PAUL ALLEN WILL PAY NO SUCH LUXURY TAX!!! PAUL ALLEN WILL ALSO NOT PAY FOR A $1 TOOTHBRUSH!!! BLAUUUGH!!!!!
According to Yahoo and SI, the Blazers front office has sent out the following email to the rest of the NBA:
" 'Team Presidents and General Managers,
'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.' "
What the hell. I'm sure everyone is pointing out that it was the Blazers that signed Miles to that ridiculous contract, it was the Blazers who said he was physically unable to perform, and it's well within any NBA team's rights to sign Miles for however long they want to! Furthermore, you can't blacklist a player just because you don't want to pay the luxury tax! They actually think they can SUE somebody for employing somebody that they no longer employ, to save THEM money? Newsflash, douchebags, the rest of the NBA has to pay their contracts and the luxury tax if it applies even if their players get hurt. You have, I believe, THE richest owner and you're bitching!?
The Blazers got a sweetheart deal when they were allowed to take Miles' contract off the books. THEY signed him to the deal, and if he hadn't gotten hurt, they would have been paying the luxury tax. It's their own fault. And, if teams want to sign Miles just to screw over the Blazers, it's perfectly within their rights. If you want to screw over another team, do it. Teams don't trade within their division, do they?
We have all seen that basketball karma is a lot more direct this season than in years past. The Celtics act like complete a-holes for half the year and then they can't win a game to save their lives. This is going to come down hard on the Blazers. It's too bad, because I like the team, but their front office clearly deserve an entire wing in the Douchebag Hall of Fame. Screw them. FREE DMILES!!!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2009/01/portland-front-office-threatens.html
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