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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">No, it is not a mirror image. For starters, Mile Ilic is a few inches taller than Nets' center Nenad Krstic. But when Krstic looks at the newest Net, he definitely sees himself.
"I talk to him a lot. We practiced together in Serbia the last week before we came here," Krstic said of the 7-foot-1 Ilic.
If Ilic, who officially signed yesterday (two years, $1.65 million), advances in two years to where Krstic is now, team brass will celebrate. Ilic needs work, bulk and experience, and bulk is coming. Up 20 pounds, yesterday he looked huge compared to draft day. Now Krstic hopes to guide just as others guided him.
"First thing I tell him is work hard like I did," Krstic said. "You can see he is so very long. He can block shots. He is going to have a bright future." </div>
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"I talk to him a lot. We practiced together in Serbia the last week before we came here," Krstic said of the 7-foot-1 Ilic.
If Ilic, who officially signed yesterday (two years, $1.65 million), advances in two years to where Krstic is now, team brass will celebrate. Ilic needs work, bulk and experience, and bulk is coming. Up 20 pounds, yesterday he looked huge compared to draft day. Now Krstic hopes to guide just as others guided him.
"First thing I tell him is work hard like I did," Krstic said. "You can see he is so very long. He can block shots. He is going to have a bright future." </div>
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