Found January 16, 2009 on The Sports Agent Blog:
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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