Darko Milicic

Position:
C
Height:
213 cm
Weight:
125 kg
Age:
40 yo (1985 June 20)
Birth place:
Novi Sad, Serbia
Citizenship:
Serbian
Draft night disasters: 10 biggest NBA busts

2025-03-12

The NBA Draft is a gateway for teams to find future superstars, but history shows not every high pick lives up to expectations. Some players fail due to injuries, others struggle with the transition to the top level, and some simply weren't good enough to be drafted so high. Here are the 10 biggest busts, ranked from least to greatest disappointment.
Who is the youngest NBA player ever? Top 3 features two Lakers

2025-03-06

The NBA has always been a league where young talent shines, but some players took it to another level by making their debut before they even turned 18 and a half. Over the years, rule changes have influenced how young a player can be when entering the league; however, a select few will always hold the record for being the youngest NBA players ever.
Darko Milicic was so out of shape before NBA Draft he wanted to stab a coach (1)

2024-03-16

Darko Milicic is considered one of the biggest NBA draft busts in league history. More than 20 years after the initial moment, the former Serbian player remembered how he wasn't ready to be in the NBA. 
Darko Milicic explains how a promising NBA career turned into a nightmare

2023-10-25

Darko Milicic's career trajectory was defined by an excessive abuse of his own potential. After spending nine years in the top league, the second pick in the 2003 NBA Draft ended up being almost an outcast and deemed unemployable since he was almost impossible to work with. 

NBA

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
12/13 Boston Celtics 4:30 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
11/12 Minnesota Timberwolves 16:14 45.3%
59/130
- 43%
16/37
3.3
2.1/1.2
0.6 0.3 1.1 0.9 - 2 - 4.6 3.4 29 »
10/11 Minnesota Timberwolves 24:25 46.9%
271/578
- 55.7%
64/115
5.2
3.3/1.9
1.5 0.8 2.2 2 - 3.3 - 8.8 7.6 69 »
09/10 All Teams 21:26 49.4%
100/203
0%
0/1
53.4%
15/28
4.7
3.3/1.5
1.5 0.7 1.1 1.1 - 2.6 - 6.7 7.3 32 »
09/10 Minnesota Timberwolves 25:37 49.4%
92/186
0%
0/1
53.8%
15/28
5.5
3.8/1.8
1.8 0.8 1.4 1.4 - 3.1 - 8.3 8.8 24 »
09/10 New York Knicks 8:52 46.9%
8/17
- - 2.3
1.6/0.6
0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 - 0.9 - 2 3 8 »
08/09 Memphis Grizzlies 17:00 51.6%
137/266
- 56.4%
59/105
4.3
3/1.4
0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 - 2.2 - 5.5 5.7 61 »
07/08 Memphis Grizzlies 23:48 43.9%
219/499
0%
0/1
55.5%
67/121
6.1
4.2/1.8
0.8 0.5 1.4 1.6 - 2.6 - 7.2 7.3 70 »
06/07 Orlando Magic 24:07 46.2%
269/581
0%
0/1
60.9%
150/247
5.4
3.6/1.9
1.1 0.5 1.5 1.7 - 2.7 - 8.2 7.9 84 »
05/06 All Teams 13:55 51.2%
119/232
0%
0/2
56%
28/50
2.8
2/0.8
0.8 0.3 0.9 1.4 - 1.7 - 4.8 4.9 55 »
05/06 Detroit Pistons 5:33 54.8%
17/31
0%
0/2
37.5%
3/8
1.1
0.7/0.4
0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 - 1 - 1.5 1.3 25 »
05/06 Orlando Magic 20:54 50.7%
102/201
- 59.3%
25/42
4.1
3/1.1
1.1 0.4 1.2 2.1 - 2.2 - 7.6 7.9 30 »
04/05 Detroit Pistons 5:58 33.1%
27/82
- 72.2%
18/25
1
0/0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 - 0.7 - 1.6 0.7 46 »

FIBA EuroBasket

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
2007 Serbia 36:20 41.5%
17/41
0%
0/3
52.6%
10/19
9.3
7.3/2
1.7 1 3.3 3.3 - 2.7 - 14.7 12 3 »
2005 Serbia and Montenegro 10:00 62.5%
5/8
- 100%
8/8
4
2.5/1.5
0 0.5 0.3 1.3 - 1 - 4.5 8.3 4 »

