mozgov had 18 points in this one and simply outplayed the greek center Schortsianitis

dont forget that this is the russian national team so mozgov cant play the whole game and shares playing time with the other center Kaun - he scored those 18 points in like 18-20 minutes!!

Mozgov nice highlights vs greece--- 4 dunks
http://www.theknicksblog.com/2010/09/03/video-mozov-vs-greece/#comments

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Mozgovs highlights 18 points vs Ivory Coast August 31

nixluva----- yeah he looks goood but he will be just like every other rookie in the nba- he will struggle in the beginning!! hopefully dantoni lets him play through his mistakes and not pull another darko !!

nixluva wrote:Darko was his own worst enemy. You all saw him when he did get out there. I don't think he was as comfortable as he should've been in this system. He couldn't just loaf on offense and pass up opportunities due to fear of failure, which is what I saw. I saw a player scared to take shots! How come Earl Barron was able to fit in rather easily? If Timo at least does the basic things well and shows he wants to earn a spot, in time I could see Mike giving him minutes. No way to know for sure how he'll do against NBA comp but it should interesting.

Pavvy wrote:alright martin calm down- its still the same thing - instead of you watching it in the small window in this thread you should be watching it in a new tab!!!

nixluva----- yeah he looks goood but he will be just like every other rookie in the nba- he will struggle in the beginning!! hopefully dantoni lets him play through his mistakes and not pull another darko !!

no worries man. just thought it would be useful for all. Good stuff man, thanks.

NYKBocker wrote:One thing I really like about Drago is he plays big. He keeps the ball up when he receives it and goes up string everytime. A lot of bigs like to dip the ball before going up.

Do you mean Jerome James and Eddy Curry?

Milicic got his hackles up when asked if he thinks he will return if he excels in practice.

"The NBA is not like that," Milicic said. "That's what I learned in Detroit. You can be bleeping Michael Jordan in practice, you're still not going to play in the game. They used to tell me in Detroit, show me in practice what I can do. I showed and showed. But then I didn't play. Practice is practice. The game is the game. Coach has his guys he wants to play he thinks is going to make this team a winning team."

Problem is, the Knicks (3-13) aren't winning and Curry is hurt again, his comeback stalled after four games.

Curry missed the final two games of the 0-3 Western trip because of a sore left knee. The Knicks return home to face the Magic tonight at the Garden at 6:00 and Curry is questionable.

Orlando is one of Milicic's former teams and where he had his best seasons.

"I needed some time to adjust to this kind of offense running up and down and just shooting," said Milicic, whom the Knicks obtained on draft night for Quentin Richardson. "I was trying to adjust and I was trying to do my best."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/darko_days_on_bench_jJ9ZZh4n0YtwB3HaoD9y5H#ixzz0rO0Q2144
I guess if you can't adjust in 71 minutes you are done with D'Antoni. It brings up the question, how were SVG and Rambis able to motivate a slug like Darko when the guy everyone wants to play for couldn't and the Knicks ended up having to dump him for Brian Cardinal.

Also, I would hesitate to call a vet in a new situation scared. Darko never got minutes after the tenth game of the season and never really got minutes before that. Less than ten minutes a game isn't for 8 games isn't really giving a guy a chance. I think there were personality issues and a basketball philosophy issue that kept Darko out.