Since Darius is apparently able to play basketball now, I feel like he should be on our roster and playing for us. We’re paying him and it will be counting against our cap (unless he gets hit by a car tomorrow). Thus, it feel like we’re getting screwed because Darius is going to play for another team.

The problem for us is that we already took the position that his career was over and bet that he wouldn’t try to make a comeback and put in the effort to actually make a comeback. Now, I wish we could change our position and take him back and put him to work until we can trade him or he injures his knee again. If he still wants to play in the NBA and is capable of doing so, he should be our asset.

Too bad we were already bearish on Darius, so we are not allowed to be bullish on him, and we get screwed (we can’t be a pig).

people just kant belive it. I mean, how could he relaly be this good? it kant be real. he HAS to be shadey, or fraudulent. theres just no way that he could be on the up and up. the premise of this fan post is that somehow the FO correrced an independant doctor to tell Darrious Miles, that if he were his son, that he would never let him pick up a basketball again. so what du ya think, kp slipped him a twenty and gave him a wink? maybee more? how ’bout a hundred? no? maybee paul bought the guy his very own island. hmm, that dont sound right. what about a kool mil tucked nice and neatly in a swiss bank account. i could go for that, and ill bet when Kevypulled the card out of his wallet that had the swiss acount info on it for the doctor, he convieniently flashed a picture of the doctors children, just to make sure the doctor understands. yeah that sounds really good. now were kookin.

so we have a conspiracy to defraud the NBA. that evil maniacle mastermind. phew, glad hes on our side. so all you need is one NONinjured overpaid athlete, and a couple of doctors in your wallet? awsome. im watching the movie.

somehow, i just dont buy it. call me a sucker, but i really believe that the doctor actually ment what he said, that if miles continues to play in the NBA, that he will most certainly need a knee replacement surgery. I believe them when they say its bone on bone.

now to make sure we understand this. this dusnt meen that he kan not walk. this dusnt meen that he kant run or jump either. in fact he can even play in the NBA, but not for very long. Its the Dr.s opinion that if dmiles keeps at it, he will certainly suffer further damage and injury.

lets start there and try again

The fact is that Miles was an athlete first and basketball player second. His whole game was depended on his physical ability. He could not shot the ball outside of 17 ft, his handle was not good enough, his postup offense and defense was below average and his bball I.Q was well below average. Ok so the Grizzles must have felt that Darius could be a mentor to their younger players. What a minute, didn’t Miles cuss out his head coach? Didn’t that head coach get fired cause of it?
So why is it that Memphis signed him for? To mess with us of course! Why would any to sign an injury-plagued, 27 yr old that can’t jump or shoot? They can’t possibly see much of an investment in Miles now can they? The only way to benefit from this situation is to limit OUR ability to compete in the free agent market thereby increasing theirs. Easy win in court I say!

Yeah the Blazers care mostly about the money like any business, and it is of course in their interest that Darius doesn’t come back now that they have lost the possibility to trade him later (much later) by keeping him on the books and roster (away from the team would have been possible under current CBA rules, see Jamaal Tinsley). So you can say the gamble misfired. But in his own interest, Darius should not play anymore on a pro level to avoid grave long-term damage and that’s what the doctors advised to KP and Darius. His knee is bone on bone, and has been microfractured on a much larger area than e.g. Amare or Oden, plus he got an infection into it during rehab. He can still run over the court and jump around a bit which seems to surprise some pundits, but that was never in question and doesn’t mean he should do it for an extended period of time much less a full regular season. I use the example of a professional ski racer who ruined his knee, then can still ski as a tourist really well but should not do it on a pro downhill course at very high speed and impact. That’s what the doctors said to Darius: Don’t play pro basketball anymore.

What ever.

He poisoned the very thing that made him what he is.

He brought shame to N.B.A. basketball players around the world. (amongst many that do this but still it’s wrong)

He Called his coach ugly horrible names becuase he wasn’t being played.

He stunk of brew at the few charity events that I know of him going too.

Darius did enough wrong to have been fired from 100% of the employers I’ve worked for….

and probably has done enough illegal stuff while employeed by the team to have had illegal criminal charges brought against him….

seriously….just have his locker searched the next time he comes to portland….have the hotel call the fuzz to his room…..

miles is NOT innocent. his knee is…but he is not.

To anyone that knows:

Do team doctors always examine a player before giving them a contract? I would think that you would have to.

If so, I would bet that this would be the basis for any futher litigation or appeal. For instance if the Memphis team doc says that they shouldn’t sign him because of his knee and they go ahead and do it anyway, this would circumstantial evidence that they are just trying to use Miles to hurt the Blazers, especially if there were any e-mails or other corrispondence to go along with it.