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03-24-2006, 03:59 PM
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D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Trail Blazers forward Darius Miles has been excused from the team after the passing of his maternal grandfather, Willie Miles Sr., this morning in East St. Louis, Ill.
Miles will miss tonight’s game vs. San Antonio and Sunday’s game vs. the Los Angeles Clippers and is expected to rejoin the team next week, pending funeral arrangements.
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03-24-2006, 04:13 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
I totally empathsize with D. Miles for losing his grandfather having lost one of my own but dang this seems like such odd timing considering everything else that is going on with him.
I suppose it makes alot of this other drama in his life seem pretty insignificant though.
I hope he uses his time away to not only mourn the loss of his grandfather but to also get his head straight.
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03-24-2006, 04:13 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
I wonder if we should start calling Darius Kilnger instead. If this is true I'm sorry for being so caddy, but the timing is interesting to say the least.
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03-24-2006, 04:32 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
Perhaps he had word of his his grandfathers health as of night before yesterday. Perhaps (not an excuse) it may be part of the reason he missed shoot around, and neglected to call. He was preoccupied with a family situation.
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03-24-2006, 04:33 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
Does this mean Travis Outlaw will start?
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03-24-2006, 04:33 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
BTW I seriously doubt a team would fabricate the death of a family member to justify excusing a player from a team for a few games.
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03-24-2006, 04:34 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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Perhaps he had word of his his grandfathers health as of night before yesterday. Perhaps (not an excuse) it may be part of the reason he missed shoot around, and neglected to call. He was preoccupied with a family situation.
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I obviously feel bad for the guy but you can't use that as any type of excuse...it takes 30 seconds to call coach Mac or another member of the team and tell them you are missing shootaround due to a family issue. If he was to busy he should have had someone else make the call.
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03-24-2006, 04:40 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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I obviously feel bad for the guy but you can't use that as any type of excuse...it takes 30 seconds to call coach Mac or another member of the team and tell them you are missing shootaround due to a family issue. If he was to busy he should have had someone else make the call.
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Exactly why I said not an excuse.
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03-24-2006, 04:42 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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Perhaps he had word of his his grandfathers health as of night before yesterday. Perhaps (not an excuse) it may be part of the reason he missed shoot around, and neglected to call. He was preoccupied with a family situation.
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Perhaps not.
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03-24-2006, 04:45 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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Perhaps not.
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Explain a logical reason as to why not? I mean Miles isn't short.
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03-24-2006, 05:07 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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Explain a logical reason as to why not? I mean Miles isn't short.
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Miles is short on intelligence.
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03-24-2006, 05:22 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
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Miles is short on intelligence.
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  classic post
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03-24-2006, 05:35 PM
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Re: D.miles Excused From Trail Blazers After Passing Of His Grandfather
Actually it was a pretty classless post considering what this thread is about. There are other times to insult him, you shouldn't do so in a thread that tells us of his grandfather's passing.
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03-24-2006, 05:54 PM
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Actually it was a pretty classless post considering what this thread is about. There are other times to insult him, you shouldn't do so in a thread that tells us of his grandfather's passing.
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Mom? Mom? is that you...? 
The witty play on words by Tlong makes it a "classic post" not the insult to Miles.
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