OT: More mature Miles takes another shot at NBA

[mkwest]

Miles said he's reinventing himself as a player. It sounds similar to what former Charlotte Hornet Larry Johnson did after his back wore out. The Johnson who finished his career as a New York Knick wasn't nearly such a physical force, but what he lost in explosion, he compensated for with refinement.

"Those injuries, they make you mature," Miles said after the first of three days in a free-agent minicamp at Time Warner Cable Arena. "They make your game mature - they make you work on other things.

"I had a God gift and never thought it would be taken away from me. I probably would have never worked on my jump shot - never ! - because I could always get to the basket and jump higher than everybody else. But it got to a point where you can't do that no more."

Rick Bonnell, Charlotte Observer

[PlinkingPanda]

The Bobcats eh? Hopefully he can be a solid bench player. Kinda miss those old Miles and Q days. Where we knew we had a crappy team, but boy was it exciting to watch.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

The Bobcats eh? Hopefully he can be a solid bench player. Kinda miss those old Miles and Q days. Where we knew we had a crappy team, but boy was it exciting to watch.

You got that right

[PierceWalker]

DMiles and QRich was the fun in your team back then, it was exciting to watch