"I watched this game at home, Darko played his best game since he came into the league, and I hope that in every game in the future, Darko can play like that, he has that quality and talent."

"While Darko didn't live up to his talent in Detroit and didn't live up to what we expected from him when he entered the league, we all know that it wasn't entirely his fault."

"If we had to do it all over again, we would still choose Daktronics."

In the early morning of February 22, 2007, when the game between the Pacers and the Heat ended, Darko Milicic, who had been on the NBA all-time parallel rookie list selected by the American media a few days ago, instantly became the onlookers of these reporters at the scene. Darko Milicic, who started his first game since joining the Pacers, won the best player of the game today, and his 33 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks on Shaq O'Neal's head made these media reporters at the scene especially crazy.

For a while, Darko Milicic, who has been shouted and beaten by everyone for a long time, suddenly became the darling of the media, and at the post-match press conference, Darko Milicic's limelight even overshadowed Pat Riley, a legendary head coach with a hot aura wherever he went, and during the full half-hour press conference, these reporters on the field pointed the microphone at Darko Milicic, completely ignoring Pat Riley and Rick Carlisle who were sitting next to him.

And the next day, some media also went to Detroit to interview Joe Dumas, the current president of the Pistons, that is, the man who chose Darko Milicic with the No. 2 pick, it is said that before the draft, Rick Carlisle, who was still the head coach of the Pistons, strongly recommended Darko Milicic to Joe Dumas, and Joe Dumas was shocked immediately after inviting Darko Milicic for a trial, and even directly denied the plan to continue to invite Cameron Anthony to Detroit for a tryout, Both Joe Dumas and Rick Carlisle are adamant that Darko Milicic is the man who can make a difference for the Pistons.

But the world is unpredictable, Larry Brown, who replaced Rick Carlisle, has no interest in cultivating Darko Milicic at all, and Darko Milicic has also been on the cold bench for the Pistons for two seasons, and has gone from being a high-profile star to a trade addition to Ron Artest and Peja Stoyenkovic, and even the Pistons management who selected Darko Milicic with a list has also become the object of criticism and ridicule by the media, and many media and melon-eating people are assuming again and again, What would happen if the Pistons selected Carmelo Anthony with the No. 2 pick, and what would happen if they selected Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, maybe outsiders don't know, but Joe Dumas, as the president of the Pistons, knows very well that LeBron James is coming, and under Larry Brown, I'm afraid the ending will be the same as Darko Milicic.

It's not that Darko Milicic doesn't have talent, on the contrary, Darko Milicic's talent is historic, Rick Carlisle and Joe Dumas chose Darko Milicic's original intention, which was to prepare for Darko Milicic and Ben Wallace to prop up Detroit's interior line to fight against the Pacers' Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, but later developments completely deviated from the track expected by Joe Dumas and Rick Carlisle, and Larry Brown took office not long after, The Trail Blazers brought in All-Star power forward Rasheed Wallace, and with the double Wallace interior combination, the Pistons no longer need Darko Milicic, and Darko Milicic has also embarked on the path of self-abandonment without Larry Brown's trust.

It's not like Joe Dumas hasn't tried to communicate with Larry Brown, but this stubborn guy doesn't listen to any doubts about him at all, and not only that, but Larry Brown will put Darko Milicic on the injury list directly after Joe Dumas said it ruthlessly, and play? It's not okay to sit on the sidelines and watch the game, and even though Joe Dumas has very high expectations for Darko Milicic, he can't resist the stubborn and almost perverted Larry Brown.

Philip Sampson, who took over as Pistons head coach after Larry Brown, not only had little interest in Darko Milicic, but instead pressed the management to trade the "black sheep", because in the late Pistons, Darko Milicic's interests and hobbies seemed to shift from the basketball court to the nightclub, and eventually in the thorn swap between Ron Artest and Peja Stojakovic, Darko Milicic became an addition to the salary balance between the two.

Although Darko Milicic has left the Pistons, Joe Dumas, who has an immortal heart, is still silently following the development of Darko Milicic, like a parent who wants his son to become a Chan, hoping that Darko Milicic can shine one day.

Last night's game between the Pacers and the Heat, Joe Dumas watched the whole game at home, for Rick Carlisle, Joe Dumas's mentality is also very complicated, on the one hand, Joe Dumas is resentful of the management's decision to fire Rick Carlisle, on the other hand, Joe Dumas is deeply angry that Rick Carlisle joined the Pacers after leaving the Pistons, you must know that the Pistons led by Rick Carlisle have just been eliminated by the Pacers in the playoffs, But Rick Carlisle turned around and accepted the Pacers' invitation to join the Pacers, Rick Carlisle's behavior is undoubtedly a betrayal of Hongguoguo for the Pistons, which is why every time the Pacers play away from Detroit, the most booed is not Meng Xu but Rick Carlisle.

However, Rick Carlisle, who left the Pistons, not only did not achieve nothing as Pistons fans cursed, but won the best coach again, but also won two championships with the Pacers, time flies, and the management of the Pistons is now reflecting on whether the decision to fire Rick Carlisle and welcome Larry Brown was the right one, maybe they could have been more patient with Rick Carlisle at that time, and more trust, maybe Rick Carlisle could also lead the Pistons to the top.

And after watching yesterday's game, seeing that the Pistons have almost been used by Larry Brown to spend Darko Milicic, and after shining again under Rick Carlisle, Joe Dumas really has a trace of remorse, if he could have been a little more determined, keep Rick Carlisle, and give him two more seasons to adjust Darko Milicic, then the Pistons will not be the current situation, but everything has long been irreparable.

As much as Joe Dumas, there is also the Kings' general manager Jeff Petri, after Jeff Petri saw the newspaper report about the Pacers and the Heat game while eating breakfast, he put down the unfinished breakfast, returned to his office, and found the footage of the game between the Pacers and the Heat on the Internet, but the more he looked at Jeff Petri, the more he regretted it.

Darko Milicic plus a second-round pick from the Pacers in exchange for Sarunas Jascovy Hughes' deal, in the current view, is a completely failed deal, although Sarunas Jascovisius also performed well in the Kings, averaging 8 points and 5 assists per game, but looking at O'Neal's head with 33 points, 15 rebounds, 4 blocks Darko Milicic, Jeff Petri can't wait to slap himself twice, this is a player who has the potential to become the cornerstone of a team, was sent away by his own hands.