Grizz to sign Miles for the rest of the season

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  1. ucatchtrout

    ucatchtrout Well-Known Member

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    Well, threre you have it. Darius Miles and Mo Cheeks will be spending the rest of this season in Memphis. A match made in heaven.

    http://www.thememphisedge.com/2009/01/29/miles-will-remain-for-the-season/
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Kind of ironic, imho, how the e-mail (which people stupidly claimed was the Blazers hurting Darius' ability to make a living) probably lead to Darius signing a guaranteed contract instead of being waived.
     
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    I think Cheeks turned them down -- for his own good and well-being so the epic reunion won't happen.
     
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    I don't think the email had anything to do with Miles signing a guaranteed contract.

    Memphis is just all screwed up
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think it called their bluff. No email sent and there's no real reason to keep him. It's not like he's been all that productive.
     
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    A topic we could debate and go round and round on . . . I guess we will never know.

    I know it is unpopular, but whatever the reason for the contract, I'm glad for Miles.
     
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    The Blazers' next move will be interesting. This seems like a CYA move by the Grizz. With him they had the minimum 13 players anyway, so it's not like they had to make a tough choice to dump someone else to keep him.
     
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    It would be very interesting to let the doctors who deemed him unfit examine him now and hear what they had to say. My guess, they'd stick to their guns and say he is seriously jeopardizing his long term health to play.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    They didn't say he was unfit to play. They said that his knees were bad enough that they would suggest he not play basketball anymore. Huge difference.
     
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    just....awesome!!! LOL love it!!!
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Long live the curse!

    Quick, what's the NBA record for consecutive losses in a season?

    BNM





    Hint: Same team, different place.
     
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  14. NattaNerNuttaMan

    NattaNerNuttaMan NattaNerNutta like Spike

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    lol...back in those "Big Country" days? LOL :lol:
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yep, 23 in a row back in 1996. They went half of February and all of March without winning a game.

    Denver managed to tie the record less than two years later.

    BNM
     
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    I thought Big Country had a little bit of game back in the day, he could post people up. Then they gave him that ridiculous $60 mil contract I think, and it was just downhill from there.
    Big Country, SAR and Bibby were quite the Big 3.
     
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    They did not say that.

    They said, if he retired, his medical condition would be sufficient explanation to give the Blazers cap relief.

    I don't think they made any recommendations about his future. If they did it was not why they were getting paid.

    Ed O.
     
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  18. NattaNerNuttaMan

    NattaNerNuttaMan NattaNerNutta like Spike

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    yeah they were nice...they also had Michael Dickerson...who was just coming into his own before injuries brought him down...sad, cuz he was shaping up to be pretty damn good...when he went down, so did the Grizzlies' (not like they really had far to fall...lol)

    And with Country...he was good...but as soon as he got paid...he got about as lazy as a player can get
     
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    Wait a min, no one's commenting on the the backup center part? Miles a backup PF?C? I thought he was a SF? Did he change positions?
     
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  20. NattaNerNuttaMan

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    yeah I think that's against smaller lineups though. When he started out he did play SF and weighed a whispy 210-215 pounds. Now since his surgery and injuries...he's lost mobility and explosiveness. He now plays at 235 pounds...not that he has bulked up he's playing a lil stronger to compensate for his diminished mobility.
     
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