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Darko Miličić is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is 2.13 m , and played the center position. Miličić played in the National Basketball Association from 2003 to 2013. He is the fifth youngest player and the youngest foreign player to have played in the NBA, the youngest player to have played in an NBA Finals game, and the youngest player to win the NBA championship.

Miličić was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft; he was chosen after number one pick LeBron James and ahead of other future NBA superstars including Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Selected with a high draft pick, Miličić never played at the level expected of him in the NBA and is widely regarded as a draft bust. While he won an NBA championship with the Pistons in 2004, Miličić never received significant playing time during his 2+1⁄2 seasons with the team and was traded to the Orlando Magic in 2006. Following stints with the Magic, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the New York Knicks, Miličić was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2010 and signed a four-year contract with the team that summer. After being released by Minnesota in 2012, he played one regular-season game for the Boston Celtics later that year before being released. Miličić announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2013; he retired with career averages of 6.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

In international play, Miličić played for the Serbian national team.



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✵ 20. June 1985
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Famous Darko Miličić Quotes

“It is not necessary to judge and ridicule when, thank God, you have not passed the path that I have. To them, as always, I wish everyone good and every honor on their careers and in further life a lot of success and less condemnation.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Darko Responds To Carmelo About &#x27;03 Draft: &#x27;Not Necessary To Ridicule&#x27;&quot; https://971theticket.radio.com/articles/news/darko-responds-to-carmelo-not-necessary-to-ridicule (31 March 2020), 97.1 The Ticket <br class="br">2020s

“We are not kids, we are adults. I hope you are old enough to understand that life is full of ups and downs.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Darko Responds To Carmelo About &#x27;03 Draft: &#x27;Not Necessary To Ridicule&#x27;&quot; https://971theticket.radio.com/articles/news/darko-responds-to-carmelo-not-necessary-to-ridicule (31 March 2020), 97.1 The Ticket <br class="br">2020s

“I’d do a lot of things differently now. It’s true I ended up on a team trying to win a ring, which rarely happens to a No. 2 pick, but in the end we’re all looking for excuses. I could say I didn’t get a proper chance, but that’s simply an excuse; it’s up to a young player to prove himself, work hard and wait for his chance. My approach was completely different. As a No. 2 pick coming from Europe, I thought I was sent by God, so I got into fights, got drunk before practices, spiting everyone, but I was spiting myself.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Ex-Piston Darko Milicic admits to getting drunk before practice&quot; https://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2017/03/ex-piston_darko_milicic_admits.html (15 March 2017), MLive <br class="br">2010s

“My experience in the NBA was a catastrophe, because I’m a born winner. I don’t like losing, even in card games.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Miserable at every NBA stop, Darko Milicic has found peace as a farmer&quot; http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miserable-at-every-nba-stop-darko-milicic-has-found-peace-as-a-farmer-131359198.html (14 March 2017), by Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo! Sports <br class="br">2010s

“I kind of feel like Old Darko died. Like, when I think about myself, or myself when I was playing, I feel like I’m sort of thinking about someone who is dead.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Finding Darko&quot; http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20211833/nba-bust-darko-milicic-finds-success-back-home-serbia (8 February 2017), by Sam Borden, ESPN <br class="br">2010s

“I don’t miss basketball. I live very well, thank God. I have my interests, interests in agriculture.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Storyline: Whatever Happened to Darko Milicic&quot; https://hoopshype.com/storyline/whatever-happened-to-darko-milicic/ (21 March 2016), HoopsHype <br class="br">2010s

“I said okay, but just not Memphis. Anywhere but there. And, of course, I went to Memphis.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Storyline: Whatever Happened to Darko Milicic&quot; https://hoopshype.com/storyline/whatever-happened-to-darko-milicic/ (21 March 2016), HoopsHype <br class="br">2010s

“I thought as a kid that talent was God-given, but it’s not. God gives you talent and you should use that talent with the real meaning of that word. I was stubborn. Maybe being young had something to do with it.”

Darko Miličić

As quoted in &quot;Storyline: Whatever Happened to Darko Milicic&quot; https://hoopshype.com/storyline/whatever-happened-to-darko-milicic/ (21 March 2016), HoopsHype <br class="br">2010s

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