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Despite an IMDB entry starring alongside Scarlett Johansson and uh, Matthew Lillard in one of the decade’s top SAT-theft comedies, Darius Miles’ hoops career is in a state of flux today, as the Oregonian’s Joe Freeman explains. The Blazers waived Miles, who had microfracture surgery on his right knee in November 2006, after an independent doctor [...]
I spoke by phone this afternoon with Darius Miles's agent, Jeff Wechsler, to get his reaction to the letter sent by the Portland Trail Blazers to all 30 NBA teams regarding potential legal action if a team were to sign Darius with the intent of mucking up Portland's salary cap situation. Wechsler reiterated his earlier statement that "Darius doesn't want to affect Portland or its players" but is simply...
The NBA sent an e-mail to NBA teams this morning. The most obvious information was that as of 10 a.m ET, Darius Miles has cleared waivers and is a free agent. The less obvious, but most meaningful, part of the message came a sentence or two later: The NBA has received the email sent last night by Portland to all teams. Under league rules, teams are free to sign Darius Miles to a Uniform Player Contract...
This Darius Miles situation is a mess. Before we get to talking about threatening e-mails and all that, let's back up for a minute, and all agree on one thing: Darius Miles is not, and should not be, medically retired. Portland's claim, supported by an independent doctor, that they should get salary cap relief for his career-ending injuries was a mistake. And now there's a 27-year-old...
Dare You to Sign Darius Miles: This is a bit complicated, but in summation: If Darius Miles plays 10 games this season, it will kick in a clause that adds $18 million toward the Portland Trailblazers payroll. Miles played in six preseason games with Boston and two regular season games with the Grizzlies. So after [...]
Ohhhh...here we go. As has been reported (and commented on near 1000 times, no exaggeration) in the sidebar an unnamed NBA team official has leaked a letter e-mailed to all NBA teams from the Portland Trail Blazers' Team President Larry Miller. Sports Illustrated had the story and now ESPN has picked it up . This is going to be all over the universe by morning. For those who are curious, here is the...
And we're not talking about the basketball court. The Portland Trail Blazers are not rooting for Darius Miles' attempts at a comeback from what was believed to be a career-ending injury. Miles, who was released by the Blazers last April...
The somewhat tragic story of Darius Miles is one that young Golden State Warriors rookie Anthony Randolph should learn from. At the turn of the century Miles was a young, flashy, exciting forward with loads of potential (much more than Randolph) and even more attitude (some good- that funky head tapping with Q and a lot of bad- poor practice habits, ego, etc). Is Randolph the next Lamar Odom or the...
Malcolm Gladwell writes about “the quarterback problem” in a recent issue of The New Yorker. He uses the 1999 NFL draft and current Missouri QB Chase Daniel as examples to set up a premise comparing the volatility of the QB projection business from college to pro to the difficulty in projecting which people will make [...]
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Trail Blazers , NBA Rumors On Thursday we judged whether or not the potential Darius Miles un-retirement would really hurt the Blazers. For anyone still arguing it doesn't really matter ... well, they might want to explain that to the Blazers front office. Ian Thomsen of Sports Illustrated has news of a peculiar (read: %@#$ing crazy) threat Portland president Larry Miller...
Even for people who have no taste for the NBA, you have got to love the situation that the Portland Trailblazers find themselves in at the current time. Let me set this up for you. Darius Miles had a career-ending injury that required micro-fracture surgery. There are certain rules in place by the NBA and [...]
Very early this morning, Sports Illustrated dropped a bomb regarding news of the Darius Miles situation. Apparently the Blazers released a letter to other NBA teams saying you better not sign Darius. My first thought was, good job Portland, way to be tough. Then I thought about the possible backlash and the hate we all might soon be hearing. I'm still at a loss and not able to write more, so I'll let...
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Trail Blazers , NBA Transactions Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! dropped a bombshell on the whole Darius Miles escapade: those six preseason games Miles played in for Boston counted toward the 10 which would "un-retire" Darius and stick his $9 million back on Portland's 2009-10 salary cap figure. The understanding, furthered by Woj, is that the cap addition would cripple Portland's...
