One thing that we know about Darius is that he has some serious skills, or did before surgery. And that he has a huge contract Portland's paying him for nothing. Mile says that he is 100% and is ready to play and yet we sit him on the bench. Granted he's had problems with off the court and some attitude on the court and McMillan and the staff are probably scared that he might ruin the chemistry and image of the team that they have worked so hard to attain but theres no way in hell we will get a trade for him if no one knows if hes still got the ability to serve up facials from ten feet out. What portland needs to do is to let him play because he has worked hard on the court at practice and has done a good job of keeping clean off the court and we wouldn't have much to lose. If he plays great and proves himself it opens many doors to us, we would either get another great player to add to the bench and give us, in my opinion, the deepest bench in the league, or we could trade him and get another player, and if he fails to perform then we put him back on the reserve list and we are right back at square one and haven't lost anything. Another option is to put him down in the D-league for a while and let him get his confidence back by dunking on punks that don't know their place. I guess my point is that I would like to see him and his osama beard posterizing people again or to at least give portland some salary cap room space if we are able to move him. You know he wants to play just look at the smile on his face during this dunk!
