I Can't Believe It! I Actually (In Fact, Wholeheartedly,) Agree With Canzano

From: Canzano's Saturday Piece

He also had a Follow-Up Blurb

 

But this is the "bed" Allen made and now he has to lie in it; he is the one who fell in love with Darius and outbid himself to sign Darius to that long term 8/9 million a year contract.

It sucks, but the letter and its tone sucks more. I hate to admit it, but JC is pretty much dead on with this one -- this was not a good move.

 

The problem with Canzano's self-righteous little diatribe is that, as per usual, he's spouting off without knowing all of the facts. Exactly what do the Blazers know that led them to think the Miles signing was primarily to screw their cap space? Exactly what will it cost the Blazers in money and, more importantly, in opportunity costs to acquire a player or players and to keep ones that they have now? What have the Blazers' legal advisors told them is needed in the way of notice to other teams in order to make the best case should litigation be necessary? My bet is that there's more to this than we know and it bugs me that Canzano presumes that he knows everything necessary to judge the Blazers actions to date.

 

I just don't get why people keep bringing up Miles' contract as being the a key reason in all of this. I just don't think it is relevant. A 8/9 million dollar contract at the time for Miles was maybe a 1 million more than he deserved. Big deal. You don't see him freaking out over other larger contracts. If Miles would have been signed by a team this summer and had been playing this year, Paul Allen would not have given a rats ass right now. It would be over and done with.

The point that has irked him is the comments from other organizations about trying to screw th Blazers. True or not it makes no difference. It pissed him off because he felt like it was a slap in the face. So he fought back in only manner that he knew how. Which has backfired. But his contract is not the issue because he is paying it anyways. He can accept that Miles is playing, what he can't accept is his "partners" plotting to screw him. Again whether or not it is true I don't know, but he seems to have reason to believe it is true.

 

these top picks who don't pan out always seem to get nice second contracts. even kwame got one, despite literally zero production. darko was well compensated too, despite barely even playing. i did not like the miles contract at the time, but it was by no means egregious under nba standards.

 

I don't blame the grizzlies. The Clippers did the same thing with Fred Jones.

 

I wonder if it wouldn't have made a lot more sense for Larry Miller to have sent a message to the NBA instead, asking for an investigation, in the event Memphis used Darius Miles for little more than the minimum needed to put Miles' contract back on the Blazers. It seems like the Blazers' message rings a little like petulant whining from the wealthiest owner in the league, worried about losing money. If there is a potential infraction, the NBA should police it, rather than have teams threaten to sue one another.

It's right for the Blazers to be worried, but the way they went about trying to remedy the situation was way off.

That said, Canzano is way over the top on this. I had to turn off his radio show when he started saying "I half-expected to see Steve Patterson come out of the practice facility..." - get over yourself, John. This is still a far sight better than the Patterson-Nash days, or the Trader Bob days. It was a dumb message to send, but come on, most Blazer fans just shrug their shoulders and hope Brandon Roy is back on the floor tonight.

 

I hear ya there. However, I couldn't help but think that today's Vulcan is the same as yesterday's (Patterson's) Vulcan.....and, in light of The Letter, simply an awoken giant from the North barking out their edicts.

 

Doesn't matter. The point is, the Blazers still look bad.

 

Sometimes looking bad for a while is the price you pay for ultimate success.

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On the other hand, if the Blazers were really just pulling a Vulcan, then it's just looking bad for no good reason.

 

Yeah the difference is Fred Jones can actually play....

Miles has shown nothing...other than he can barely run on the floor for the last few minutes of garbage time....and literally ANYONE could do that...heck we let Ha Seung Jin on the floor.......

 

He had two blocks and two rebounds in seven minutes the last time he was on the floor ... hardly the scrubilicious hack you paint him out to be.

 

Nikolokolus, you KNEW I'd trot out the BR sooner or later, right?


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/109281-one-bad-act-takes-away-the-positives-of-an-organization

 

fuck him, fuck him and send him right out of town he deserves NY

 

How predictable. The Blazers are getting screwed, the Grizz are punk-ass-bitches, and Canzano takes sides against the home team.

 

Clearly I'm in the minority, but I had no problem with the memo that the Blazers sent out. Was it an attempt to intimidate other teams? Yes. Did it work? Maybe not. Memphis has signed Miles, but they haven't played him yet. I'm interested to see how this plays out since I think they're probably trying to force a trade. I don't see anything wrong with trying to intimidate other teams. If it works you get over on them.

 

When Miles either gets hurt on the court infront of thousands watching or doesn't play ever again after this mockery of basketball, the Blazers will not only look right but be right about why the Grizzle did this! It's not a matter of if but when!

We should all just relax and watch the inevitable happen.

This however will open a new chapter on underhanded basketball business and Stern has allowed it to happen. Nice job idiot! Get ready for what you've ushered in!

 

Bleacher report is one of the most unintentionally hilarious basketball blogs because they are so often inaccurate and just flat out bad.