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quote: Deltona: How's the team feeling coming off the win against the Bucks? Darko Milicic: We feel good, because we just came off a tough stretch and this gets us back into the right frame of mind going into the future. Lisa (Orlando): How does it feel to finally be starting on an NBA team? Darko Milicic: It feels great. Every player in the league, their goal is to start fcr their team. I got a chance to start in Orlando and I'm really happy about it. I really enjoy playing with these players and this team and I'm just working hard now to keep helping us win games. Allyn (Dallas): Mr. Milicic, as a Magic fan it's great seeing you earn more minutes and providing stellar defense for the team. How did last summer's experience (playing for Serbia's National Team) improve your overall game? Darko Milicic: I think it did alot of good for me. When you play in these tournaments against the best players from every country, it can only help. Also I got to play alot and the coach gave me the freedom to do what I can do. The only thing I didn't like, is that we didn't win! We reached the quarterfinals, but it would have been better to get even further, but I think our team did play well considering the competition. Oviedo: Hey Darko, How long did it take you to feel comfortable with living in America and learning the language. Also, was it hard trying to learn new schemes in the NBA. Darko Milicic: It was very difficult for me. I was 13 when I originally left home, so I was used to it a little bit more than most guys, but it was still difficult. I didn't get much chance to play in Detroit and that was a problem. The language wasn't a problem, as English is pretty easy to learn and just by talking to my teammates, which you have to do, I picked up the language pretty well. Santo Domingo: Hey Darko, i was wondering how is your relationship with Coach Hill and how does he treats you guys? Darko Milicic: It's very good. He's the kind of coach who really wants to help guys improve their games. He wants us to do our best for every minute of every game. He's a good coach. I have a good relationship with him and he tells me what he expects from me to help our team win games. He told me not to worry about not scoring so much, he realizes I didn't play for three years so my scoring touch is not what it can be. But he told me to keep working and doing all the things I can do...scoring yes...but many other things...to help us win games. Jason (Orlando): I am a big fan and a fellow lefty. Do you see any sort of advantages in being a lefty out on the floor? Darko Milicic: For me personally, I don't get that so much. But I hear from coaches that sometimes it's harder to guard lefties. If they say so, that's fine with me. I will keep working hard and hopefully it will be difficult for guys to defend. I'm not sure why, but I think it may be because things look different coming from the left side. Deke (Orlando): If you wernt playing basketball what do you think you would be doing? Darko Milicic: I don't really know. I only know what it's like to be a basketball player because that's what I am. Sam (Orlando): Why do you wear the number 31? Darko Milicic: I was 13 back home and Mehmet Okur had 13, so I switched it to 31. Rafael (Orlando): How do you prepare yourself for a game? Darko Milicic: I go to shootaround before the game. Go home and get something to eat and I take a two-hour nap. Then I go back to the arena and get ready for the game. I get there about two hours early, so I can shoot, watch tapes, get my work in. I watch what guys I'm playing did the game before. Things like that. Jon (Orlando): Darko, Were so glad your here in Orlando. What do you do with your free time here in O-Town? Darko Milicic: All I do is sleep and when it's really hot outside, I sit by the pool. I'm in a nice apartment community where everyone hangs by the pool and relaxes. The thing about Orlando, is that the weather is really, really beautiful so you have to take advantage of that and enjoy it. Darko Milicic: Thanks to all the fans for chatting with me today, I really enjoyed answering your questions and I hope I can do it again some time. I appreciate all the support and hope you'll continue to come out and watch the Magic as we do our best to play exciting basketball and make the playoffs. Thanks again. http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatNBA?event_id=14844 I was suprised by the 5th question, the one about his relationship with B. Hill, but then again I wasn't expecting him to bash on Hill.

Why would he risk his career for a commercial? But then again, he did (you know what) to that little girl in Denver...

quote: Originally posted by CRAZY SERB:don't want to open a new thread so i'll post it in this one... great game by darko yesterday against denver - 14pts, 16reb, 5blk in 40mins. but the grizzlies lost again. anyway, i'm so glad we didn't hire iavaroni last summer, memphis is a joke with him. i don't why but i always have to laugh when i see how they defend. they have some pretty good players but come on, you have to play some defense too. darko has to guard his player and gasol's player. he's stats are awful but i think he's one of the best grizzlies this season, at least he defends. i think the grizzlies would be much better if they trade gasol and hire carlisle instead of iavaroni. and what's the deal with this guy jacobsen ? i mean, they released kinsey and bobby jones (who btw would be a great signing for orlando) and jacobsen is still on the roster? ***? Posted on the 31st, Gasol traded on the 1st. Jacobsen is the Grizzlies version of Pat Garrity. He's terrible but the coach likes him. Casey played for the Suns and Coach I. thought that he was great... Darko's confidence has gone up since the Gasol trade. But the team has no defense. Darko is the only one on the team that can play defense. Unfortunately all he has on offense is a hook shot. The Grizz are a joke right now and probably will be for the rest of the season and maybe even next season, but all the players are young (Rudy and Darko both 22) and will have lots of time to develop. They are trying to do what the Blazers did and what the Timberwolves are doing.

