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Taken from an SI.com article
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I don't recall if my man ever named names...but seriously, how wack is this dude? Sounds like he's sad about being benched behind players who were better then him, and a coach who was trying to teach him the game (ex. difference between a good and bad shot). There's a certain level of toughness you need in order to play sports at the professional level, and this kid just didn't have it...and probably never will.
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I don't recall if my man ever named names...but seriously, how wack is this dude? Sounds like he's sad about being benched behind players who were better then him, and a coach who was trying to teach him the game (ex. difference between a good and bad shot). There's a certain level of toughness you need in order to play sports at the professional level, and this kid just didn't have it...and probably never will.
"When I look back now, this isn't how my career was supposed to look,"said Milicic, who's averaged 5.4 points and four rebounds over nearlyseven seasons in the NBA. "Being a defensive guy, all of this time notplaying, that's not how I saw my career, that's not how I enjoyplaying. That's why I've decided to take a shot and go back to Europe.I'm 24, I'm still young. So I can still be happy overseas."
"Everybody said this is how it goes in the NBA," Milicic said."You've got to watch first, you've got to learn. It's all bull. Ididn't learn anything by watching. There is no practice in the worldeven close to game situations. They're trying to keep you happy, tryingto keep you thinking your time is around the corner, but it's a lie.You can't keep everybody happy. But I was in the flow and listened tothem. And now it's too late."
Milicic is quick to blame his present on a past he feels hurt his game and psyche. "What changed me was Larry Brown,"Milicic said of the former Pistons coach. "He is a guy who doesn'tunderstand anything, a guy who can't understand what kind of player youare. Even if I made a shot, he'd tell me it was not a good shot.
"Thattook my mind off basketball. I got frustrated and wondered, If theyweren't going to put me in the game, why was I [in Detroit]? So Istarted thinking of stupid stuff and began not caring about the game,not trying to get better."