Blazers had tried to claim Miles off waiver?!?

Well, now I agree that he has no case, because another team called the Blazers bluff. But if he hadnt gotten signed, then I could see some grounds for litigation.

and just for the record, I hate Darius Miles.

 

I seem to remember something similar with Derek Anderson a few years ago, but maybe there's a difference between DA and a "medical retirement."

 

Derek Anderson was waived under the one time Allan Houston rule that allowed teams to waive one player per team for the express purpose of removing them from their luxury threshold. They still had to play the player, and the player still counted against the salary cap, but the player did not count for exceeding the luxury threshold thus the team did not have to pay dollar on dollar if that player's salary was part of their luxury threshold.

 

here's the part I was thinking of

and the answer

I'm not even sure how that relates to Darius, but for whatever reason this whole ordeal made me think about DA's situation.