quote: Originally posted by the_rocket:one rebound for howard. In 14 minutes of play. Howard's stat line is identical to Darko's. I hope it stays that way.

quote: Originally posted by Big L:They have a very soft lineup with Darko at C and Gay at PF. D12 should have a monster game. Look for Hedo and Shard to school Gay , if they make him work hard on D they might wear him down and take him out of his offensive rhythm. Then what we need to do is limit Miller's open shots and we should have a solid win. Not what I was expecting from Darko. Terrible game for him. Both teams had key players injured so I don't want to hear, "well we didn't have Shard." Darko - 1 Magic - 0

http://www.atdhe.fr/15.html It will say service unavailable, just keep refreshing the browser until it comes back. It takes somewhere around 5 tries. www.atdhe.fr has all the NBA games every day. So if you can't get a link just use the site.

Thats a great trade. I think the Lakers walk out as the bigger winner but it's also a benefits Trevor, Brian Cook and not so much Maurice Evans. But the Magic get a body and the Lakers get a beast.

quote: Originally posted by CRAZY SERB: quote: Originally posted by Magic31:29 Days and 22 Hours left to go That should be enough for the Grizz to find their identity... december 15? what's then? Memphis @ Orlando

29 Days and 22 Hours left to go That should be enough for the Grizz to find their identity...

Let's not foreget signing Rashard for twice his value, not resigning Darko and then using Darko type money on Jameer. Hahaha MagicMatt^^ I remember one of my first threads was complaining how the mascot was so... flakey. But everyone seemed to like him and say how he entertained the children... and think of the children...

Hahahaha... makeup...

quote: Originally posted by mepot:Darko is a head case.He will be out of the league and forgotten before too long.IMHO It's not every day that someone dunks on Duncan... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3vK_NZ6NkA Durning the game the dunk was a lot more thunderous, you can't really hear the rim shake in this vid. If you listen really, really carefully you can hear it slightly. But it was loud and over Tim Duncan. Durning the game the only time Duncan scored was when he wasn't gaurded by Darko, true story.

Diener is with the Pacers, Grant is with the Suns. I haven't watched any Suns game, but the last game Memphis played was against the Pacers. I had to watch the game w/ Pacers commentators, during halftime they talked about Deiner the entire time. They said how he was greatfor the teams chemistry, they interviewed the team and it seems like they all love Diener. They joke around a lot and poke fun at him and Diener seems to enjoy being there as well. The Pacers use him as a Carlos Arroyo type of player. He gets about 10+ min a game, which is a lot better than nothing. Looking at his stats it's nothing impressive. During the Memphis game I saw him bury two nice jumpshots but he was 0-3 from outside the arc. He did nothing impressive, didn't really notice him on defense. I think he'll be better as the season progresses. I'm just happy that he's with a team thats using him and he seems really happy and he helps the team chemistry out a lot. Darko played OK during the Pacers game. Nothing special. He was the only one on the Grizz playing defense. Offensively he had a couple of nice hook shots, but Rudy Gay never passed him the ball. There was a couple of times where Darko could have easily scored and Rudy tried out his best Kobe impersonation on him. There is poor chemistry between the players. The only players that work well together are Pau, Miller, Navarro and Stro. But Stro and NaThey have the potential to be a great team but they lack in the assists catagory.

Did anyone here watch the game? (Probably not but maybe someone did) It was such a disappointment after the first quarter. Darko scored 6 Points and had at least 4 rebounds in <10min of play. He missed his first shot (blocked by Duncan) then his second shot was an amazing hook, then a lay in followed by a beastly left handed hammer over Duncan True Story. Sadly ending his shooting in the first quarter with an airball Then offensively he disappeared. He sank one more bucket and stoped playing offense. Very disappointing. I thought he would break 20 for sure, and add 10 boards... not so much. Defensively he did a great job. To make things worse Memphis lost. But I can't complain too much. Mem did face the spurs and only lost by 3, but a L is a L. And truthfully, I thought Stro would start because of Darko's 30% FG shooting in preseason. Very happy with what I saw, just wish the 2,3 and 4th quarters were more like the first, and a W wouldn't have hurt.

quote: Originally posted by RoBo2002:Garrity must bring Stan his coffee and donuts every morning Brian Hill is green with envy. On the bright side you guys could save up the money that you spend on new clipboards to buy another big man next season. Best of luck. And Garrity getting more PT is ridiculous. I have Ariza in a fantasy league and I really have to consider dropping him.

quote: Originally posted by richnba:People are asses he shoiuld have just sent it o the hall of fame no reason to defrom the ball. Except for the fact that 3/4 of all baseball fans feel that he used steroids. Doesn't matter if he was convicted or not, it's the fact that people viewed him underneath that light.

You guys are no fun. I would love to see someone spend hundreds of thousands of $$$ (maybe even millions) to put that ball into orbit. How much would it cost to put the ball into space (not including the ball itself).

