Published 1/12/2009
at Wizards Insider
I told you, you haven't seen the last of me. (Photo by Stephanie Yao/ The Oregonian) The week that was in the NBA, was, well, odd. The Boston Celtics forgot how to win, the Minnesota Timberwolves forgot how to lose, and the Portland Trail Blazers went from being a bandwagon-collecting team on the rise to being a big meanie trying to hold down a former employee. For the first time since he emerged on that Sports Illustrated cover with Kevin Garnett, Darius Miles was thrust into the center of the NBA universe -- but not for anything he did on a basketball court. Miles has been trying to comeback to the NBA after missing the past two seasons because of microfracture surgery. But the Trail Blazers have been behind the scenes, every step of the way, imploring teams to stay away from him -- for the primary reason of keeping
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