Brian Manzullo

Detroit Free Press

Are we sure that Darko Milicic isn't the "most interesting man in the world"?

He was once a Serbian basketball star. Then he became one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history. Then he became a kickboxer. Then he learned how to chug a beer with no hands.

Now, apparently, Milicic is a farmer, living the quiet life in his home country of Serbia.

A news story on blicsport.rs, a Serbian publication, profiles Milicic and catches up with the infamous former No. 2 overall draft pick by the Detroit Pistons and "Human Victory Cigar." Milicic is now living a "quiet family life" on a farm near Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia.

Due to translation issues, we're not able to clearly understand what Milicic said in the entire story, but we picked out some notable translated passages for you to digest:

• On coming to America to play in the NBA: "It is 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."

• On his family (two sons and a daughter): "Children grow, thank goodness. They also have a sports gene. Sin Lazar (7) only about basketball. Would like to enroll in basketball. He says he will play in the Stars and then the NBA. "I will be better than my dad," he says. Here, I confirm, it will be better. ... Dad had a good approach, it may be best."

• On the 2016 U.S. presidential election and politics: "I will not vote in the election, I do not see in this some perspective. I do not follow no race in the United States. Neither Hillary nor Trump. This is a circus out there."

• On a 2005 beef between Milicic and Dikembe Mutombo (see video): "Oh, to me it's ridiculous. Finally I get the chance, I'm not playing for so long, and he brings me tempted to fight. ... I didn't even understand what he's saying .... No, I'm not especially worried about him, but (Kobe) Bryant is the dirtiest player in the NBA, what he does on the field."

• On the farm life: "I'm in the fruit. 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."

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