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Are teams cooling on international teens?

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Friday, November 19, 2004

Darko Milicic sits at the end of the bench in Detroit twiddling his thumbs, waiting for head coach Larry Brown to call his name. He may hear it tonight – if the Pistons are up by 20 points with two minutes to go in the game. Otherwise, he's out of luck. He's also not alone. The international revolution in the NBA draft began two summers ago, when a record eight foreign players were taken in the first round. This summer, the numbers slipped a little bit, but another six internationa ...

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