January 29, 2005
Oh Darius
Here's the scoop on the Darius Miles meltdown in Portland at coach Mo Cheeks:
"Darius Miles blew up at Cheeks on Thursday in a team film session. The player directed a racial epithet at Cheeks more than 20 times. Then, Miles smiled and said, 'I don't care if we lose the next 20 games, I'm just waiting on (general manager John Nash) to fire you.'"
That little bit of team building has cost Mr. Miles a two-game vacation, and as John Canzano points out in the above linked article, actually rallied his teammates around Cheeks, as Portland beat the Clippers 90-86 last night. By the way, Cheeks thinks the suspension should have been longer. Hard to argue with that sentiment.