Portland Trailblazers' Larry Miller Going the Extra "Mile"

What would happen if you realized you screwed up big time at your job and you knew everyone would notice? What would you do? Would you try and sweep it under the rug and play it off as a minor misstep?

Would you issue a massive apology through your company's PR department and hope that the sympathy created is enough to save your career?

Or would you go on the offensive—proclaiming that anyone trying to take advantage of that mistake would find many more hassle than success if they chose to tangle with you?

Based upon the situation, I might choose differently, but I certainly can't fault Blazers' President Larry Miller for what he did regarding the Darius Miles mess. The mistake in the first place for Portland was taking on Miles and his inflated contract.

But Miller certainly took some controversial steps to ensure that he and the Blazers would not be crippled by that deal.

After waiving the often-injured Miles, Portland had no reason to believe that he would surface in the NBA again—at least not for a meaningful amount of time. His knees were shot and he was already facing a 10-game suspension handed down by the NBA.

Yet, when it did indeed look like that Miles would once again sniff the stink of an NBA locker room and squeak his sneakers on hardwood floors in front of thousands, Miller went into crisis mode.

According to some NBA GMs, Miller and company ripped into Miles' work ethic and potential future productivity to NBA squads.

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