Found January 16, 2009 on
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PLAYERS:
Darius Miles
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers
If the name Darius Miles did not bring fear to the
Portland Trailblazers organization when seeing him on the court, it
does now. Miles is causing a BIG stir in the NBA, affecting all NBA
teams and getting the NBA Players Association involved.
When Darius Miles was under contract with
the Trailblazers he suffered what was thought to be a career ending
knee injury. The injury caused him to have micro-fracture surgery in
2006 and he was released by the Blazers in April 2008 after not
participating in any NBA games for two seasons.
One of the big screen actors on The Perfect Score,
with Scarlet Johansen, Miles started out this pre-season on the world
champion Boston Celtics roster and was waived by the Celtics after
playing in six pre-season games. He later signed with the
Grizzlies and played in two regular season games when he was released
before his contract became guaranteed.
Last Friday was when all the chaos started. Miles officially became a free agent, having ...
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