Is Darius Miles Even a Big Deal?
Jan 8th 2009 2:00PM by Tom Ziller (author feed)
Filed under: Trail Blazers, NBA TransactionsAdrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! dropped a bombshell on the whole Darius Miles escapade: those six preseason games Miles played in for Boston counted toward the 10 which would “un-retire” Darius and stick his $9 million back on Portland’s 2009-10 salary cap figure. The understanding, furthered by Woj, is that the cap addition would cripple Portland’s summmertime spending spree. (Woj’s assessment: )
But is that really the case? Are the Blazers screwed if Miles plays two more games this season? Dave Deckard of Blazers Edge doesn’t think so. Let’s look into the situation in detail.
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