The Sport Count

No doubt you’ve heard that should Darius Miles — who looked good at a recent Boston try-out — sign and play with another the team, the Blazers would be on the hook for his $27,000,000 contract*. Which wouldn’t be great for their salary cap.

However, one Portland head isn’t too worried about Miles returning to form:

If he can come back near pre-injury form it’s guaranteed somebody, somewhere is going to give him a shot. His retirement was for legitimate, confirmed medical reasons, however. That, combined with what we’ve heard about Darius’ work ethic from various teams he played for in his healthier days, makes me think a full recovery is [unlikely].

*Always better to express bad contracts down to the last digit. Example: Stephon Marbury will make $21,937,500 this season. Even the $500 dollars tacked on at the end hurts in New York.

I never, ever thought I’d see a tattoo sillier than Luke Walton’s inexplicable bicep-based depiction of monkeys dunking basketballs. I was wrong:

Back in the summer of 2003, Shawn Marion got a tattoo down his right leg in Chinese lettering that was supposedly a translation of his nickname “The Matrix.” Only it wasn’t. I mean, it really, really wasn’t.

Rod Benson heads north:

As I walked around the breakfast buffet area, I did not see any thinly sliced ham that was labeled “bacon.” I figured there would be no reason to label it “Canadian bacon” because I was in Canada. The bacon that was appropriately labeled was the same chewy-crispy sliced pork that I was accustomed to. It could just be that hotel, but I have lost faith in Canadian bacon as a result of that morning.

Beasley put up 28 against Derrick Rose and the Bulls. Why is ESPN not televising the summer league? Even if they played it at 3am instead of World’s Strongest Man (episode #91381) or the 1998 NHRA Qualifiers, at least we’d have the chance to see that Beasley magic.

The Sport Count would love to see Darius Miles back in the NBA. Why?

Hoo! Bwooohedabegyaponermen!!. Translation: That was great. That was a great dunk he just did off that trampoline.

Posted By: Anton