And you are a homer for players who live there and develop massaitis.

Posted by playa2:

On a serious note,it will kill the Blazers if Miles can play for another team. I think his insurance settlement requires he be out of the leauge for two years at least.

If his knee is ok the Blazers screwed him over in his comeback attempt, and just wanted him gone.

The best revenge for him would be to comeback and play well. The Blazers would take a cap hit and he could get back to living that NBA lifestyle.

Are you sure it works that way? I've never heard of a player's salary being added to a team's payroll after being removed from it. I would have assumed that it has to be in the leagues' medical evaluators' estimation at the time of the evaluation that the player's injury is career ending.

If he makes a NBA roster and contributes then the blazer just didn't want him on their roster.

The blazers made claims that his knee was done.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_request_waivers_-267482-1218.html

Pursuant to NBA procedures with regard to career-ending injuries, the Portland Trail Blazers have requested waivers on forward Darius Miles, General Manager Kevin Pritchard announced today.

An independent medical examiner jointly appointed by the NBA and the NBA Players Association examined Miles and determined that the damage to Miles’ right knee is severe enough to qualify as a career-ending injury.

Miles has missed all of the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, last appearing in a game for the Trail Blazers on April 15, 2006.

“Given the serious nature of his knee injury, we agree with the doctor’s conclusion that Darius has sustained a career-ending injury,” Pritchard said. “This allows Darius and the Trail Blazers to move forward and achieve closure to this matter. To his credit, Darius worked hard to come back, but his body just didn’t allow it to happen.”

Maybe they didn't want anyone from the old blazers culture to hang around like Z-BO to influence the young kids.

Posted by Nalod:

Why did they want him gone?

The Blazers regret signing Miles in part because of his injuries but mostly because of the dark cloud he cast over the franchise. Last season was my first covering the team, so I cannot speak personally to any of Miles' past indiscretions, but team sources tell me he was a poison in the locker room.

His off-the-court antics have been well documented.

There were multiple run-ins at Portland strip clubs, involving brawls and guns, and Miles had equally forgettable flare-ups with his team, most notably a January 2005 incident in which Miles ripped former coach Maurice Cheeks in a team meeting with a profanity-laced tirade that featured several racial epithets. Miles was suspended for two games for the incident. During his 4 ½-year tenure with the Blazers, he asked to be traded and publicly complained about not starting.

The Blazers have a thick file documenting the history of Miles' transgressions.

The most recent addition probably notes that Miles failed the NBA's Anti-Drug program. The aforementioned ESPN report says Miles tested positive for the appetite suppressant phentermine, which hardly carries the negative baggage that other drugs do. But Miles is still subject to a 10-game suspension should any team sign him.