lol, portland told memphis they won’t consider them as trading partners for travis outlaw, unless they cut miles.

I’m really hoping someone (not us, though, hehe) screws over the Blazers management by signing D Miles now. I mean, what a move to sign a terrible contract and refuse to acknowledge it. What a useless organization.

With the new info about the 2 game thing, I’d be STUNNED if someone doesn’t pick him up. The Blazers’ strong arm tactics can only go so far- all they can do is make teams re-consider before picking him up. But once he’s actually on a team, there are so, so, so many different citeable and mostly credible reasons as to why he’s on the team. I keep reading how the Blazers have such great lawyers. There’s no way you can legally prove wrongdoing against a team though, unless they do something bone-headedly stupid… like sign him, play him 2 seconds in 2 games, then immediately cut him.

By the way, there’s an underlying situation here that nobody has mentioned. Darius Miles played exactly 9 minutes in two games. NINE. Memphis found it fit to cut him after those 9 minutes, despite having severe holes in their lineup, and despite talking him up so much a mere week ago? And no other team in the league knew about the 2 game thing but Portland. I’m not alleging that there’s something fishy here… actually, wait, yes I am.

To me, this is the second suspicious thing involving Memphis in less than a year (Gasol, Pau).

Plus, I have to keep reiterating, who did the Blazers bribe to get this “medical release” in the first place? I’ve never heard of another team getting a similar deal, though I’ve heard of plenty of teams, like the Knicks (Allan Houston, Larry Johnson), Heat (Alonzo Mourning), and the Hornets (Jamal Mashburn), who had to eat contracts even though their players were done.

@ Niall: the Blazer are scared of me.