Miles Speaks Out

[MARIS61]

Without all this drama and posturing involved, they'd probably sign him to 2 consecutive 10-day contracts and then decide whether to gaurantee him the rest of the year. That's what we would do with a player to replace an injured player.

That's what we'll see most likely.

 

[MARIS61]

How in the world does Miles come out of this thing dislpaying more class than the Blazers?

Seeing is believing.

What you see is what you get.

If it looks like a duck...

 

[Spud147]

I'm not one of the people who think Darius signed the big contract and then coasted. I think he really meant everything he said at the time and he came out and backed it up until the injury. That's where I think everything went wrong. Darius seems like a really nice guy but he might not be as driven as some of the other players who have come back from this kind of surgery. His antics with Zach and marijuana were pretty minor but that coupled with the huge amount of weight he gained made it appear he was just sitting back collecting a paycheck after the injury and wasn't in any hurry to help the team win.

I hope Darius can come back and it irks me that the media is portraying it as the Blazers trying to thwart a comeback. They're not. What they're trying to do is define what "career ending" means and that's a benefit to every other team in the league. It's pretty clear that we need set guidelines that signing a player to a 10 game contract and playing them 1 minute a game is not what the rules were written to address. If Darius can really come back and contribute meaningful minutes nobody is going to have a problem with it... including the Blazers.

 

[RoyToy]

The Blazers look like bigger and bigger dicks for sending that email out. I think the FO messed that up pretty badly.

Leave the guy alone.