One on Al Jefferson and one on Randy Foye. I think he would rank 4th on the Blazers in blocks for the season :)

He also missed a 20 footer, had his shot blocked by Kevin Love and grabbed 2 boards (one after being blocked by Love).

Is Darius a guarenteed contract?

If not, then he could – COULD – be cut by Wednesday. Perhaps they are testing his worth by playing him a little.

I couldn’t bring myself to torture both my wife and myself with a Memphis-Minnesota game.

The Rockets aren’t running away from anybody. They fall back into a 7th place tie with Portland for the moment.

Miles has played less than one minute, with 4:00 left in 4Q. If they really play him less than a minute each time then the Blazers should litigate.

ESPN.com box scores have Darius playing 0 mins, grabbing 2 rebounds, blocking 2 shots and going 0-2 from the field……

But for the record, Chris Wallace is still a moron.

The grizzlies traded Pau Gasol for 2 players that are no longer with the team and his little (big) brother. Which in trade made them the worst team in the west, other then the I-5 rival. I mean the OC Thunder. So now, not evan Ha Sue Jin would be cut from this “team”. I am scared that they will not cut D Miles.

it’s a buzzkill, and there’s nothing to discuss. we just wring our hands about it. the guy is a prick, and is in our past. Let’s move on.

he’s killing the Lakers with 30 so far, 7 mins left

our win over them is losing its luster a bit

Not only are you jacking up our salary, your screwin with our 100+ post streak. I wish you were a snowman.

wouldn’t he get $500k guaranteed? that’s a lot for the owners of a crappy team and for a has been cancer. i can see Boston, Cleveland, and other legit teams take a 10 day chance since they have the money and the locker room to stand him but other than that, i don’t see any takers.

I hate the thought of trading anyone, but can bear with letting Trout, Ike, or Shav go. I really like Channing, he fits in pdx sooooo well, but just not on the roster all that well. It would be sweet to have him around in case our bigs LA Oden Pryz get in foul trouble as they did against LA. He is a viable threat/ sub for LA, and I think should be the guy getting time over travis outlaw. He does not impress me especially lately.

On NBATV

David Aldridge reported that if Miles contract goes back on Portland’s books, Portland would then be a luxury tax payer. Portland would pay into the pot that is distributed to the non-luxury tax teams at the end of the year.

So if you are a potential non-luxury tax team, taking on a couple of his very small 10-day contracts could be very beneficial to you and any other team in that situation. (I’m sure making you very popular with some ownerships.)

If this is true, I am 100% convinced now that Darius will play 10 games. Storyteller…please tell me I’m wrong.

Parkinglotj

Yup, it was a TrueHoop article with a salary expert I linked in my post on the Darius situation
Still, teams seem not too openly focused on screwing Portland just for the heck of it. Otherwise Memphis could have signed, played, and waived Miles far early to give him the ten games. But we shouldn’t feel all safe either, now that he served his suspension he becomes more attractive again.

by Norsktroll

 
If I heard right

A team would actually make money by playing Darius 8 more games. Lose a very little now and gain it back and more in the summer. Seems like a no-brainer to me, no matter how much I want to yak as I type this.

Parkinglotj

Does anyone else feel a little bad for the guy? I know I do.
And yes, I am aware you can’t have it both ways.

tominhawaii told me to say “Everybody dance now!”

after he plays a few more games for that team and gets waived the Jazz will sign him to get him to the his 10th game.

Change my name to Darius, will I feel as important on Blazers Edge?

Memphis is cold

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2009/01/06/nba_20090106_botn.nba/?player=top_plays&subcat=blockofthenight

or does it have to be a different team?

As a Blazers fan, this is good news for the cap situation, but the post earlier this week by Dave provided a bit more information on the topic.

The Blazers have planned for the future with the expectation of having Miles $9 million per season on the books, so if his salary gets put back on, there is no need to panic, but if it stays off we will find the team in a great situation.
The expiring contract of Raef LaFrentz should be another factor in the off season plans for the Blazers, his $10 million (i think) will come off the books which will be a big help should Miles go back on the books.

As a fan of the GAME itself, it’s a shame to see him get cut and possibly end his chance at a comeback, it would be pretty bad for this to prove to be the end of his career as he has shown he has the ability to contribute to a team which will give him the opportunity.

But I am sure we will hear more about this in the not too distant future, but I have been left with one question around the whole ‘10 games and the salary is back’ situation:
All posts and articles mention him playing the 10 games this season, if he did NOT play in 10 games this season, but manages to get a contract NEXT season, what happens with his salary?

Well this was a long post, but I am interested to see any outcomes from this news, and any opinions on my thoughts…..

I have no more. I’m John Canzano.

Anway back to real news…I have this unshakable feeling Outlaw is being shopped more than is being admitted. Frye and Ike have no value. Sergio probably only has value to a few teams.

Now I can pretend to feel bad for Miles again!

I don’t feel bad for him. I was at Buffalo Wild Wings at Tanasbourne last year on a Sunday watching NFL. The Blazers were playing…I think it was at Toronto…anyway, D(bag)Miles used to be in there with his crew every Sunday and they were annoying as hell. During that game, I think BRoy nailed a 3 to win it at the end and everyone in BWW was high-fiving and Miles just sat there with his arms folded trying to look like he didn’t care. I used to feel semi-sorry for him, but after I saw that display I just said, “screw that guy”.

We used to see him in there almost every Sunday. We asked the waitress about them one time and she said they were super annoying and asked for all kinds of ridiculous things and demanded some kind of star treatment. She said the worst part is that they were the worst tippers in the whole place. So after tying up like 3 tables in the bar for hours on end and raising hell and acting like idiots, the poor waitresses got shafted. Classy.

Hey Darius!………Late.

hahah

Here’s one.

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