DENVER – Warning: The following sentence contains five words most NBA insiders, analysts and fans never imagined they’d hear, considering how the top five picks from the 2003 NBA draft panned out. These days, Darko is winning. At last check, the former No. 2 overall pick, better known for being one of the biggest lottery busts in NBA history, is working on a farm in his native Serbia. As homecomings go, Darko Milicic is free from all of the stress, mess and relentless NBA drama currently dogging the vaunted crop of superstars that immediately surrounded him in that class 14 years ago.
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Unrest at home for cream of ’03 draft crop