Darko Milicic
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Darko. The name still haunts Pistons fans. After a promising youth career in his native Serbia, Milicic was drafted 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA Draft. Seen as having unlimited potential, everyone in the league knew he was more of a project than a plug and play option.
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That project never reached completion, at least in the way everyone expected. Darko left the NBA in 2012, and that’s when things get weird. He returned to his native Serbia and began a kickboxing career. As far as we can tell, that ended when he was knocked out in the second round of his first-ever bout. He returned to basketball in 2019, playing for his hometown team called, believe it or not, I Came To Play.
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