Boston.com reports the Celtics have announced that they have signed free agent forward Darius Miles. Our T.J. Donegan had this to say a few weeks back in his linkz of the week. Darius Miles Puts Acting Career On Hold, Could Play In Green Ian Thomsen writes a great Inside the NBA column-esque thing for SI.com and he has a really good piece on Darius Miles, the former high school standout and Clippers first-round-pick who injured his knee two years ago and had his injury deemed "career-ending" by the NBA. Well he is back and healthy and working out for your beloved Celtics. He has a lot of baggage but no moreso than a lot of NBA players (To think, Caron Butler spent six months in prison). He's spent two years getting healthy and rehabbing when he could've been sitting on his ass collecting close to 10 million a year that the Blazers guaranteed him. He's a bargain-basement grab for anyone who is willing to take a flyer on him and I think two years coupled with the strong team mentality the Celtics have built could be enough to turn his career around if he stays healthy. There's not a lot of options for the Cs at SF and none more talented than Miles. Besides, if I have to see him in another movie like The Perfect Score, I might lose it.
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August 23, 2008
But even cancers can go into remission.
And if you mean by "model citizen," "won't get caught," you could be right.
I remember a YB friend of mine talking about how Darius did a lot of off the court work for the Portland community and never got any publicity for it. I don't really think he's a bad guy, but I wont deny he has made some bad choices in his past. He ruined his reputation here in Portland but maybe he can turn things around with the Celtics.
I'm glad that he's getting a shot at a second chance.
Hopefully he does well in Boston.
I totally agree with you, the Blazers are set as of right now. Everybody just needs to stay healthy.