In this age of instant gratification ... all these guys want to start, want to play. ... We wish they could all be like Darren Collison and wait a year for their turn. 
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, foreground centre, leads in pole position at the start of the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday Sept. 7, 2008.
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Kurt Beck, leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) looks down during his speech at the SPD 'Future Convention 2008' in Nuremberg in this May 31, 2008 file picture. The head of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) is poised to resign, a party source said on September 7, 2008, leaving Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to face Chancellor Angela Merkel in a 2009 election and Franz Muentefering to assume the party leadership.
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McLaren Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton leads the pack at the start of the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix, at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack on September 7, 2008.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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Quotes about Darren Collison
In this age of instant gratification ... all these guys want to start, want to play. ... We wish they could all be like Darren Collison and wait a year for their turn.
said Tim Floyd
The 19-year-old UCLA freshman center, already Pacific 10 Conference player of the year and first-team All-American, has also become a plain-speaking locker room leader unafraid to criticize veteran teammates for fouling out (Darren Collison) or not passing enough (Josh Shipp). He has even offered Coach Ben Howland advice (more touches, coach, give me more touches).
was said
in NBA.com
He made UCLA guard Darren Collison look really average, and he's a really special guy. [Rose] is the only guy where I'd say it's 1-on-2, 1-on-1 then one on none.
was said
in Fresno Bee
He said, somebody's telling me, we're an overachieving team, that Darren (Collison) and I are the only good players on the team and that we don't have that much talent ... But, in our defense, he also picked Pittsburgh to win the tournament. I respect him a lot. He's been around the game a long time. He has what, over 900 wins, something like that. But he's an analyst. That's what he's paid to do. I kinda disagree. We're out here on the West Coast. He's more of an East Coast, Southern guy. We're not paying any attention to that.
said Kevin Love
Quotes from articles mentioning Darren Collison
It's going to be, top to bottom, very difficult ... Will we have seven of the top 21 picks in this year's draft? Probably not, but we're going to have a lot of really good players again.
said Ben Howland
in ESPN
Those two big guys for sure have to contribute, because we're short handed in terms of numbers of bodies inside
said Ben Howland
in ESPN
We had great players in our league last year ... Last year is probably the best the league's ever been. I think the Pac-10 is going to be very competitive this year, with a lot of parity.
said Ben Howland
in ESPN
