If anyone else signs this guy it will be a blatent attempt to mess with another teams salary cap. I think Paul Allen and his lawyers would be all over this. If a guy can't stick with Memphis than he isn't worth a damn. And also, when have preseason games ever counted for anything. Miles was suspended for 10 games but still allowed to play in preseason. If anything, the preseason games should have counted in his suspension. This is all bull shit.
What are his lawyers going to do? Miles was removed from the cap because he was ruled to have a career ending injury. Since Miles keeps playing in games (8 by my count so far this season), his career has clearly not ended, as his career keeps trucking on.
Re: Blazers’ magic number for cap turmoil: 2 This makes no sense. It wouldn't work. The 10 games thing would likely be waived immediately if Portland re-signed him, and the money would be put back on the cap the immediate moment Miles was re-signed. The rule was instated to stop the Knicks from doing this very thing with Allen Houston.
I already answered your ignorance on the matter earlier in the thread. Since you didn't comment on it, I have to think you either don't care about the FACTS or you are just trolling for responses. Which is it?
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...ug=aw-blazersthreat010809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns oooo we are threatening
I expected this from the Blazers, and I'd also threaten to sue the NBA if they continue to allow Miles' pre-season games to count against his suspension.
I'm not surprised by this move, but I don't see it holding any water. It would be difficult for a lawyer to prove malicious intent in a court of law, especially from a crappy team like the Grizzlies. Ed, your thoughts? I don't think this should have been merged btw. It's a serious turn in the Miles saga.
This little comment, imho, is a polite way of saying "seriously, don't fuck with us. Our owner is worth 15 billion and he's willing to waste more money than Darius' contract is worth, just to Pritch-slap you.". Followed by a little "Go ahead, we dare you". (I guess it helps to put the quote in)
A career in the NBA is a two-way deal. It takes a player and it takes a team that will sign him. Doctors for the Blazers and the NBA evaluated Miles' knee and are said to have determined that it was career-ending from the standpoint that if he continues to try to play on it, he will do such irrevocable damage that knee replacement surgery would be required. If that is a medical fact, and nobody has offered up anything in the way of evidence to the contrary, then it would be irresponsible for a team to sign and continue to play Miles as a long term situation. The mere fact that Miles is willing to take a risk doesn't remove a team's obligations to care for its employees' health. On the other hand, if teams are willing to sign Miles to short term deals simply for the chance to screw the Blazers' cap and luxury tax situations, then they are not really planning to offer Miles a continuing career situation, they're just playing with the CBA to try to gain an advantage. The Blazers are wise at this point to fire a warning legal shot across NBA executives desks so that everyone is on notice that the Blazers don't intend to take such shenanigans without there being legal consequences.
Think about how cheap Heisley and Wallace are. They are doing everything in their power to shave a few hundred thousand dollars off of their payroll, I can't imagine they'd be high on getting tangled up in a costly lawsuit ... it wouldn't be so much about proving anything as it is the threat of a costly court battle as a deterrent.
That'd be fun. Hopefully a team like the Knicks take him on. Ruin the Blazers cap space and then laugh at Paul Allen throwing away money in a fruitless lawsuit.
Cept that Paul Allen could throw far more money away at a "fruitless lawsuit" than the Knicks can, and it would just put the Knicks in court for a long time and waste more of their time and money than it's probably worth to them.
You do understand that Portland's cap space is not ruined even if Darius goes back on the books, right? I mean multiple people have said that but maybe you didn't see it?
They can send some hired lawyer out to court, and then collect their money back after the Blazers lose the lawsuit.
