Blazers threaten the rest of the NBA [merged]

Proof? Well let's see . . . you seem to be the only one who thinks Miles won't get paid and I'm guessing you don't know the sitaution in depth if you are a Heat fan. I would have to say it is your statement that needs "proof"

Burden's on you buddy . . . but I'll save you the time:
Darius Miles’ waiver – via the medical retirement following the examination of an independent physician – amounts to a financial bonanza for the Blazers. Insurance will pay 80 percent of his $26.5 million salary from 2007-08 through 2009-10 seasons.

Miles’ salary is removed from Portland’s payroll, which dips below $64 million this season. It means that, rather than paying luxury tax (the threshold this season is $67.865 million), the Blazers will be the recipient of more than $3 million in tax benefit for this season

http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=120846542045537100


I know, I know . . . where is the writer of the article's "proof"?

 

I want to see Miles' W2.

 

eh? I must have missed this. What did Hunter stay?

 

How? explain it to me? You sound just like all the other people are outraged simply because they don't understand what they're reading. Explain to me how it is sickening, please.

 

I know he gets paid either way, I said he gets paid A FRACTION. 80% is a FRACTION.

 

KP audio -- Doesn't appear to be having a great day...

http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2009/01/audio_kevin_pritchard_comments.html

 

Again, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Insurance is paying him 80%, the Blazers are paying him the other 20%. He's still getting paid. Quit jumping to conclusions and actually read the material you're being provided.

 

Blazers pick up the other 20% . . . but I don't have link.

Believe what you want . . .

 

I believe that shot took more than .8 seconds.

 

Oh, that's why you have no intelligence?

 

Better yet...

Paul Allen should buy a European team and pay the best players on other NBA teams 5x what they can make in the NBA to come play for him in Europe - especially the Celtics, Grizzlies and anybody else that picks up Miles for two games. Let's see... How about a starting five of Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard- with OJ Mayo coming off the bench.

If these other pissant owners want to screw with the richest owner in sports, he needs to let them know there will be consequences - serious consequences.

BNM

 

You're really still bitter about that? Wooooow.

 

would.

love.

that.

only if a team tries to screw us.

 

that's nothing. Try this on for size

[video=youtube;RodiAAns6Jk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RodiAAns6Jk[/video]

 

What deal with Chicago? Minnesota drafted Roy. Portland didn't sabotage anything. They wanted Roy all along. He was the reason they made the trade with Boston to get the 7th pick. They new Minnesota wanted Foye. So, when Minnesota took the player they wanted, Portland took the player Minnesota wanted and made the swap. If anything, it was Houston trying to sabotage Portland, who had the higher pick, by getting Minnesota to take Roy in attempt to keep the Blazers from getting him.

If other teams/owners are bitter because the Blazers have gotten the better of them in trades, the answer is simple - hire a better GM. Trying to screw Portland because your GM made a bad trade, or couldn't out maneuver Pritchard, might feel good short term, but it's not a long term solution to your problems. All it's going to do is make Pritchard and Paul Allen angry and even more determined to build a winner in Portland.

BNM

 

I kind of like the rest of the league hating us again....

When the blazers are dominating in 2 years, i hope we show ZERO mercy. run the f'n scoreboard up. fuck the rest of the L.

 

The truth comes out. A bitter fan. Troll elsewhere.

 

Wow . . . KP does not look happy and when asked if he thought sending out the email was the right thing in light of all the negativity about it around the league, he said almost with resignation I don't know. That speaks volumes to me.

I hope over the weekend, PA and co step back and send out an implied apology (like the implied threat). I know it is hard for people with that kind of power to take that course of action, but it is the right thing to do . . .

 

If the union looked at it logically, they would realize that Miles is being paid by the Blazers for this year and next, and that another team signing Darius SOLELY to extract money from Paul Allen would actually make for one less team to play in this summer's free agent market, and thus one more huge contract for a member of their union that won't otherwise exist.

The NBA players' union should have just kept their mouth shut.

 

What constitutes trolling around here? Seriously you should read before posting. The fact that you didn't know that the blazers will pay the other 20% says a lot about you.