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  1. 01-09-2009 #126
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    This is patetic

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  2. 01-09-2009 #127
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    I think the issue would come down to how the team that signs him actually uses him. If some team signs him and plays him exactly 2 games and only in meaningless minutes or for a couple of minutes and never again, then Portland could claim they signed him just to hurt Portland.
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  3. 01-09-2009 #128
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    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

    NBA tells teams Miles free to be signed

    Despite the Portland Trail Blazers’ efforts to dissuade teams from signing Darius Miles, the NBA sent out a memo on Friday morning that makes clear it won’t stand in the way of the free-agent forward’s return to the league.

    The league notified teams on Friday that Miles had cleared waivers and is eligible to be signed to a standard contract. “Any such contract,” the league wrote in the email, “would be approved by the NBA.”

    “What they’re saying is: ‘Don’t let that scare you off,’ ” said one Eastern Conference GM who had received the memo.

    An NBA spokesman wasn’t immediately available to respond for comment or clarification regarding the memo.

    The Memphis Grizzlies waived Miles on Tuesday after he played in two games for them. If Miles plays in two more games, the remaining $18 million of his contract will go back on the Trail Blazers’ salary cap.

    Blazers president Larry Miller sent out an email to every NBA team threatening possible legal action should Miles be signed for the “purpose of adversely impacting the Portland Trail Blazers’ salary cap and tax positions.”
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  4. 01-09-2009 #129
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    Good for the Cavs owner to take a stand against Portland. Need more teams behind him.

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  5. 01-09-2009 #130
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    These really are not diametrically opposed. The NBA will honor a contract but if Portland finds cause that the signing was purely to screw them, they will sue.
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  6. 01-09-2009 #131
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    Quote Originally Posted by ploto
    These really are not diametrically opposed. The NBA will honor a contract but if Portland finds cause that the signing was purely to screw them, they will sue.
    The thing though is if the League approves the signing they will most likely stop any litigation before it even gets off the ground.
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  7. 01-09-2009 #132
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    Quote Originally Posted by ESPN: Union vows to hit Blazers with grievance
    The NBA players' union said Friday it will file a grievance against the Portland Trail Blazers after team president Larry Miller threatened litigation if a team picks up Darius Miles simply to adversely impact Portland's salary cap.

    Before the 6-foot-9 small forward cleared waivers Friday morning, Miller sent an e-mail to the other 29 NBA teams as a warning that the Blazers would sue.

    If Miles plays in two more games this season, Portland would be on the hook for $18 million -- the amount remaining on Miles' contract, which would count against the salary cap and force the team to pay luxury tax.

    "We are shocked at the brazen attempt by the Portland Trail Blazers to try to prevent Darius Miles from continuing his NBA career," NBPA executive director Billy Hunter said in a statement Friday. "Their attempt to intimidate the other 29 NBA teams by threatening frivolous litigation merely for signing this capable NBA veteran is a clear violation of the anti-collusion and other provisions of our Collective Bargaining Agreement. We will vigorously defend Darius' rights."

    The matter was added to Friday's agenda at a previously scheduled meeting between NBA and players' union attorneys.

    In a memo sent to its 30 teams Friday that announced Miles had cleared waivers, the league office acknowledged it received the e-mail Portland distributed.

    The NBA in its statement also seemed to indicate that it would support any club wishing to sign the veteran forward.

    The Blazers waived Miles, who has not played for the team since microfracture surgery on his right knee in November 2006, at the end of last season after determining he was medically unable to play.

    Miles has played in eight games this season -- six preseason games for the Boston Celtics, then two games for the Memphis Grizzlies before being released earlier his week.

    Miles, the third overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2000 NBA draft, was on the Blazers' roster from 2004-08. He signed a six-year, $48 million deal with the team in September 2004.

    In 414 career games, he has averaged 10.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.15 blocks.

