There's a love affair brewing in Minnesota...

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Perhaps stating his case to remain in Minnesota past this season, Darko Milicic believes that he and forward Al Jefferson are a good fit together.

The pair started alongside each other on Monday night against the Spurs.

"I think we work well together," said Milicic. "He's a righty. I'm a lefty. He's got left block. I got right block. He's a talented player. I got a long way to go."

Milicic has allowed Jefferson to move from center to his natural position of power forward.

"It's a lot easier having a guy like Darko because he's a shot blocker," Jefferson said. "He plays great D. He's more of a goaltender. We both can score on the block. I like one side, he likes the other, otherwise we'd be fighting over the same block.

"He's basically the left hand of Al Jefferson, is the way I look at it. Or I'm the right hand of Darko."

Link.

I've got to say, the reasoning makes sense.  Big Al needs to play next to a defensive center, and Darko needs to be somewhere where he can focus on the little things, rather than being a star.

You know where Darko would really have fit in? New York next year as a defensive minded big alongside Chris Bosh. The fact D'antonio couldn't give him any burn on an awful team just shows me he cant use all talent well.

D'Antoni doesn't view David Lee as a building block for the Knick's future.

That's all the evidence anyone needs.....

Lee would be a building block if they weren't trying to clear cap space for 2 max free agents.

Have Lee's coaches on the Knicks ever been high on him?

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Perhaps stating his case to remain in Minnesota past this season, Darko Milicic believes that he and forward Al Jefferson are a good fit together.

The pair started alongside each other on Monday night against the Spurs.

"I think we work well together," said Milicic. "He's a righty. I'm a lefty. He's got left block. I got right block. He's a talented player. I got a long way to go."

Milicic has allowed Jefferson to move from center to his natural position of power forward.

"It's a lot easier having a guy like Darko because he's a shot blocker," Jefferson said. "He plays great D. He's more of a goaltender. We both can score on the block. I like one side, he likes the other, otherwise we'd be fighting over the same block.

"He's basically the left hand of Al Jefferson, is the way I look at it. Or I'm the right hand of Darko."

Link.

I've got to say, the reasoning makes sense.  Big Al needs to play next to a defensive center, and Darko needs to be somewhere where he can focus on the little things, rather than being a star.

You know where Darko would really have fit in? New York next year as a defensive minded big alongside Chris Bosh. The fact D'antonio couldn't give him any burn on an awful team just shows me he cant use all talent well.

D'Antoni doesn't view David Lee as a building block for the Knick's future.

That's all the evidence anyone needs.....

Darko = Perkins

Similar strengths and weaknesses. Both players are effective on defensive minded teams like the Celtics but would struggle on a run'n'gun team like the Knicks or Warriors.

Darko Milicic was never going to be successful in New York ... especially when his own coach and front office wrongly evaluated his skill set and thought they were getting a seven footer who can shoot 20 foot jump shots! Something he cannot do.

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Perhaps stating his case to remain in Minnesota past this season, Darko Milicic believes that he and forward Al Jefferson are a good fit together.

The pair started alongside each other on Monday night against the Spurs.

"I think we work well together," said Milicic. "He's a righty. I'm a lefty. He's got left block. I got right block. He's a talented player. I got a long way to go."

Milicic has allowed Jefferson to move from center to his natural position of power forward.

"It's a lot easier having a guy like Darko because he's a shot blocker," Jefferson said. "He plays great D. He's more of a goaltender. We both can score on the block. I like one side, he likes the other, otherwise we'd be fighting over the same block.

"He's basically the left hand of Al Jefferson, is the way I look at it. Or I'm the right hand of Darko."

Link.

I've got to say, the reasoning makes sense.  Big Al needs to play next to a defensive center, and Darko needs to be somewhere where he can focus on the little things, rather than being a star.

You know where Darko would really have fit in? New York next year as a defensive minded big alongside Chris Bosh. The fact D'antonio couldn't give him any burn on an awful team just shows me he cant use all talent well.

D'Antoni doesn't view David Lee as a building block for the Knick's future.

That's all the evidence anyone needs.....

Darko = Perkins

Similar strengths and weaknesses. Both players are effective on defensive minded teams like the Celtics but would struggle on a run'n'gun team like the Knicks or Warriors.

Darko Milicic was never going to be successful in New York ... especially when his own coach and front office wrongly evaluated his skill set and thought they were getting a seven footer who can shoot 20 foot jump shots! Something he cannot do.

I'd be okay with Perkins making making around what Darko got for Orlando. Though I do think it'd be better value to trade him.