this made me smile

the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is back on the table. Come on Darius, wouldn’t you rather go into coaching/work with kids/go back to school than try to squeeze 8 more games out? :)

It makes no sense for them not to do so.

Despite what Dave would have you believe, this is real good news. Not having do deal with all the ifs ands and buts about this extra 9 million dollars really frees us up to make a couple big splashes instead of just one dip in the pool, while having to give up on one of our youngsters.

We might even be able to put up good enough offers to make the Mavs or Jazz give up Millsap or Bass.

my brother is a diehard blazer fan but he has been a diehard Miles fan almost as long, so whenever Miles gets cut he always get angry at the blazers for ruining his career. He’s convinced the blazers have been spending PA money by paying off every NBA team that picks him up to drop him

 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.

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.

Wouldn’t it be split equally between the nontaxpaying teams? I don’t know how many that is…maybe 18 or 20? That would be a slightly bigger sum.

How much would Darius be payed on each of his 10 day contracts?

I’m not trying to be a smarty pants, I just don’t know the answer to these questions.

unless there gonna need to rplace darko and need the roster spot mile represented

Clearly there will be a huge line for his services. After all, Memphis is stacked at all positions….there just wasn’t room.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

You don’t really want Pritchard and Allen to view you as an enemy. You will be assimilated.

Many keep hanging on to the hope that he won’t. We have enough chips and RLEC to make something good happen. We have options. We are in a great place! This is someone’s life here. Yes he blew it while here but I love a good redemption story more than just about anything else.

and therefore letting me bypass some heckling for my post of the same topic that i just deleted. anywho, YAY!!!!

go and play in Europe where he will face less games and thus save his knees all while going against good competition and a possible return to the NBA when or if he gets his athleticism back.

They could claim him off waivers after already working him out a month ago. Or just wait until he has cleared waivers and the deadline has passed, then pick him up for another unguaranteed contract. Muahahahaha evil Dunleavy >:-)

You must be standing in Dariuseses’ blunt smoke cloud if you think a team isn’t going to sign him to a 10-day contract. Especially now that his weed suspension is outta the way. heck, the celts might even snatch him up. Cutting him was just a standard cost cutting move by the Griz. The only hope for Blazers management now is Darius gets busted for herb again or gets injured again. Neither out of the question, but still long shots.

The comments about other teams’ GMs not signing Darius so as not to create an enemy are laughable. Other GMs jobs are on the line. If you can get an edge over your opponent, you do it. An east coast team would have little incentive. A west coast team has a huge incentive, especially if they are trying to resign a player and don’t want him to leave for a bigger contract in ’09.

The appeal to have the contract stricken from the cap is an interesting idea and worth a shot because Blazers have nothing to lose. However, given that Stern is a lawyer and dictator he will probably say something like “You signed the contract, live with it” all the while receiving a reacharound from larger market clubs who also will be in the hunt of this off-seasons thin market and the 2010 huge market.

It was weight loss supplement, so basically a form of speed. However, I believe he was busted for weed before this. Also if you take one look at the guy you know he puffs cheeba. check out this video clip at 21 sec. and tell me Darius doesn’t spark up.

I don’t think he is dumb enough to get caught for the supplement again, but that SoCal bomb diggie is hard to resist if he is going to tryout for Clippers redux.

Ever cheer for a player to be held out of the league, or root for an injury, or anything like that. It would be great to have the money saved from him not playing, but if he can play then it is selfish of us to root against him so strongly. He may be one of the many players who spurned our trust, but still we are better fans than that.

I think it’s sad that as a fan base we are rooting against a single individual for our own personal gain, it really isn’t how I see this sites personality. Darius is still not 100% I think that is obvious, and it seems slightly odd that teams are willing to sign him and play him in garbage time knowing about the 10 game issue, if he is signed to a 10 day contract, and then let go after playing the final 8 games, then you can be assured the Blazers wont be held accountable for the contract.

If a team signs him just to spurn the Blazers, we will not be held accountable for his contract. Unless he plays significantly for a team, or is signed for the remainder of the season I think we are clear. This will go to court, I’m almost positive.

Today they acquired Shaun Livingston and cash from the Heat for a 2nd rounder, then waived him. They just wanted the cash. Maybe that’s what they needed Darius’ spot for?

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