Darko Miličić Puns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaDhn-ZqTs

Some talking points by: u/Abelardo_Fernandez

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1819393

-Host is pretty racist, talks about "black people being dangerous", Albanian mafia ruling America (yes, he is serious about this), Serbs being satanized, and many other stupid unnecessary things. Darko is also declared as "Chetnik".

-Darko wanted to buy "Golf 4", when he told his teammates, they made fun of him, so he went out and spent 500.000 on four cars. At times, he had 10 cars in a garage.

-Darko says he had the best parties in Detroit.

-Says he wanted to fight Dwight Howard in training once, but with time he realized that Dwight is actually an amazing dude and never fights or even swears.

-He spent all of his monthly paycheck on a boat which he drove 5 times and destroyed after hitting the shore. He bought the boat the same day he saw his friend having it, so he thought it'd be cool to own one.

-Can't understand American mentality and his players, who were focused on basketball 24/7. Says it was the only talking point for them.

-Was shocked when he paid the bill for him and Marc Gasol. The bill was $15.000 and Marc spent 7.500 on Don Perignon

-Host is sure of the fact that Darko could've been as good as LeBron if he was given the chance. Darko is pretty realistic about the whole thing, admits to many of his mistakes (this repeats on multiple occasions)

-Interview goes to shit as he showers praises at Chetnik leader that most Serbs approve, Momcilo Djujic, so I'll stop listening here (up until this point, only the host was being political)

Biggest carryjob by any rookie in history since Magic Johnson in 1980. On a serious note, that '04 Pistons team is seriously underrated. Like the 2011 Mavs and 2016 Cavs, they beat a fully-powered superteam by themselves in the Finals.

Peak 1 (2003): Pre-Draft hype. Was widely considered the best euro-prospect of all time. He was a European playboy with boyband bleach hair slamming Croatian models.

Fall 1 (2003-2004): Everyone realizing he’s bad at basketball.

Peak 2 (2004): Winning an NBA championship.

Fall 2 (2004-present): Still being bad at basketball.

Peak 3 (2012): Kobe-esque farewell tour. -30.2 PER in 4 minutes of action for the Celtics.

Fall 3 (2014): Lost his first and only professional kickboxing match by second round TKO. Retired.

Final Peak (current): Runs a thriving 125 acre apple farm, with plans of expanding to cherries. Potential to become the greatest ex-NBA apple farmer.

This was a pretty big interview in which Darko opened up on a lot of things (full article from February 27 in Serbian here) so I (freely) translated and summarized some of the more interesting stuff relevant to the NBA.

On being drafted and playing for the Detroit Pistons

I'd do a lot of things differently now. It's true that I ended up on a team that was trying to win a ring, which rarely happens to a #2 pick, but in the end, we're all looking for alibis. I could say i didn't get a proper chance. However, that's simply an alibi; it's up to a young player to prove himself, work hard and wait for his chance. My approach was completely different, as a #2 pick coming from Europe I thought I was sent by God. So I got into fights, got drunk before practices, spiting everyone, while in the end, I was spiting myself.

I had issues with everyone, and that was caused by me playing just for myself. My goal wasn't to silence the critics, it was to silence my ego. Tonight I want to feed my ego, so I'll play a great game against Duncan or Gasol. Tomorrow, we have a totally irrelevant game against a center that's 10 times weaker so I'll put up another great game and become a consistent player because that's what they want from me. But I simply couldn't, I wasn't ready or willing to put in the work...

So yeah, I was the problem. That initial dissatisfaction probably led to me starting to hate and not enjoy playing. There were some situations where I've already scored 20 points, but in my head I'm thinking: "When will this game finally end, come on, let's pack it up and go home." I just had to feed my ego, I couldn't care less what's going to happen the following week. My whole approach since coming to the US was just wrong. I could say I was too young back then, but I chose to go there myself and I obviously wasn't prepared for what the league would require from me.

On trades to Orlando and Memphis

*I really enjoyed it there since Day 1. Physically I was fresh since I haven't really played for 3 years. Unfortunately, the coach just didn't see me and Dwight playing together although I thought it could easily work out. He'd stuff the paint, I'd be a threat from outside, it would've been great. I had some nice games in a year and a half there, so I was expecting some nice offers. No offers came though, since everyone was thinking I had menta

Serbian Darko Miličić was the youngest player ever to play in an NBA Final game. He played for the Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of the 2004 Finals at the age of 18 years and 356 days old. The Pistons won the 2004 Finals and Miličić became the youngest player ever to win the NBA championship.

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Darko Miličić was chosen before Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade. Ouch Detroit!

Link to the previous thread found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/15hpz7/in_your_opinion_who_was_the_greatest_draft_steal/

https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1387614872741969923?s=19

Jokić was born in Sombor, Serbia.[3] He grew up in a cramped two-bedroom apartment that housed him and his two brothers, both parents and grandmother.[4] His father is a retired agricultural engineer.[5] Jokić developed a love of basketball early in his life playing with his two older brothers who he was a decade younger than. Strahinja, the oldest brother, played basketball in Europe and Nemanja, the second oldest, played college basketball at the University of Detroit Mercy.[4][6] The brothers are friends with former NBA player Darko Miličić.[7] Jokić also loved horse racing as a child and competed as an amateur, a passion he still holds today.

