Larry Brown to Grizzlies? Good-bye, Darko.

Rumors are now flying around that Larry Brown is in line to replace Marc Iavaroni as the Memphis Grizzlies head coach for the next season. If that is true then it means two things. One, Iavaroni's long overdue head coaching gig will be unfairly short-lived. The second implication is that Darko Milicic's career may be at another crossroad. It has been a couple of years since Larry Brown last "coached" Darko, yet I'm sure those 3 years that Darko spent in Detroit under Brown are painfully fresh in his mind. How would you feel after having been drafted 2nd overall just behind Lebron James and then spending the next 3 years sitting on the bench being ridiculed by just about everybody who follows the NBA? Well that was Darko's reality back then and it has taken 2 fresh starts (Orlando and Memphis) for him to finally start showing some signs of basketball life. Granted, his averages (7ppg, 6rpg, 1.7bpg) aren't overwhelming to say the least. But, it's undeniable that Darko has emerged past the ... (link)