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Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:43 am
by Spykes
Darius Miles, the former Trail Blazers forward who is looking for employment within the NBA, will be a little less attractive to teams today after it was learned that Miles is subject to a 10-game suspension for violating the league's Anti-Drug program.
It is not known for what substance Miles tested positive, but in the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement, it states a player can receive a 10-game suspension for testing positive once for performance-enhancing drugs or for his fourth positive test of marijuana.
Players are randomly tested four times a year, from Oct. 1 through June 30. After the first positive test for marijuana a player is entered into the league's substance abuse program. The second positive test carries a $25,000 fine. The third a five-game suspension and the fourth a 10-game suspension, with each subsequent positive test carrying a five-game incremental suspension.
Miles has not played in an NBA game in two years, so it is not known when, or if, he was suspended five games during that time.
Although the Blazers waived Miles in April after an independent doctor ruled Miles' injuries to his right knee were career ending, the 10-game suspension is still relevant to the team. The Blazers will pay Miles the remaining $27.25 million of his contract, but his salary does not count against the Blazers' salary cap. However, if Miles returns to the NBA and plays in 10 games in one season in either of the next two seasons, his salary goes back onto the Blazers' books.
The suspension figures to make Miles even more damaged goods for a team interested in signing him. It is unclear whether Miles is trying to make a comeback, although it was rumored that he has been working out in Phoenix. His agent, Jeff Wechsler, did not return a phone message on Wednesday. No player has ever come back to the NBA after being deemed to have a career-ending injury.
What a waste.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazer ... _susp.html
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:45 am
by dockingsched
woah, i didn't know that if he played in 10 games in either season the blazers would have his salary count against the cap.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:49 am
by Dinky Bits
"I can still make it ma! I can still make it!" -Darius Miles
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:50 am
by ljp24
'No player has ever come back to the NBA after being deemed to have a career-ending injury.'
hopefully Livingston can change this.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:52 am
by Turisas
ljp24 wrote:'No player has ever come back to the NBA after being deemed to have a career-ending injury.'
hopefully Livingston can change this.
I'm pretty sure Danny Manning would have something to say about that.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:13 am
by Spykes
ljp24 wrote:'No player has ever come back to the NBA after being deemed to have a career-ending injury.'
hopefully Livingston can change this.
Livingston wasn't deemed to have a career-ending injury by a doctor (as far as I know) like Darius Miles was.
woah, i didn't know that if he played in 10 games in either season the blazers would have his salary count against the cap.
Ya, it's true, but it's very unlikely that will actually, and even more unlikely with this suspension.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:44 am
by RapsGM
What a waste of talent. I remember when this guy first came into the league, teh hype surrounded by him.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:50 am
by Milkdud
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:50 am
by kdot99
This guy could of actually been decent. Remember that season he was having with the Blazers in 05-06 before he went down? That was his break through year but it was cut short...and he was never the same since.
He got really fat and out of shape so I'm not surprised by his ...unrecovery.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:57 am
by mojomarc
PapooseKN wrote:He got really fat and out of shape so I'm not surprised by his ...unrecovery.
http://alltalksports.files.wordpress.co ... -miles.jpg
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:15 am
by Relentless88
lol, I remember that cover... what could have been...
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:20 am
by Ming Kong!
He was a remarkable talent, but not intelligent enough for his own good. A DAMN SHAME.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:25 am
by DelaneyRudd
I was at his first ever NBA game. Thought I would have a real neat story to tell.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:28 am
by Cybulski37
I thought he was a changed man when he decided not to actually use the SAT answers. I was wrong.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:47 am
by wfiles
Anyone still remember that stupid fists to the head thing he did? And everyone started copying him.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:17 am
by carrottop12
DelaneyRudd wrote:I was at his first ever NBA game. Thought I would have a real neat story to tell.
And finally, this was you chance to tell the story and you failed miserably.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:37 am
by EtchenBa
Spykes wrote:However, if Miles returns to the NBA and plays in 10 games in one season in either of the next two seasons, his salary goes back onto the Blazers' books.
So could a team potentially **** the Blazers out of a bunch of cap space if they sign Miles and he plays 10 games? Like they sign him purely for the purpose of ****ing up the Blazers cap space. Would that even be allowed if it was obvious what the intention was?
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:54 am
by LLcoleJ
So he is on the shelf from playing. The 27.5 million he will get from POR against the 43 million he has already earned .. I would say he is good. He may or may not come back in the NBA --- and if he does he has a ten game suspension.... ? So the story here is he is getting baked?
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:55 am
by Red Robot
EtchenBa wrote:So could a team potentially **** the Blazers out of a bunch of cap space if they sign Miles and he plays 10 games? Like they sign him purely for the purpose of ****ing up the Blazers cap space. Would that even be allowed if it was obvious what the intention was?
Yes. And at this point, that's the
only reason somebody would sign Miles.
But nobody really has incentive to do that. 10-day contracts wouldn't give him enough games, especially with the suspension. A team would have to pay him more than $1 million, plus maybe luxury tax.
Re: Darius Miles suspended 10 games by the NBA
Posted: Thu Jul 3, 2008 5:01 am
by Narcist
He doesen't need the nba anyways. That was just a side thing now hes ready to kick off his movie career.
