Jan 10th 2009 12:20PM by Tom Ziller (author feed)
Filed under: Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, NBA TransactionsOn Friday night, news
slipped that Memphis signed Darius Miles to a 10-day contract which goes into
effect today, giving the Grizzlies three opportunities to get Miles some run.
This would not be notable if the Blazers hadn’t threatened to sue any team
that signed Miles for the purpose of damaging Portland’s salary cap
standing.

Clearly, no team really had much to fear once the NBA put out
its statement Friday morning telling the league any franchise was free to sign
Miles.

The Blazers stuck to their guns before Memphis signed D, even in
the face of a grievance from the players union.Continue Reading