After losing to Gonzaga a couple of months ago, Cro Cop just lost his secon fight against Kongo in UFC 75. I don't know how many of you actualy watch MMA or UFC or even know who cro cop is but he is one of the best European MMA fighters, if not THE BEST. He signed with UFC a short while ago and he's off to a terrible start. People thought that he would be the next champ. Instead he's on a losing streak. Kongo is just a guy that was supposed to boost his spirit and confidence. This was supposed to be one of those first round knockout fights. Instead he lost by a unanimous decision. Now theres all this talk about retirement and I just feel bad for Cro Cop. Two straight loses is a sign that you aren't good enough or you have to retire. If he doesn't retire then he 100% has to beat his next opponent or he will lose all his hype and glory and pride. Your opinions.

After losing to Gonzaga a couple of months ago, Cro Cop just lost his secon fight against Kongo in UFC 75. I don't know how many of you actualy watch MMA or UFC or even know who cro cop is but he is one of the best European MMA fighters, if not THE BEST. He signed with UFC a short while ago and he's off to a terrible start. People thought that he would be the next champ. Instead he's on a losing streak. Kongo is just a guy that was supposed to boost his spirit and confidence. This was supposed to be one of those first round knockout fights. Instead he lost by a unanimous decision. Now theres all this talk about retirement and I just feel bad for Cro Cop. Two straight loses is a sign that you aren't good enough or you have to retire. If he doesn't retire then he 100% has to beat his next opponent or he will lose all his hype and glory and pride. Your opinions.

Has anyone else just realized that they have spent a lot of time watching movies and that the list of movies out there is endless. Is it even possible to watch every single movie ever made? And when it comes to comedies, I think Borat is a top 5.

I hated Arrested Development. I watched like 10 episodes and it was too wierd and just dumb. I haven't seen Superbad though. After The Simpsons movie it doesn't have a lot of competition. Movies really suck now adays. I think War is supposed to be good but I have no intrest in seeing it.

It looks like Darko is doing really great. The first time Serbia played Turkey, Serbia won. I know theres at least a few people on these boards who wish Darko well. So this is an update on Darko for them. This was an interview done after Serbia beat Turkey I found it on the Memphis boards: quote: Originally posted by STB:Here is the part of the interview with Turkish Coach Tanjevic for Serbian press (Kurir) You don

I think that we need a thread of our favorite youtube vids. I'll start it off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPQVew0L0Vg ^^This one is my favorite video ever

quote: Originally posted by RIP CITY:I know this is probably an old topic, and you guys are probably getting sick of talking about the contract and all that, but this is my first chance to say something about it here at this site. Really I just have a question, why, when it seemed that they were bidding for Rashard with no competition to sign him, did they give him that ridiculous contract?? I didn't hear about any teams trying to sign him (A little interest from Houston), and if there were they certainly were not offering anywhere near what he got, so why give him that much?? This move is really going to make it hard for the Magic to add much of anything to this team for a few years. I hope you guys love this team the way it is right now, because there won't be alot of new additions coming in the next five or so years. That's the only question I have as well. Can't get a strait answer out of everyone. quote: While some believe that Magic fans are furious with the contract, we would have been angrier if we didn't acquire him. Management has delt with angrier fans. I'm sure if the Magic didn't acquire Rashard that the Magic would of at least gotten GWall or even better waited for agent 0.

quote: Originally posted by Miller4Prez64: quote: Originally posted by Robert56: quote: Originally posted by JJZ: quote: Originally posted by richnba:What still pisses me off about the Darko situation is we traded a first round pick basically for nothing. That pick could have been Stuckey. We basically traded a pick for Darko to show the league what he is capable of and take a nice payday. For that we should of left his *** in Detroit. This is something I posted about extensively in the "SmackDaddy Confidential" threads of about two weeks ago. It just doesn't reflect well on our front office or their ability to plan for the future. Otis could have made a better deal with Lewis and still have been able to keep Darko. Why did he pay so much for Lewis, no one else was offering him anything close to what the Magic offered him. Otis really didn't plan for the future when he closed the deal with Lewis. You really think Lewis is going to improve over the next six years? You can't be serious? Can you? If Otis could pay Lewis less money he would have...... ARE YOU SERIOUS?? I'm sorry to have to say this but in my 1,000+ posts I have never read anything quite as stupid as this. I seriously want to know where you get the idea that Lewish is worth 112 MILLION? Do you know how Lebron James gets paid? ...5 Year $80 Mill. Do you know how much DWade gets paid? ... as much as Lebron. Do you know how much Kobe gets paid? Just about as much as Rashard. Rashard is NOWHERE near their playing level. He can not take over games. I have never heard anyone say, "So what kind of play will they draw up for Rashard to win this game?" No team in the NBA was going to pay him 2/3 of that money. If Otis was going to spend that kind of money on a player then he should of waited for Arenas. That guy can take over a game and hit the game winning three. I Seriously hope for the both of us that you were being sarcastic.