But to get to that point, Danny is going to have to sign DMiles for the entire year (3 10-days= full year contract). Does he want to stick it to us THAT bad?

he’d have an opportunity to both seek revenge against his old team and kill two-thirds of their cap space for next summer

Earlier in the article they say that the Blazer cap space will be dropped from 30 mil to 21 mil. I don’t know what kind of crazy quantum math they’re doing, but I think it’s wrong.

About transitioning to becoming a coach next year is in his contract, there is no way in hades he doesn’t make that team.

If the Celtics really did that with bad intentions I would feel sorry for them. Those types of things seldom work out as planned. We would probably end up winning the next 5 titles as Ainge would helplessly look on in agony saying, “what have I done?”

Apparently Darius has no problem playing in back to back practices. He can touch the white square on the backboard when jumping off either leg. He says he has no pain, and the coaching staff says he looks to be about 100%. Ray Allen (Who I am inclined to believe) says he is super excited about Darius. Very curious indeed.

I don’t understand how a guy as smart as Kevin Pritchard could have misdiagnosed Darius as having a career ending injury. Granted, having the opportunity to shed the last remaining remnant of the jailblazers while still retaining cap space would be enough to cloud any general managers judgement.

As for the impartial Doctor? Well, Doctors always tend to err on the side of caution. That’s why you hear about so many people walking after a doctor has told them they will never walk again. It’s not human perseverance overcoming impossible odds, it’s Doctors trying to avoid malpractices suits. If that Doctor had cleared Darius to play basketball and something terrible happened to his knee the Doctor might end up in a world of legal troubles. On the other hand, if the Doctor deems his injury career ending then it doesn’t matter what happens to his knee. If Darius ends up making a comeback, he can always just chalk it up to a miracle. Just another brave young man overcoming unimaginable human adversity.

The last link from the J*ilBl*zer days is gone. In fact the only player who was on the team was Outlaw and he is one of the nicest of them.

KP getting rid of Miles was the main catch, the salary cap thing was just icing on the cake.

the main thing was moving him along. The thing is, when next summer comes and the Blazers have all that cap space, who are we going to want to be getting rid of to make minutes for that super duper free agent to play with?

I can’t think of anyone.

I know the rule says if he plays 10 games then the salary goes back towards the cap. If Ange cuts Darius after 10 games or Darius gets hurt again after 10 games, then the Blazers will get their cap space back. I imagine they could appeal it, in either case and say, “Look Ange is just trying to screw us” or “We told you his carreer is over, it’s not our fault he destroyed his knees.”

He did not seem bitter over the drug suspension, although he admitted his willingness to appeal was altered when he learned that the lost earnings from the suspension would be deducted from his Celtics’ contract, not his more lucrative Blazers’ deal.</blockquote

But as said, he seems healthy enough, so we should get ready to deal with the reduction in cap space.

I just saw it for the first time. Bayless said he doesn’t care about assists, and all he wants to do is score. He said something like, “Screw my teammates, I gotta get mine.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=por

‘…Miles said he never took diet pills — the over-the-counter medication in which the banned stimulant he tested positive for, phentarmine, is most commonly found — and had never taken any medication other than what was prescribed by Portland’s doctors and trainers.
“I wish I knew. I really do wish I knew, but [Celtics president] Danny Ainge told me ‘leave it alone,’ so I left it alone,” Miles said.’

Does Darius think the Blazers gave him the banned drug?

… when I actually see it.

Until then, its a non-issue.