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Melo was third behind LeBron and Darko Miličić. Sorry I don't have the actual video/audio of him saying it, maybe someone else does, but there's like a hundred witnesses on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TripleRussell0/status/1295912391289569287

https://twitter.com/free8eye/status/1295912465235148800

https://twitter.com/Coach_WAC_IV/status/1295912416103075841

https://twitter.com/SulloReport/status/1295912040255459329

This is a real Marv Albert moment! I like Webber but he's gotta get his fucking facts right

Notes:

• I only considered the team that ultimately ended up with the rookie player

• Example: CHA technically drafted Kobe Bryant but in reality it was Los Angeles' pick so he's attributed with their picks.

• This considers total talent, beyond what they provided for their rookie team

• Example: ORL gets credit for what Oladipo has become, regardless of the fact they traded him before he reached his peak.

• Some players were drafted and then traded after draft night, but before the regular season, as a general rule of thumb, I attributed players in these situations to the team where they played their first regular season game

• Example: Andrew Wiggins goes to MIN, not CLE.

• For value picks, I tried to make an emphasis to consider picks in the lower half of the lottery when possible (but I had a hard rule of none in the top-3).

• The same is true for the worst value picks, a number one overall draft pick disappointing relative to expectations is worse than a 14th pick disappointing to relative expectations, even if it means the 1st overall picks only becomes a rotational player and the 14th overall picks is out of the league after a year or two

• Example: Even though 2017 #1 pick Markelle Fultz is far superior to 2016 #13 pick Georgios Papagiannis, Fultz unfortunately is still a worse value because of his draft spot

• Some context was taken into account of who was drafted after certain players

• Example: Sam Bowie at pick #2 before MJ is worse than Michael Kidd-Gilrchrist at #2 before Bradley Beal

• Injuries were given some consideration, in the idea that taking a player who's career was derailed by injury was better than taking a player who just sucked even without injury.

• Lastly, keep in mind the lottery isn't always 14 teams, (eg. In 1984, there were 24 teams, and 16 made the playoffs, leaving only 8 lottery teams)

#Lottery Team Background Info

#Best Overall Picks

|Team|Best Overall|Year|Pick|Notes| :--

Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.

If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.

Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???

Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.

Thank you,

A Dad.

Since 1x Larry O’B winner and Serbian Fourth Tier stalwart for ‘KK I Came To Play’ Darko Miličić was lovingly coined the ‘human victory cigar’ by the adoring Palace faithful I’m keen to hear everyone’s thoughts on the all time top victory cigars to set foot on an NBA court.

My goat: Brian Scalabrine during his Chicago stint.

Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.

They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.

I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.

'Eye-do'

This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.

The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!

Cred once again my sis wants credit lol

I heard parents named their children lance a lot.

First post please don't kill me

Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!

second hand stores!

it's Hans free now..

A buck-an-ear!

I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!

Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasn’t expecting this!

He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.

Old Neeeeiiiiighvy

Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:

Riceless

Well I'm glad to see that I didn't get downvoted to oblivion, and I'm thankful for all of the comments on the first review. Let's take a look at the "official" first episode of It's Just Banter. Also, I appreciate any formatting feedback you guys may have; I'm trying to figure out their music bed so that I can document changes, but that may be a bit too much minutiae.

Episode 1

Date: 4/5/2010

Runtime: 1:03:08 (cuts off early)

Intro: David Stein's "A Celebration of Life Through Sports" Humble Wednesday Intro (with explosions and a rap horn)

Opening Banter: Jake's Drunken Mishap

Highlights: Jake got hammered at Capital Pub and the Dubliner the previous Friday and, as he discovered the next morning, urinated in his clean laundry basket during the night; TC compares this to a story concerning his dad's college roommate - the roommate went into his dad's room in the middle of the night and peed in a dresser drawer - the significant element of this to TC is that his mom tells the story from a 1st person perspective, indicating that his parents engaged in premarital shenanigans in college.

1st Segment: Eagles trade Donovan McNabb to the Redskins

Highlights: (Note: I had completely forgotten about this) Jake loves McNabb and feels he was surrounded by spares his whole career in Philly (other than TO and Westbrook) and the Redskins' receivers are an instant upgrade; they talk about the great core of young players in PHI (Maclin, McCoy, and Jackson); with McNabb in WAS and the unknown Kevin Kolb taking over in PHI, they figure the Cowboys picked up four extra wins over the next few years (the forgot about Kolb's backup in Philly...); TC is more concerned with the impact on Jimmy Clausen's draft stock; Jake hates Jimmy Clausen as a person and declares "he is clinically diagnosed as a chronic bitchassness sufferer"; they're pretty sure STL will take Sam Bradford #1 overall, but they might take Clausen...(spoiler: they don't); TC claims that McNabb and Jason Campbell are very similar players, but McNabb is an A+ and Campbell is a C on the same assignment; "Did you kill Bill Walsh?" reference from Jake (which he does whenever he asks a question, like a verbal tic).

Second Segment: Mavs Potential Playoff Matchups

Highlights: Jake would rather play POR and avoid elite players in Kobe and Durant, while TC wants to avoid POR because the Mavs don't match up well against them, and Durant doesn't play well against the Mavs;

Without missing a beat he asks "Daddy, do you know how much room you need to grow Fungi like that?"

I did not know.

So he tells me "as Mushroom as possible!"

So proud.

Feyonce

He was so brave and even tried to encourage us, the family around him, with his last breaths. He kept whispering to us to Be Positive.

He said, “Change the batteries in your hearing aid”.

She was pretty mad when I only picked seven up

10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too