In a move that has luxury tax implications on the Portland Trailblazers, Darius Miles was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies today.
If Miles plays in 10 NBA games the Blazers will have to pay the remainder of his 18 milion dollar contract as well as the NBA’s luxury tax.
Portland may wait to see what the future holds for Miles and if he signs with another team, but sources are telling us that GM Kevin Pritchard will look to make a move for a complimentary point guard to share minutes with Steve Blake. There is also talk that the Blazers are looking to add a “power forward preferably from the Eastern Conference.”
We know they love David Lee, but there doesn’t appear to be a fit at this point. Look for the Blazers to be active at the trade deadline.
What if the Knicks sign Darius Miles, then while attempting a trade with Portland threaten to play Miles in 9 games if the Knicks don’t get a great deal out of it? If Miles plays in 9 more games, Portland has to pay, because they got money back from when Miles filed for injury retirement a couple years back. If Miles is fit to play then Portland has to pay. Knicks could use that to their advantage. What do you think?
I couldn’t agree more belikemike.
I was just thinking the same thing.
We sign Miles and tell Portland that they should trade with us or we’ll make them pay the 18 million left on his deal.
It’s not like Miles has to play the entire game.
All he has to do is play like 3-5 minutes a game.
This could be a great advantage for us.
Of course Donnie won’t actually tell Portland this but I think they will get the point.
Once we make the trade we can cut him just like everybody else.
Sounds like a plan to me.
Now all we need is for Donnie Walsh to come onto TKB and read this.
That sounds devious……..
(but I have thought the same thing before…. i thought the same thing before the Celtics signed him and before the Grizz signed him…. haha)
great post and great thought belikmike23
Thanks, but the Knicks would have to make the signing soon, because otherwise some other random team will sign him and keep him on the bench for a while and we may lose our chance. It seems like teams are just signing him to sign him. I’d rather have Miles on our bench than Roberson even if neither play, because of the advantage Miles would give us over the Blazers. I say cut Roberson and sign Miles ASAP!