Miles contract question

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  1. PapaG

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    That may be the case, but I am content with Paul Allen pursuing the option regardless of your personal opinion.
     
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    Congrats. I don't have any emotional stake in this email at all. I'm giving my opinion based on my knowledge of the CBA and how Stern has acted in the past.

    That you are content doesn't mean there's any legal or administrative basis for creating new rules for the Blazers' benefit.

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    I'm not saying any new rules are being created. I understand the purpose of the email, and it has little to do with anything other than general business principles and the protection of one's asset.
     
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    This thread is about us being able to trade Miles's contract if he's no longer medically retired. It has nothing to do with the email. You disagreed with me stating that there will be no exception made for Portland to be able to trade a previously waived contract and I was responding to that disagreement.

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    We probably can't sign Miles to a deal, but how about we "trade" for Miles by giving up S-bo and a draft pick to whatever team signs Miles?
     
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    All you offered was your opinion, though. That doesn't make it a fact. I've read elsewhere that there is a strong case to be made for Portland winning a grievance. I also don't see anywhere in this thread where you commented on Portland trading the contract.
     
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    Free agents can't be traded until 3 months after they've signed.
     
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    I also don't say "Portland Trail Blazers". Because this is aboard about the Blazers, though, it's implied. Similarly, when the original post is about being able to trade the contract of Darius Miles, my post should definitely be seen in that light.

    As for offering "only" my opinion: I also have the history of the NBA and the plain language of the collective bargaining agreement on my side. You, in disagreeing with me, have ... what?

    I'm curious, though. What "grievance" are you talking about?

    What "grievance" would there be that the Blazers should be able to trade a contract that it waived months and months ago?

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    My comments in this thread were directed at the buy-out portion and its implications for Portland. In other words, his contract.
     
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