RealGM.com what does this really mean? Is Portland going to be screwed on cap space now or did we figure Miles would catch on with a team. He does have a 10 game suspension.
They would have to wait 10 games and then play him 10 games. Thorn in our side, not sure why he won't just go away, but his contract coming back on the books sucks!!!!! Maybe it's pressure to get Outlaw?
I have to agree, they have Rudy Gay, why would they want Miles, even as a back up? Boston let him go and Los Angeles I guess drug their feet?
I would have thought most teams would have shied away from signing him for no other reason than to keep from stabbing the blazers with a $9,000,000 knife in the back. I'm sure Prichard and a few other GM's won't forget this anytime soon.
Walker s going to be released soon. I don't understand this signing. I'd rather have Walker over Miles. Walker has been on his best behavior this year and Miles hasn't played in a while. Dumb signing.
Can't the NBA just get rid of the Grizz franchise anyway? If he gets on the floor for 10 games this season in garbage time, it'll be as a favor to his agent, not because he's helping the team win.
Hell you would think the griz would of signed Bonzi before signing Miles I can't imagine that Shanxi Zhongyu threw that much money at him
We aren't. Trade rumors have died over here. That trade isn't going to happen because the coaching staff is starting to believe in Conley.
please help me understand why memphis would do this besides sticking it to us? is there one good reason?
*Gay *Warrick *Arthur *Ross This signing makes zero sense. All of these players (3/4's) are better than Darius. It's a pretty obvious move.
Memphis isn't trying to force a trade with Portland, they're simply trying to cut away the Blazers cap space since they both plan on being free agent players this summer.
It's a non-guaranteed contract. That means he can be cut at any time for any reason. If they actually want to play him in the 10 games required to put his salary on Portland's books, they will have to put him on their active roster and pay him for at least 20 games - the 10 games for his suspension + 10 more to screw Portland. This would require Darius to be productive, injury free and on his best behavior for a month. Unles. of coure, Memphis doesn't care one little bit if he's actually productive. While all the reports out of Boston were about what model citizen Darius was during pre-season, he actually stunk pretty bad when he played - and the more he played the less productive he became. In the end, he wasn't good enough to even get the 15th roster spot in Boston. Now, Memphis isn't Boston, but they have plenty of young forwards that are all more productive than Darius Miles will be. So, playing him in 10 games will actually make them worse. Of course, they are so bad, they probably don't care. There is definitely something more here than simply adding a guy to their roster. They don't need Miles, and there are plenty of young guys in the NBDL that would help them more than Miles, and that might actually have a future in the NBA - and they'd be a lot cheaper. Techincally, Miles has been in the league for 8 seasons. He hasn't played in the last two, but he was still on Portland's roster. The NBA minimum salary for a player with 8 years of experience is $1,141,838. If all Memphis really wanted was a practice player with a pulse, they could have gotten one a lot cheaper (and with a brighter future) than Miles. Nope, there is definitely something more to this than a simple player acquisition. BNM
Alright, I'm getting a pound of weed, 10 pints of Ben and Jerry's and driving to Memphis. I'll handle this shit.
