Question: How Many Minutes Per Game Does Miles have to play?

[ItsPoweTime]

My first post.

I have read several comments on different posts regarding Miles and the 10 game comeback requirement but I can't find anywhere that states how many Minutes Per Game he is required to be on the floor actually playing.

Anybody know if there is a MPG avg he has to hit or is it just being listed on the active roster for 10 games?

Thanks.

[Champzilla]

He just has to be on the active 12 man roster and dressed, no mins needed.

[KJ33]

My first post.

I have read several comments on different posts regarding Miles and the 10 game comeback requirement but I can't find anywhere that states how many Minutes Per Game he is required to be on the floor actually playing.

Anybody know if there is a MPG avg he has to hit or is it just being listed on the active roster for 10 games?

Thanks.

I don't believe being on the active roster is sufficient, he actually has to get in a game for it to count as one of the 10. However, even a 1 minute stint, while not likely, would qualify as a game played, no minimum MPG is required, only that he actually enters the game.

[Roy Hobbs]

My first post.

I have read several comments on different posts regarding Miles and the 10 game comeback requirement but I can't find anywhere that states how many Minutes Per Game he is required to be on the floor actually playing.

Anybody know if there is a MPG avg he has to hit or is it just being listed on the active roster for 10 games?

Thanks.

I don't believe being on the active roster is sufficient, he actually has to get in a game for it to count as one of the 10. However, even a 1 minute stint, while not likely, would qualify as a game played, no minimum MPG is required, only that he actually enters the game.

I believe this is correct.  Here's the actual rule, with the important part underlined:

h) Long-Term Injuries. Any player who suffers a career-ending injury or illness, and whose contract is terminated by the Team in accordance with the NBA waiver procedure, will be excluded from his Team’s Team Salary as follows:

    (1) Beginning on the first anniversary of the injury or illness, the Team may apply to the NBA to have the player’s Salary for each remaining Salary Cap Year covered by the Contract excluded from Team Salary.

    (2) The determination of whether a player has suffered a career-ending injury or illness shall be made by a physician selected jointly by the NBA and the Players Association.

    (3) Notwithstanding Section 4(h)(1) and (2) above, the career-ending injury or illness of a player who plays in more than ten (10) games in any Season shall not be deemed to have occurred prior to the last game in which the player played in such Season.

    (4) Notwithstanding Section 4(h)(1) and (2) above, if after a player’s Salary is excluded from Team Salary in accordance with this Section 4(h), the player plays in ten (10) NBA games in any Season, the excluded Salary for the Salary Cap Year covering such Season and each subsequent Salary Cap Year shall thereupon be included in Team Salary (and if the tenth game played is a playoff game, then the excluded Salary shall be included in Salary retroactively as of the start of the Team’s last Regular Season game). After a player’s Salary for one (1) or more Salary Cap Years has been included in Team Salary in accordance with this Section 4(h)(4), the player’s Team shall be permitted at the appropriate time to re-apply to have the player’s Salary (for each Salary Cap Year remaining at the time of the re-application) excluded from Team Salary in accordance with the rules set forth in this Section 4(h).

    (5) If a Team applies to have a player’s Salary excluded from its Team Salary pursuant to this Section 4(h), the player shall cooperate in the processing of the application, including by appearing at the reasonably scheduled place and time for examination by the jointly-selected physician.

    (6) Only the Team with which the player was under Contract at the time his career-ending injury or illness became known or reasonably should have become known shall be permitted to apply to have the player’s Salary excluded from Team Salary pursuant to this Section 4(h).

So, it clearly says "play", but doesn't put any limitation on the amount of time the player spends playing.  10 appearances, and the money goes back on Portland's cap.

[indeedproceed]

Danny must hate those trailblazers for giving us Telfair.

[CelticBalla32]

Danny must hate those trailblazers for giving us Telfair.

Hey!

If anything, he's bitter about having to part ways with Dickau.