Is Carolina on Donnie Walsh’s mind?

Always.

One has to wonder if part of this holdup is because of Walsh’s relationship with fellow inked- Heel brethren Larry Brown.

Brown, as you recall, coached here for a year, and before then led the Pistons to a championship while his young Serbian big man sat the bench.

It wasn’t until Brown left that Milicic began to see the light of day in Detroit. What’s clear to me is that Brown was trying to motivate Darko via the benching feeling he wasn’t doing enough to earn his minutes or getting the most out of his young talents via hard work.

Brown’s MO is that he leans on his veterans and often puzzles people with the way he treats rookies, see how he treated David Lee in the kid’s first campaign: 20 productive minutes some nights, DNP-Coach’s Decision the next.

My firm belief is that regardless what Brown thinks, Walsh is intrigued by Darko, he’s just too talented not to take this chance on. And Brown’s opinion has little merit at this point having coached him so long ago.

Call it a hunch, but knowing Walsh’s due dilligence, he’s at least placed a phone call, but if you think I’m saying Walsh would neg any deal based on what Larry Brown says, I’m not.

If that were the case these rumors would not have gone this far. Walsh wants Z-Bo gone, and Darko, a former #2 overall pick who’s still under 25, is solid bounty.

Speaking of Brown and Milicic, here is satirical a piece I found from August 2007.