Oh, hello there.
Your usual host has buried herself in her notebook, so in the interest of keeping a post per day on this blog... here I am.
Oh, I'm also going to stick with a certain someone's pattern by posting my current "Love".
Love: DARIUS MILES, aka "The $18 Million Man"
Darius Miles chose to forego College and declare for the NBA draft directly out of high school in 2000, eventually beginning his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers (see here) Many (maybe just me) thought Miles would have a profound impact on the league. What happened in the ensuing years was a classic NBA story: too much talent, not enough work ethic, a huge contract extension ($48 million to be paid over 6 years, to be exact), until injuries turned Miles into a total afterthought.
An afterthought until last week, that is. While I won't lay out the entire fiasco, the latest of it is that when Miles checks into the game for the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow night, it will take a cool $18 million out of the Portland Trail Blazers' pocket. No, it won't put an additional $18 million into Miles' pocket (he gets that anyway - oh, the beauty of the NBA and guaranteed contracts), but it will surely derail the high hopes the Blazers had for the 2009 and 2010 offseasons. And until last week, no one (except Bill Simmons) seemed to see this coming.
The recent Miles news-frenzy (maybe just in my eyes) has re-ignited my love affair with this NBA player. At this point, I don't know what would be more satisfying -- to see him waived at the conclusion of his current 10-day contract, making it that much more of a slap in the face for the Blazers, or to see him rise to his previous dominant self (aka 13 ppg, 5rpg, 1 blk, 1 steal in his "prime"). Regardless, it's certainly satisfying to see him having a profound impact on the league, even if it isn't exactly what people foresaw.
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