http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2005-11-28/finding-time-for-darko-and-delfino/ A Detroit Pistons blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2005-11-28/finding-time-for-darko-and-delfino/#comment-78 Flip on Darko Milicic’s late-game effort at Detroit Bad Boys Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:14:07 +0000 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2005-11-28/finding-time-for-darko-and-delfino/#comment-78 [...] Flip Saunders didn't take kindly to Darko's suggestion that one of the reasons he doesn't play as hard late in games is because he's coming in cold: "Your bottom line, when you step on the floor, you've got to produce," Saunders said. "Your job is to stay loose. Do whatever you have to do. Stretches during time-outs, or whatever you have to do, that's part of your job. I understand the difficulties of it, but I'm not going to let them use that as an excuse when you're 20 years old. When I was 20 years old, I could get out of bed at 6 a.m. and go run and jump and do whatever." [...] […] Flip Saunders didn’t take kindly to Darko’s suggestion that one of the reasons he doesn’t play as hard late in games is because he’s coming in cold: “Your bottom line, when you step on the floor, you’ve got to produce,” Saunders said. “Your job is to stay loose. Do whatever you have to do. Stretches during time-outs, or whatever you have to do, that’s part of your job. I understand the difficulties of it, but I’m not going to let them use that as an excuse when you’re 20 years old. When I was 20 years old, I could get out of bed at 6 a.m. and go run and jump and do whatever.” […]

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