Things have changed quite a bit for the former No. 2 overall NBA Draft pick Darko Milicic.
He's now taken up the farmer life in his native Serbia, as told to Blic Sport, later translated by the Detroit Free Press.
Darko Milicic's new life
“I'm in the fruit,” Milicic said about his new-found endeavor. “I took the land and nurture cherry, apple, and plum. Otherwise, an ordinary man living in Serbia is difficult. But I do not like pessimism, which is expanding.”
The 31-year-old reminisced about his NBA career and complained about not getting a chance the way other players did.
“It is a brutal system in America and I do not like it. You've got players who are first, second picks, and they immediately get an opportunity to play. I never got the chance. LeBron James is a killer, but the first year, they gave him a chance.”
Looking back at Milicic's career
Perhaps not the smartest move to compare careers with a sure-fire Hall-of-Famer, but let's rewind the clock for a minute.
After being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 2003 — ahead of the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade — he collected an NBA championship in his rookie season only playing an average of 4.7 minutes that season.
Fast forward two more years and he was shipped out to Orlando, where Darko Milicic saw plenty more minutes, but turned out a feeble production.
After a 10-year career split in between Detroit, Orlando, Memphis, New York and two stints in Minnesota, Milicic had become the modern-day Kwame Brown and rightly labeled a bust.
The 7-footer failed to average double digits in a season, having his best during the 2010-2011 season when he averaged 8.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and two blocks per game.
Milicic attempted a change of career in 2014, when he decided to become a kickboxer.
Needless to say it didn't end up too well for him, as he lost in his debut by stoppage, having his lead leg pulverized by a much less physically-imposing opponent.
Hopefully the farm life works out for the man, as it seems that all he's cultivated through his NBA journey are a whole bunch of sour grapes.
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