FIBA Basketball World Cup

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
2006 Serbia 31:40 48.8%
40/82
27.3%
3/11
66.5%
8/12
9.3
7.2/2.2
1.8 0.7 2.3 2.8 - 2 - 16.2 17.5 6 »
Date Team Opponent Score MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
98-108 10 33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
1/1
1 0 1 1 0 2 3
92-111 9 25%
1/4
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
2/1
0 0 0 0 1 2 1
91-108 26 42.9%
3/7
-
0/0
50%
1/2
3
3/0
2 1 0 0 2 7 6
82-85 39 60%
6/10
-
0/0
100%
3/3
9
6/3
0 2 3 2 5 15 16
111-103 32 63.6%
7/11
-
0/0
100%
2/2
4
1/3
1 2 2 0 5 16 12
104-96 15 0%
0/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
2/0
0 0 2 1 4 0 -5
95-127 26 60%
6/10
-
0/0
50%
1/2
6
6/0
1 3 2 2 2 13 16
106-98 32 50%
4/8
-
0/0
0%
0/2
5
5/0
3 1 2 1 4 8 6
119-104 27 42.9%
3/7
-
0/0
100%
4/4
6
5/1
2 1 0 1 5 10 11
100-77 19 25%
1/4
-
0/0
-
0/0
5
3/2
0 0 6 2 3 2 -3
122-101 26 53.8%
7/13
-
0/0
0%
0/2
6
5/1
4 2 2 2 3 14 15
101-75 17 40%
2/5
-
0/0
-
0/0
4
2/2
0 0 1 4 4 4 4
105-108 19 60%
3/5
-
0/0
-
0/0
4
2/2
1 1 2 1 2 6 7
79-90 26 28.6%
2/7
-
0/0
-
0/0
5
4/1
0 1 2 1 5 4 -1
126-123 13 66.7%
2/3
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
2/1
1 1 1 1 4 4 4
81-95 23 40%
2/5
-
0/0
50%
1/2
8
3/5
0 1 2 2 5 5 5
95-104 30 40%
4/10
-
0/0
-
0/0
7
3/4
1 1 3 3 5 8 6
94-88 22 33.3%
2/6
-
0/0
50%
1/2
5
1/4
1 0 3 0 4 5 -1
90-98 36 50%
6/12
-
0/0
0%
0/3
6
1/5
3 1 4 1 3 12 7
81-95 32 46.7%
7/15
-
0/0
100%
1/1
5
4/1
1 1 2 2 5 15 9
92-104 4 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 0 0 2 0 -2
100-113 37 55.6%
5/9
-
0/0
-
0/0
5
4/1
0 1 2 3 4 10 9
111-100 32 53.8%
7/13
-
0/0
50%
1/2
7
4/3
0 2 2 4 4 15 15
84-102 20 16.7%
1/6
-
0/0
50%
1/2
2
2/0
3 0 5 1 0 3 -2
103-87 27 37.5%
3/8
-
0/0
75%
3/4
8
6/2
2 1 2 3 2 9 13
108-100 31 41.7%
5/12
-
0/0
33.3%
1/3
9
8/1
1 1 2 2 0 11 13
117-118 20 37.5%
3/8
-
0/0
33.3%
1/3
4
2/2
1 0 4 1 4 7 -2
125-129 30 53.8%
7/13
-
0/0
50%
1/2
6
6/0
3 0 2 1 3 15 13
126-111 24 50%
3/6
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
1/2
1 2 3 4 2 6 8
113-102 34 68.8%
11/16
-
0/0
0%
0/2
8
3/5
0 2 3 4 5 22 21
99-108 19 71.4%
5/7
-
0/0
75%
3/4
6
4/2
1 0 2 3 6 13 12
109-97 33 43.8%
7/16
-
0/0
-
0/0
11
8/3
2 0 4 2 0 14 16
96-107 23 33.3%
2/6
-
0/0
75%
3/4
1
1/0
0 2 3 1 4 7 -1
94-91 32 31.3%
5/16
-
0/0
50%
1/2
10
4/6
2 2 2 5 4 11 12
98-108 17 50%
1/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
2/0
2 0 2 0 4 2 -1
105-108 26 50%
1/2
-
0/0
33.3%
1/3
7
5/2
1 1 5 3 5 3 2
96-93 24 60%
6/10
-
0/0
50%
2/4
6
3/3
3 0 1 0 5 14 11
103-88 20 88.9%
8/9
