that is not good new, althoe I think your probably right. I think not being wanted in portland might go a long way to not being wanted. they might just be extending him the courtousy of letting him workout.

Don’t you think that all the talk of being Pritchslapped- especially when it comes to Danny Ainge basicallly giving us Roy for Telfair, don’t you think he might think it worth the cost of two 10 day contracts and some garbage minutes in ten games to spit a 20 million dollar loogie into KP’s soup?

Ainge better not pull some shady crap. That would make him a huge a-hole if here to sign Darius and play, because that to me would signal that he’s just doing it to screw with Portland’s salary. No other reason, ESPECIALLY after he was suspended 10 games for drug violation.

Allan Houston tried to come back last summer after being cut for medical reasons. Initially, teams were impressed because he performed better than they expected. But in the end, his body was unable to play on an NBA level, so nobody signed him (even to ‘stick it’ to the Knicks). I think that Darius’ story will be similar.

Even if he did come back..it would only limit KP options in FA (of which I am dubious anyway). We could still trade the RLEC for a player of equivilent salary. The only real effect in my mind is that PA would have to pay lux tax.

Of all the teams in the league that don’t need to add any talent or players the Celtics are at the top. If he does this it would be purely to F with Portland. It seems Ainge and Simmons have a virtual vendetta against Portland after Telfair/Roy and then not getting Oden. Eveyone with a grain of sense knows it was Ainge who spread those rumors about the red dot on Oden’s knee. Ainge didn’t even look happy when his Franken-team won the championship, I don’t think he feels joy anymore…

My understanding is that if Darius plays 10 + games in 2 years, then his entire salary goes back on our books. In the meantime, I don’t think Boston would have to pay much of it, if anything at all. Boston, or any other team, doesn’t have anything to lose…except a roster spot and perhaps some attitude issues.

I said it before, but the smartest thing any of our Western Conference rivals could do is to sign Darius. It might not be the most ethical thing to do, but if you can step on your competition’s throat you ought to…otherwise they will eventually step on yours.

According the Boston Globe via HoopsWorld his workout was “impressive”

HW’s Jason Fleming goes into some detail including “Something here smells fishy. What is not detailed is exactly what “impressive” means…” and he talks about ramifications for the Blazers.

Well they worked out Miles, Kirk Synder, and David Harrison. And it says in the article they are bringing dead weight Patrick O’Byrant. To me the Celtics are taking an honest look at some players that other teams have passed on and seeing if any of them call help will the void left by Posey. Why not look at Miles? With at locker room as strong as the one the Celtics have you’d have to believe they’d be able to curb some of Miles behavioral issues.

I should note I like Miles. I’ve alway been a little sad that he lacked the work effort and discipline to utilize his talents. I’ve always felt that he was made out to be the scape goat a lot of the time in the media which has always bothered me. I’d like to see Miles get a second chance somewhere to prove me right.

With that said, I really hope that doesn’t happen in the next two years. I like cap space.

A few things:

1. Nobody has ever been able to come back from a career ending injury, thats why they call it a career ending injury. I find it difficult to believe that if a league independant doctor would find that Miles’ knee was bad enough to declare that it was career ending, ANY team doctor would declare him fot to play.

If that did happen, I would ask the league doctor to come in and examine the knee and have him have final say over whether or not the knee is fit or not and let him, not the Bos doctor, have the final say on whether he can pass the physical. Having a league doctor oversee the physical will ensure that no funny business is going on.

2. Having one good workout, a season does not make. Lets say that he did look good in a workout, do you actually think Miles could get through a training camp and make the physical requirement tests? Highly doubtful. He will probably break down a week or so before the season and not be able to come back.

3. We just need him to not play this season as once the season is over, as we will still have his cap space to sign a FA. If Miles comes back in the 09-10 season, we will still have the FA signed with Miles cap space, but his salary will go back on the books retroactively, but too late to keep us from having signed said FA. We will be on the hook for the salary and the luxury tax, but PA has not shied from paying the LT.

As I said before don’t worry.

maybe they are hiring darius to push paul pierce’s wheelchair?

An independant doctor hired by the NBA can say a player has a career ending injury and the NBA will take the salary off the books, but another team can sign him, play him in ten games, and the NBA puts the salary back on. Weren’t they the ones who said he was unfit to play?

does he have to be on the 12 man game day roster? Or does he just have to be on the 15 player roster in a suit on order to have his 10 games count?

Quick!! We need to hire an undercover Cooler to get Miles to start smoking, drinking, and acting stupid again. Or maybe we’ll luck-out, the Knicks will pick him up, and Miles and Randolf can go mess things up in Times Square together.

Don’t let Captain Wobble-knee play again!!

does the team have to hold a spot open for him on the roster and go into a game with only 11 players ready to play?

Human being he is. And as a human being he deserves our well wishes. I would be delighted to see him make a total comeback. He would be a tremendous human interest story. If he made the All Star game they’d feature an interview with him at halftime. They’d show his MRIs and they’d interview his doctors and everything. Of course Darius would attribute his comeback to the Lord, and his humility would be inspiring. All of us would weep a bit, and we’d be proud to say that dude was once a Blazer. Seriously, folks, he’s a human being and we should wish him the very best.

Who backs up Paul Pierce (who may or may not have sacrificed his meniscus to win the trophy)? That’s right, James Posey and then nobody. Who also backs up Ray Allen at times. Who is now a free agent. Should it surprise anybody that Boston also being far over the cap tries to find decent yet relatively cheap wing players anywhere, and in the process works out a lot of guys? Would a fit Darius Miles be a decent backup? I think yes, so I would be honestly happy for him if he could step on the floor again at such a high level (think Shaun Livingston, who was short of getting his leg amputated, microfracture is almost a piece of cake in comparison) and a little worried for a hefty reduction of our cap space (think Dallas having to pay for the never to be seen again Shawn Bradley and the buyout of Michael Finley until the end of last season).

I would definitely look into Miles. I would be scared of Portland and what they could accomplish next off season. If Miles is healthy enough to appear in games, they could easily just play him the last minute or so of already decided games. It would only cost them a small 1 year contract and he might even be able to give you something if you are really lucky. Its essentially just wasting a roster spot and some sofa change(nba-wise) to try and keep a future contender from adding another big time player to an already loaded roster. If either team sees championships in their future, they should really try to screw the blazers over, but I really hope they don’t….

He’s not getting signed. Ainge who is already a bad GM who got lucky, would look even dumber for signing Miles who is worthless. I mean this guy wants to be known as a good GM and hope Leon Powe turns into a great player to make himself look good.

If he signs Darius just for that 10 games every GM knows it was only for the purpose of making the Blazers have to put that money on the cap. I guarantee karma will get Ainge. Watch a player with an even worse contract get a career ending injury for Boston, and Portland will be there to sign him for a 10 game contract and put him in for 1 minute a game.

He would still find a way to put the Blazers in a good position.

I think the Blazers are prepared to have Miles money on the cap. Having a doctor announce his injury is career ending and putting the Blazers in position to get out of putting that money on the cap is a cherry on top. If the Blazers have to pay they will survive. It’s not like the franchise is depending on that money coming off the books, it would just be really nice.

Honestly, any team that takes Miles is dumb. You don’t want to agitate the Blazers front office, especially considering we have young talent that we might need to trade.

Boston is going to sign Magette and Ainge dosent want KP spending any time thinking about how to return the favor with interest for a move that isnt going to help his team.

I’ll pay everyone here a dollar if Darius Miles plays enough to put his salary back on Portland’s books. Ain’t gonna happen. Yawn.

and the Celtics are already desperate!