The cut will probably come down to Scal and Giddens

[Dave_From_NB]

There is a scenario were Ainge could be leveraging POR. The issue with Miles isn't cash as much as it is cap space. There was a report about Boston talking to POR about Pryzbilla but that doesn't make any sense he makes too much money. But Channing Frye happens to make the essentially the same amount as Scal. I wonder if he is telling them that if he could trade Scal for a guy like Channing Frye then Miles certainly wouldn't make the team. Obviously Scal's 3.4 mil in '09-'10 will be a pain in the ass but Boston could send the cash and a draft pick for them to find away to figure that out. They will have to renounce Frye in '09-'10 to get any cap space as his cap hold will be like 7 mil.

And after 28 more teams pull the same stunt with Portland regarding Miles, then they'll have become the worst team in the league again. Actually perhaps after those 28 downgrades in personel they'll be the worst team in the Dev League.

No way this happens, the Celtics cutting Miles just delays what is likely inevitable - Miles making a roster somewhere.

[sully00]

There would have been no wrath or anyone else holding POR up. Miles is likely screwed now there are more NBA caliber players than roster spots in the league. Nobody is likely to touch him before 10 day contracts as it is he has to sit out a 10 games once you've signed him. Boston was certainly his best chance to stick as we are rather vertically challenged and in search of veteran bench players on the cheap.

[LA_33]

There is a scenario were Ainge could be leveraging POR. The issue with Miles isn't cash as much as it is cap space. There was a report about Boston talking to POR about Pryzbilla but that doesn't make any sense he makes too much money. But Channing Frye happens to make the essentially the same amount as Scal. I wonder if he is telling them that if he could trade Scal for a guy like Channing Frye then Miles certainly wouldn't make the team. Obviously Scal's 3.4 mil in '09-'10 will be a pain in the ass but Boston could send the cash and a draft pick for them to find away to figure that out. They will have to renounce Frye in '09-'10 to get any cap space as his cap hold will be like 7 mil.

The guy I'd expect Ainge and Pritchard to be talking about in this kind of scenario is Travis Outlaw. Like Frye, he'll have to be dumped to get maximum cap space that Portland is looking for, and Batum and Webster are still on hand at the SF spot (and that's where the FA Portland goes after will likely play, too). On the C's end, Outlaw''s a former Ainge favorite (he was reportedly one of the points of debate when Danny was talking to Portland about trading Pierce for the chance to draft Chris Paul in 2005) and he plays the exact position that Miles would be filling, eliminating any chance of Darius returning to the C's after they make a 2-1 deal to clear a roster spot.

Boston could send Scal, cash to cover most of his 2009-10 salary, Giddens or Pruitt to give the Blazers another guard option, and perhaps the rights to Semih Erdan (since the Blazers like to collect the rights to high-upside international players).

[bruno sundov]

^^^^

I like the idea of outlaw on this team. He plays hard on both sides of the ball.