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
0/2
3 2 3 0 5 16 14
113-119 14 50%
1/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
2/1
1 0 2 3 2 2 4
113-98 20 77.8%
7/9
-
0/0
-
0/0
5
4/1
3 1 1 2 4 14 18
97-98 18 50%
2/4
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
0/1
0 2 1 1 3 4 2
107-112 24 30%
3/10
-
0/0
0%
0/2
4
1/3
1 2 2 2 6 6 -2
113-90 5 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 0 1 2 0 -1
107-102 1 0%
0/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
128-122 34 53.3%
8/15
-
0/0
0%
0/2
5
3/2
2 3 3 2 2 16 14
108-99 32 63.2%
12/19
-
0/0
100%
1/1
11
5/6
0 1 4 0 5 25 21
113-82 14 28.6%
2/7
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 1 2 3 4 -2
109-99 37 37.5%
3/8
-
0/0
83.3%
5/6
5
3/2
2 0 3 7 1 11 15
121-114 8 100%
4/4
-
0/0
100%
2/2
1
0/1
1 0 2 1 2 10 9
129-95 26 50%
6/12
-
0/0
100%
2/2
9
8/1
3 0 1 3 3 14 19
107-101 25 20%
2/10
-
0/0
-
0/0
6
2/4
4 0 1 1 6 4 0
100-86 36 40%
6/15
-
0/0
0%
0/2
8
5/3
3 0 4 2 3 12 7
94-104 30 40%
4/10
-
0/0
50%
1/2
7
3/4
3 0 3 3 2 9 10
109-113 33 58.8%
10/17
-
0/0
40%
2/5
8
7/1
4 0 7 5 6 22 16
117-107 36 64.3%
9/14
-
0/0
75%
3/4
4
3/1
2 0 1 3 5 21 18
95-112 40 55.6%
10/18
-
0/0
100%
3/3
16
10/6
5 2 2 6 4 23 38
113-111 32 83.3%
5/6
-
0/0
50%
1/2
3
3/0
2 1 5 3 4 11 9
113-110 38 45.5%
5/11
-
0/0
75%
3/4
12
8/4
5 0 0 4 4 13 23
111-105 20 14.3%
1/7
-
0/0
0%
0/2
2
0/2
2 0 2 3 4 2 -5
112-103 20 36.4%
4/11
-
0/0
100%
1/1
4
3/1
0 1 0 1 3 9 5
89-98 32 33.3%
4/12
-
0/0
50%
1/2
8
2/6
4 0 2 1 3 9 8
99-94 35 45.5%
5/11
-
0/0
0%
0/2
7
4/3
2 2 3 2 2 10 10
120-94 20 75%
3/4
-
0/0
50%
1/2
3
1/2
2 1 2 3 5 7 7
103-113 21 28.6%
2/7
-
0/0
-
0/0
8
5/3
1 0 1 3 1 4 9
128-86 18 0%
0/6
-
0/0
-
0/0
4
4/0
0 0 1 3 2 0 -2
129-97 16 0%
0/5
-
0/0
-
0/0
4
3/1
2 1 1 0 2 0 -1
109-89 19 33.3%
2/6
-
0/0
66.7%
2/3
3
3/0
0 1 5 1 2 6 -1
96-85 25 0%
0/6
-
0/0
50%
2/4
9
7/2
0 0 3 5 4 2 1
116-117 24 40%
2/5
-
0/0
100%
2/2
4
3/1
1 1 1 4 4 6 8

NBA

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
Boston Celtics 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
Home game 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
Losses 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
Last 5 games 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
November 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
Versus Milwaukee Bucks 4:00 0%
0/1
- - 1
1/0
0 0 2 0 0 1 - 0 -3 1 »
Height:
213 cm
Weight:
125 kg
Age:
40 yo (1985-06-20)
Birth place:
Novi Sad, Serbia
Citizenship:
Serbian
Height:
-
Weight:
-
Age:
-
Birth place:
-
Citizenship:
-
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