Darius Miles files for bankruptcy

[SlyPokerDog]

He made millions in the NBA. Now Darius Miles is bankrupt.

Former East St. Louis Flyers basketball standout Darius Miles was a first-round draft pick with the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2000 NBA draft with a contract worth $9 million. He starred in a movie with Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds. He landed an endorsement with Michael Jordan’s athletic brand.

His star was rising and his financial future looked secure.

Darius Miles of East St. Louis High School shakes hands with NBA Commisioner David Stern, right, after he is drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA draft on June 28, 2000. AP file photo AP
In June, he filed bankruptcy.

Miles is 34 now. It’s been 16 years since the 6-foot-9 forward was drafted by the L.A. Clippers right out of East St. Louis High School.

But injuries, legal problems and bad investments have left Miles asking the court to allow him to sell off his assets to pay creditors. Miles listed $460,385 in assets and $1.57 million in liabilities.

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article102254247.html

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Here is an example of a fucked up law.

Allowing an epic douche like Miles that has made millions and pissed it away to get bailed out is wrong.

Oh, and fuck Darius Miles. (and Raymond Felton)

 

[VanillaGorilla]

What a dumbass.

 

[Blazinaway]

What a dumbass.

karma

 

[e_blazer]

Man, some of these guys sure make some awful financial decisions.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Man, some of these guys sure make some awful financial decisions.

You mean this was a bad idea?

 

[e_blazer]

You mean this was a bad idea?

$50,000 of customization to ruin the car's resale value? Yeah, I'd say that's something of a dumbshit move.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Completely shocking

 

[Blazers Roy]

Thanks, that made my day a little better.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[HailBlazers]

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You mean this was a bad idea?

It was a bad idea if it was free, it was a bad idea if doing it somehow cured cancer.

 

[crandc]

He can now run for President like four time bankrupt Trump

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This is my favorite Darius Miles interview ever! I have no idea what he's saying but it's pure gold.

 

[ripcityboy]

 

[Natebishop3]

Miles was a really nice guy. His mom was the driving force behind him playing ball. He never loved it. He played because of the money. That doesn't make him a douche. That doesn't make him an asshole. I bet most of us have done a job that we didn't really enjoy for the money. He was a good dude. No reason to hate him.

 

[Strenuus]

This is my favorite Darius Miles interview ever! I have no idea what he's saying but it's pure gold.

They had names for the moves they were doing? This was like a legit thing?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

They had names for the moves they were doing? This was like a legit thing?

Yes and yes.

 

[jlprk]

His stats look fine. Despite many games missed due to injury, his career PER was 14.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/milesda01.html

I just remember a childish guy who should have gone to college, with a strong black accent, so the Oregonian moved their hatred to Miles, as the newspaper got rid of every Blazer player with such an accent one after the other in a race from elite to the bottom of the league. McMillan later made something out of the childish Outlaw, so he could have done so with the more talented Miles, but injuries stopped that. Without injuries, and with the 5 years we gave other nice kids like Outlaw, Webster, and now Vonleh, Miles would have progressed like them.

I think you should blame whoever gave him the big contract, not him, as well as the overriding negative environment created by the Oregonian. In the disappointment after Bob Whitsitt left, fans needed to blame the team's downward spiral on something, and the Oregonian was happy to oblige until the paper found a GM who would play ball with them, Pritchard.

 

[jlprk]

Miles was a really nice guy. His mom was the driving force behind him playing ball. He never loved it. He played because of the money. That doesn't make him a douche. That doesn't make him an asshole. I bet most of us have done a job that we didn't really enjoy for the money. He was a good dude. No reason to hate him.

Exactly. His flaw was that he was too nice. Had he been more macho, the racists would have liked him.

 

[Five Second Violation]

Exactly. His flaw was that he was too nice. Had he been more macho, the racists would have liked him.

http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1977798

He was a total class act.

At least even in bankruptcy he has his acting charisma to fall back on. I'm still hoping we see a Perfect Score II one of these decades.

 

[jlprk]

http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1977798

He was a total class act.

Reading that article...Maurice Cheeks sure was a victim. What a coincidence that all those big bad players cussed at such a natural leader, while players didn't later at McMillan. The one thing the problem players had in common, that great strong leader Cheeks, surely had nothing to do with it.

The Oregonian defended Cheeks all the way while a few of us called for his replacement. As they always do, the defenders of the status quo posted, "Give me a list of who could replace him. All right, then."

 

[Five Second Violation]

Reading that article...Maurice Cheeks sure was a victim. What a coincidence that all those big bad players cussed at such a natural leader, while players didn't later at McMillan. The one thing the problem players had in common, that great strong leader Cheeks, surely had nothing to do with it.

The Oregonian defended Cheeks all the way while a few of us called for his replacement. As they always do, the defenders of the status quo posted, "Give me a list of who could replace him. All right, then."

You can question Cheeks' coaching but he was a legitimately classy, good guy who has accomplished a hell of a lot more in his life than Darius Miles ever will. Miles was a brain-dead waste of talent. It's not a part of some underground racist conspiracy to point out what should have been exceedingly obvious.

 

[dviss1]

Here is an example of a fucked up law.

Allowing an epic douche like Miles that has made millions and pissed it away to get bailed out is wrong.

Oh, and fuck Darius Miles. (and Raymond Felton)

You don't like Trump do you? He did this shit 4x.

 

[dviss1]

This is my favorite Darius Miles interview ever! I have no idea what he's saying but it's pure gold.

Am I the only one in here who LOVED Slamball?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Am I the only one in here who LOVED Slamball?

Yes.

 

[dviss1]

Yes.

Fine by me. I don't need anyone to validate my guilty pleasures.

 

[BigGameDamian]

http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1977798

He was a total class act.

At least even in bankruptcy he has his acting charisma to fall back on. I'm still hoping we see a Perfect Score II one of these decades.

If he had perfect acting charisma I'm sure he'd be in a whole lot more movies.

 

[THE HCP]

Him and Von Wafer were the only players that I've been around in my 12 seasons traveling with the team that were really jerks. Sounds like Nate got a different vibe. He was an ass.

 

[Strenuus]

If he had perfect acting charisma I'm sure he'd be in a whole lot more movies.

I am so confused.