For those of you who think you read this story in August, think again.
As the league almost painfully waits in anticipation for the 2010 free agent crop to become available, one of the marquee free agents from the much heralded 2003 draft class has rocked the wires with a not-so-secret Euro dream.
'Europe has culture, Europe has ballet, Europe has my castle.'
In news which will shock fans of pure basketball and the Grizzlies alike, the #2 overall selection in the 2003 draft, Darko Milicic has declared his intention to return to the breadbasket of fundamental ball; the foul continent of cheese, wine and unconsentual buggery, Europe.
As has been reported by Real GM, Slobodan Bustlosovic doesn’t want to play the NBA game forever, shocking all of us who were sold hook, line and sinker by the joie de vivre emmitted by Darko every time he sets foot in an NBA arena.
“In Europe, I can be a different player with the ball going through me,” Milicic said. “Here, you take a shot and you just don’t want to miss. You think too much. I want the ball to go through me so I can have a chance to miss without worrying about it.”
It really looks like Darko is missing the mediocrity of the European game, where missing is encouraged and 12 point, 10 rebound efforts from styrofoam-soft 7-Footers are rewarded with 10 virgins every day (whose necks have already been pierced so Darko can drink their blood at will). The location of the leagues are also close to Darko’s castle, which he’s attempted to replicate in Memphis to horrendous ends.
On a serious note, this is the equivalent of starting Metal Gear Solid 4 on Medium, and after an hour or so of tough, challenging and genuinely exciting action, turning the level to easy and blazing through the game in 3 hours.
Posted by: James
2 responses so far ↓
Alexander Vitlin // November 28, 2008 at 12:03 PM |
Not him too! Wasn’t losing Primoz enough?!
Also please let this herald the end of the most failed experiment in sporting history: drafting Europeans.
Anton Trees // November 28, 2008 at 12:14 PM |
That’s a relief.
Means we won’t be subjected to a team signing him for $7m a year on the basis that he’s ’still young and developing, and has great shot-blocking instincts.’