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I think Darko will be world's better than all those guys- and what will really seperate him is his defense.
I was watching the tape of a game he had against the Rockets last season. There was a play where he switched onto Mike Wilks off a pick. Being a point guard, Wilk's eyes obviously light up at having a center trying to guard him on the perimiter. He spends about 10 seconds using every move he has trying to beat Darko off the dribble but he can never even get the ball up beyond the 3-point arc. For a guy his size, Darko's lateral quickness is inhuman. He's also very good shot blocker.
Every time I start to get down on him I go back and watch that game because he really displays a lot. There was a play where he got the ball on the block and went in for a driving hook, the shot just missed, but the exciting thing was the move. He is so fast off the dribble it's unreal. The next time down he got the ball in the same spot, dribbled twice like he was going to try the same move, spun back the other way and layed the ball in. I rewound the play and looked closer and what I saw amazed me. When he planted his pivot for his spin move, his foot was several inches OUTSIDE the paint. He had the 270 lb Othella Harrington bodying him up on the black and he was somehow able to slither around him for a layup without ever setting a single foot in the paint.
Darko's problem is he is just very inconsistent. Once he starts to get more focussed and pulls everythign together, he is going to be amazing. He has Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitski's quickness in David Robinson's body.
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