Duncanoypi
01-09-2009, 11:52 PM
TORONTO –- One of the strangest NBA plots ever will thicken Saturday because Darius Miles will rejoin the Grizzlies with a 10-day contract.
That’s the word I got while the Griz were getting blown out by the Raptors.
Miles is expected in Memphis sometime Saturday. He has visited family in Mississippi since Tuesday when the Griz waived him to avoid guaranteeing his contract for the rest of the season.
So Miles won’t have to travel far in order to put an exclamation point on an unprecedented NBA saga given the ramification his return likely will have for the Portland Trail Blazers.
If Miles appears in two more games this season, the $18 million remaining on his salary will count against the Blazers’ salary cap. The development would make the Blazers a luxury-tax payer and limit their future free-agent spending.
Portland is still expected to be under the cap this summer. If the Blazers let Raef LaFrentz’s $12.7 million contract expire and Miles’ contract goes back on their books, they would be approximately $7.5 million under the current cap.
The figure would be $16.5 million if Miles never played.
Check www.commercialappeal.com for more details on this development.
http://www.thememphisedge.com/2009/01/09/griz-signing-miles-to-10-day-contract/
That’s the word I got while the Griz were getting blown out by the Raptors.
Miles is expected in Memphis sometime Saturday. He has visited family in Mississippi since Tuesday when the Griz waived him to avoid guaranteeing his contract for the rest of the season.
So Miles won’t have to travel far in order to put an exclamation point on an unprecedented NBA saga given the ramification his return likely will have for the Portland Trail Blazers.
If Miles appears in two more games this season, the $18 million remaining on his salary will count against the Blazers’ salary cap. The development would make the Blazers a luxury-tax payer and limit their future free-agent spending.
Portland is still expected to be under the cap this summer. If the Blazers let Raef LaFrentz’s $12.7 million contract expire and Miles’ contract goes back on their books, they would be approximately $7.5 million under the current cap.
The figure would be $16.5 million if Miles never played.
Check www.commercialappeal.com for more details on this development.
http://www.thememphisedge.com/2009/01/09/griz-signing-miles-to-10-day-contract/