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Pistons' project center 'just needs to play'

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Friday, July 8, 2005

LAS VEGAS -- It wasn't quite Darko Unleashed. It wasn't even Atlanta-in-April Darko. It was 28 tedious minutes of offensive struggle against a couple no-hopers named Harold Jamison and Brandon Kurtz, and it left little doubt why the Detroit Pistons have been so desperate to get Darko Milicic onto their summer-league roster. Milicic "The poor kid ... he just needs to play," said Pistons assistant coach Dave Hanners. It finally happened Friday, at the third attempt. A protracted contract wr ...

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