I leave the blog for a few weeks to concentrate on Real Life (tm), and things get proverbially shot to the proverbial Hell. My idol, The Great One, gets thrown into a sports gambling scandal, and "Night of Sodomizing Cougar Man" Dick Cheney goes all Tupac and busts caps in somebody's ass. Hunting accident, my balls! What do you call a lawyer getting shot by Dick Cheney? A good start. posted by Nate on 10:42 PM link
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