Jan 9th 2009 8:54AM by Tom Ziller (author feed)
Filed under: Trail Blazers, NBA RumorsOn Thursday we judged whether or not the
potential Darius Miles un-retirement would really hurt the Blazers. For anyone
still arguing it doesn’t really matter … well, they might want to
explain that to the Blazers front office.

Ian Thomsen of has news of a
peculiar (read: %@#$ing crazy) threat Portland president Larry Miller sent
around to NBA executives this week. Here’s the short letter, according to
Thomsen:
The Portland Trail Blazers are aware that certain teams may be contemplating
signing Darius Miles to a contract for the purpose of adversely impacting the
Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax positions. Such conduct from a team
would violate its fiduciary duty as an NBA joint venturer. In addition, persons
or entities involved in such conduct may be individually liable to the Portland
Trail Blazers for tortuously interfering with the Portland Trail Blazers’
contract rights and perspective economic opportunities.

Please be aware
that if a team engages in such conduct, the Portland Trail Blazers will take all
necessary steps to safeguard its rights, including, without limitation,
litigation.
The Blazers have already gone a few steps too far on the Miles situation,
badmouthing him around the league and leaking details of his 10-game suspension
to keep prospective teams from even giving him a chance. Local fans, however,
remain sympathetic to the Blazers cause in this matter. But this is a mile past
the line, right?
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