Doesn’t a team have to keep a player on the roster for at least 3 months after acquisition

like the Clippers, they don’t mind being petty. I mean, neither do the Bulls, but I’d hope they would be more clandestine about it.

I’m planning on posting his response when he sends it back over. He’s usually pretty good about replying to my emails – must be the @tribune.com email address.

So many things he does just doesn’t make sense. I still think that 10 game is just the threshold for the sake of making a cutoff point. If Portland appeals and point out that he played one or two minutes at the end of a game and only plays 10 games, then it proves that Miles had a career ending injury. I think it’s the same thing as if he could actually play and played 15-20 minutes a night for 11 games then blew out his knees again, that the Blazers would probably win the appeal they would file after that.

You know and I know that KP went down the medical retirement path to get Miles off the roster. They didn’t want him in the locker room and they wanted to put someone who can play/practice in his roster spot. The Blazers did it legally and Darius flew to NY to visit with an NBA approved doctor who told him he should never play again. It’s not like the Blazers broke any rules or pulled strings to medically retire Darius.

I know I’m over here talking about it, but I still think it’s a non issue. It just seems logical to me that if a guy has a “career ending injury” per an NBA doctor, then the guy tries to come back anyway and plays only 10 games then gets cut again, then his career is over. It seems like an appeal wouldn’t be that hard to get approved. If he stays on a team then it’s a whole different story.

The writing is on the wall for Frye and Diogu. They’re the two with the big cap holds. Frye has a chance to be resigned but I doubt it. They’ll either be let go or traded for nothing. The both could probably sign a contract somewhere else that will pay them more than Portland is willing to pay. Frye could probably start on some team in the NBA.

Pritchard has said more than once that Paul Allen wants to play with that capspace this summer since he’s never had that opportunity before. They are probably looking to sign an $8-9 million guy. I don’t think they’re looking for a max contract player. But because of Allen’s desire to play with capspace, I think Raef’s contract will just expire with the Blazers.