Effectively, The Blazers Have Now Handed Miles A Potential Lawsuit?

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  1. Drink Your Milkshake

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    Only an deleted could agree with what Paul Allen and Larry Miller did. I'm with Kevin Pritchard on this issue.

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    The Blazers helped Miles get a job.

    The Blazers dared anyone in the league to hire Miles, and a team did right away . . . with other teams ready to sign if Memephis didn't (IMO).

    Miles should be thanking the Blazers right now . . . he gets 9 mil/yr from the Blazers and every team is checking him out right now wondering if he is good to go. His agent couldn't even dream of getting his client the attention that email did

    My question is if the Blazers get a finding fee?
     
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    That's impossible!
     
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    Wow, that's really not impressive. Please continue you're education.
     
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    PA and Larry Miller are not assholes. I think PA has all the right to do what ever it would takes to stop or let scumbag owners/GM's not try to stick it to us for millions in luxury tax when they are not living by the spirit of the rules. I wish the Blazers wouldn't have sent the email but it is PA's right to do what he thinks is best for his investment/team. You can call me an asshole or whatever it doesn't bother me. PA will backup what he emailed and if Memphis only plays Miles 2-3 games for just a couple minutes and cuts him after one 10 day contract I'm sure the Blazers will take legal action against Memphis, the NBA and maybe more. If you don't like it that is ok but if you have invested millions then you could be the one that sits and does nothing about being shafted.
     
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    Needless ad hominem attack, and it adds nothing postitive to the board. :dunno:
     
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    You have your law degree, then, and passed a bar exam?

    I'm curious. I don't claim to be correct all the time, but in an area where I have some formal training and a bit of experience I prefer to listen to those who do, too.

    If OMG corrected me? Then I might listen. I don't think I'm too impressed by your knowledge of the legal system, though, so I'm gonna go with my opinion here.

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    And both would be demanding that a thread either be moved into the OT forum or out of the OT forum. :drumroll:
     
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    Katie Shearer deserves to be kept in the Blazer forum. Our out of town mods who moved her thread are worse than the Vulcans who ruined the Blazers.
     
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    And you're doing her no good by throwing a hissy fit in a thread about her.
     
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    Where is the basis for MIles to sue?

    He just was picked up on another 10-day contract and he still is owed $18 million over the next two years....

    Yeah, he has really been negatively impacted by that email....which BTW never implicitly told other teams not to sign Miles...just not to sign him with the SOLE INTENT to harm the Blazers financially......Think hard about that, there is a difference there....
     
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    May be. But. Still a hell of a try by KP to get that contract off the books!!! Beautiful effort. You gotta love that out of your GM.
     
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    Nope, that's not what I said.

    How do the Blazers' KNOW another team's intent? What would be their basis for filing a lawsuit?
     
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    The NBA handed Miles a lawsuit by nixing the waiver claim by the Blazers.

    Miles would have had a guaranteed contract for the rest of the season; now he only has a 10-day deal.

    Paging Billy Hunter...
     
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