You have to wonder if they let him go in the first place because of a threat, and then when the NBA said they’d back teams brought him back. Now, play him the next two games and show the Blazers!

I was really surprised at Portland’s threats. Seems so strange.

Of course, I say this as a Wolves fan who is used to catching almost every single bad break imaginable when it comes to the basketball operations. If the Wolves were in Portland’s position, we’d all be like “of course we’re going to see our potential cap space evicerated; would’ve been nice if he hadn’t signed, but oh well…”

But when you’re on a run like Portland’s been on—drafting the right guys, winning the lottery, pulling off impossible trades, basically turning around a horrible situation on a dime—then maybe testiness and lunacy is to be expected when they hit a pot hole in their otherwise supremely privileged world. Maybe that threat to sue was their “I’m Keith Hernandez” moment.

You were right that a team would sign him to a ten day contract, and that’s what I feared all along because it just makes business sense (as outlined in my “Darius Miles Chronicles” on BE). But don’t come telling that is a more morally justified behavior than sending out the e-mail. They do it to collect the financial rewards of screwing Portland’s cap and pocketing the $250K (one of the teams below the cap and thus the tax). Hard to believe they are interested in Darius the player. We’ll see if that results in some ugly legal war.

Your love for Memphis is really about your repressed love for O.J. :P

will Memphis still be your favorite team?

I used to feel sorry for T-Wolves fans but this is so cynical. Maybe you deserve McHale. And Brad Childress, assuming you are football fans. And whoever is wrecking the Twins lately. But I suppose knowing that you could have Mayo and Roy on your team right now is worth a hit in capspace.