    Information from ESPN.com senior NBA writers Chris Sheridan and Marc Stein and The Associated Press was used in this report.
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  8. 01-09-2009 #133
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    The Blazers are about to get owned. Portland better do some damage control quick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kill_Bill_Pana
    Kings owners are mob. They can Allen with their mob lawyers until even he is broke.
    I assure you that they aren't. All the big lawyers in Vegas are probably hooked up though.
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    I have to say, in all my years of being a Spurs fan, I can't think of anyone I've wanted the Spurs to sign as badly as I want them to sign Miles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
    I have to say, in all my years of being a Spurs fan, I can't think of anyone I've wanted the Spurs to sign as badly as I want them to sign Miles.
    You were all for signing Hairston. You must really want to screw Portland over OV!
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    It's on, Portland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ploto
    I think the issue would come down to how the team that signs him actually uses him. If some team signs him and plays him exactly 2 games and only in meaningless minutes or for a couple of minutes and never again, then Portland could claim they signed him just to hurt Portland.
    They can claim it, but they can't prove it. Who were the Spurs trying to hurt when they essentially did that with Keith Langford last year?

    It's a bluff. With the way the memo was worded and possible charges of collusion coming from the union, the Blazers would not just be facing off against the team that plays Miles - they would also be facing the NBA front office, the players union, and likely a countersuit from Miles that holds much more validity on face value.

    He takes a lot of flack, much of it deserved, but David Stern is a pitbull. I don't think Pritchard wants to see how he'd react to one of his en ies filing suit against another for signing a guy who is a FREE AGENT.

    Portland's the one who f'ed up and signed Miles to that ridiculous contract in the first place. They caught an extremely lucky break when it was voided from a cap perspective. But it's still nobody's fault but their own if it goes back on the books.
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  14. 01-09-2009 #139
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    Quote Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
    If the Spurs were ever going to offer Udoka to Portland for Batum, now would be the time. An email saying, "We plan to shore up our 3-4 position, and would like to go young instead of taking a chance on any available free agents." would fit nicely. Obviously the Blazers understand the language of threats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tp2021
    You were all for signing Hairston. You must really want to screw Portland over OV!
    I wanted Hairston locked up, and that's done.

    I think it would be a stupid, stupid business move NOT to sign Miles if you have the spot for him. If the Spurs complained about the Blazers getting Batum, I'm sure the answer would have been, "It's just business." This situation isn't any different. As has also been mentioned, the kid probably wouldn't be the least athletic on the Spurs roster, and the team environment might do him good.
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    Thank you, tp. I'm having trouble getting all my thoughts into a single thread.
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    Miles would be that big athletic 3 weve all been waiting for....do it pop.
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  18. 01-09-2009 #143
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    Pop should just pull the trigger on that one for the sheer entertainment value of it all. He can send a video of himself giving two thumbs up to the Blazers' brass.
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    If a team sign Miles for a 10-day contract and play him exactly 2 game then Portland has a strong case. Otherwise, if he's signed and play through the rest of the season (even on limited minutes) there's no case and I won't expect any legal action
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  20. 01-09-2009 #145
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    As a blazer fan this pisses me off, they went all about this situation the wrong way. I seriously hope someone signs miles.. i can kinda see their point on if someone only signs him to them over but still they put themselves in this situation they went about it all totally wrong.... blazers management.
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  21. 01-09-2009 #146
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    Quote Originally Posted by tlongII
    Dude, Darius gets his 18 mil regardless. We just don't want it to count against our salary cap. If he has a career-ending injury we get that money taken off our salary cap, but he still gets paid.
    Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't an insurance company the one that is paying Miles? If I were that insurance company, I'd be pissed as too.
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    If Portland really wants to sue someone, it should sue the doctors who signed off on the injury as career-ending for malpractice...unless, of course, there was some sort of collusion there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ploto
    I think the issue would come down to how the team that signs him actually uses him. If some team signs him and plays him exactly 2 games and only in meaningless minutes or for a couple of minutes and never again, then Portland could claim they signed him just to hurt Portland.
    So what? There's nothing wrong with it. Blazers don't have a case at all.
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  24. 01-09-2009 #149
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    Maybe Daryl Morey will pull the trigger on this one. Rockets have 1 roster space and $450,000 of cap space left. hmmmm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
    Thank you, tp. I'm having trouble getting all my thoughts into a single thread.
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