Pistons Wave the White Flag on Darko, Trading Him to Orlando for Cap Space
The Detroit Pistons have finally admitted what the sports nation has known since 2003 - they made one helluva mistake in the 2003 draft with their #2 pick, taking Darko Milicic above Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Carmelo Anthony. The Pistons have traded Darko and Carlos Arroyo to the Orlando Magic for center Kevin Cato. The move, from the Piston's perspective, was to simply clear cap space in a bid to resign Big Ben Wallace in this offseason - Kato's $8 million contract expires this year, to boot, Cato is currently injured and hasn't played since January 18th.
Will Darko finally get a chance to shine in sunny Orlando? Hopefully, because he's been a royal bust in motown. Some folks blamed Larry Brown for sitting Darko, but he's not seen anything but fringe minutes with Flip Saunders.