Darko? Star or unfulfilled promise?

[Darth Divac]

To be fair, Kahn was the first person to realize that Darko had the passing ability of Vlade Divacs.

Darko has actually shown a lot of promise during his career, but people moan and say he's the worst big in the league because he was never a star. He is a starting caliber player (yes, I just said that). He is a good rebounder, shotblocker, and fair post passer. He has good hands. He's athletic (or was when he was drafted.). Give the Darko jokes a rest.

 

[VF21]

Darko has actually shown a lot of promise during his career, but people moan and say he's the worst big in the league because he was never a star. He is a starting caliber player (yes, I just said that). He is a good rebounder, shotblocker, and fair post passer. He has good hands. He's athletic (or was when he was drafted.). Give the Darko jokes a rest.

He's 27 years old. If he hasn't achieved stardom by now, chances are he's not going to all of a sudden jump into the elite level. And Darko will NEVER reach the level of Vlade Divac, which was what ninjabicuit was referring to.

 

[kingsnation]

In all seriousness though, considering Darko was drafted at number 2 (after LeBron and before Carmelo, Bosh and Wade), his career has been a failure based on the expectations that were surrounding him. Is he a good player? Starter caliber? Eh, maybe depending on the team and situation. Certainly a good role player. But again based on the expectations that came with him - his career has been disappointing.

Also, we're 10 years into his career. No more time for promise.

 

[Darth Divac]

I said that he's shown promise. I agree that it's gone. He's a bust now, but skillwise, as a player, he was never very bad. Overdrafted, yes, and the expectations were too high, but he was never a bad player.

P.S. I didn't meen to say that he was as good as Vlade. Just wanted to point out that he's not as terrible as people think he is.