This guy bashes Miles pretty good, well deserved I might add. Hard to imagine what might have been if only he had the brain to go along with his talent. Darius Miles gets caught with a loaded gun at a St. Louis airport Link By Kelly Dwyer Since the weeks leading up to his selection in the 2000 NBA draft, and continuing through Wednesday, Darius Miles(notes) has never been known for making smart decisions. Whether it was begging off of pre-draft drills, cursing out his coaches, refusing to develop what the kids call "a go-to move," or getting caught in an airport with a loaded gun, Miles has been quite the disappointment. Oh, you didn't hear? Yeah, Darius Miles tried to make it through airport security in St. Louis' Lambert Airport on Wednesday with a loaded gun on him. From STLToday: Miles, 29, was arrested about 3:30 p.m. after Transportation Security Administration personnel discovered the weapon during an X-ray screening at the airport, according to information from a TSA spokeswoman and a jail official. Miles was arrested by St. Louis airport police, then booked into the St. Louis County jail in Clayton. It was unclear whether the gun was found in luggage or whether Miles was carrying it. The weapon was discovered at the Concourse A checkpoint. Authorities did not say what type of gun was seized. Does it matter which sort of weapon was seized? It was loaded, people. Loaded. The guy had a loaded gun on him. To take into an airplane. Possibly a California Pizza Kitchen before that, but definitely to take into an airplane eventually, whether it was stuck on his hip or on his carry-on luggage. In more depressing news, the report of the incident also points out that Darius Miles is 29 years old. This is sad for a number of reasons, paramount of which is either the knowledge that a 29-year-old would attempt to take a loaded gun onto a plane (I used to fly in and out of that airport regularly back in college over a decade ago, and I was worried about the legality of my Walkman; which for you youngsters out there is a type of cassette player that is attached to a pair of headphones), or the sad fact that at age 29 Miles should be in the prime of his NBA career. Even if he never turned out to be a mini-Kevin Garnett(notes), Miles had the talent to make it until his late 30s in the NBA. He shouldn't have turned into a joke of a blog post at age 29. That much is certain. What a shame. Pugs
Can't believe Miles is only 29 years old. Some people are just stupid and dumb, I mean carried a loaded gun to the airport? Miles must be smoking something illegal before he headed to the airport. Another player which I think will be headed Darius Miles' path will be Michael Beasley. Young, talented and dumb!
Sad story. But Kelly Dwyer sounds like a major d-bag when he says this: What's up with that condescending attitude? He's not old at all...Who does he expect to be reading? A bunch of 9 year olds? Lol.
You'd be surprised at what teenagers haven't seen on this day and age. I was talking a family member the other day and she had no idea what a cassette player was. She is sixteen. I imagine Kelly has found plenty of people that read his blog that have no idea what a cassette player was.
I was talking to a girl (21 year old) at work about how Carol Burnett and Oliver North were born here in San Antonio at the Nix Hospital (1st air conditioned hospital in Tx) . She had the most puzzled look on her face. She asked, "are they singers?"
Stevie Nix has a hospital! My 20yr nephew just said he never heard the phrase "getting all your ducks in a row."
I thought it would be for possession of mar1juana. The only logical explanation I can come up with is that Miles was ridiculously blown to a point that he for forgot about the gun
It seems like just yesterday when Miles, Eddie Griffin, and Gerald Wallace were considered among the best high school prospects in the nation. I still remember reading about Miles destroying Griffin in a game, Wallace outplaying Miles at a camp, and Griffin outplaying Wallace at another game. MJ was high on Miles and wanted NC to recruit him from what I recall, but maybe that's more of a curse than a reward... :grin:
Well, she's famous enough to have a hospital named after her, where Carol North and Oliver Burnett were born.
Forget cassette players, walkman, and Carol North... Do kids these days even know who Darius Miles is?
Burnett, ok fine, though she is a comedic pioneer. But shouldn't Ollie North be in the history books by now? Iran Contra hearings aren't mentioned in classes?
