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seattlejazzfan said:
it is just his lawyers statement and the lawyer is obviously biased, but the key statements are the final two paragraphs which are not in dispute - it's all on video and Miller has obviously been questioned and interviewed multiple times by police, they have seen the video, and yet zero charges. bottom line, Miller brought a guy his own gun when he asked him to bring it him. the fact that gun was used to kill a person is tragic and looks horrible in hindsight, but it's not his fault.
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Hopefully there is nothing more to it and there is nothing he can be charged for later. I hope he learned a huge lesson about effing around with this type of stuff but maybe more importantly about the company he keeps.

I don't think he's just a dumb naive kid here... I also don't think he some gang banger... if he learned from his lesson great. If he learned he can participate in stuff like this and he is like teflon then it can get way worse when that person gets paid.
 
When I was 16 I had just gotten out of my job bussing tables and I gave one of my coworkers a ride because he owed me money and he said he would get it to me if I gave him a ride.

Then somehow that ride turned into me picking up two of his druggie friends and they shot up I have no idea what in the back of my minivan while I drove them to his house.

Sometimes you just get thrown into weird *** situations. As you get older you hopefully learn not to put yourself into positions where **** can go down, but sometimes it just happens. A lot of it is just limiting your circle to only your close friends, and not allowing friends of friends or people who really have no future to be around you. This is harder than it sounds for college aged kids because they will have friends in both groups, and will have to learn that the latter group will only bring you down in the long run.
 
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seattlejazzfan said:
it is just his lawyers statement and the lawyer is obviously biased, but the key statements are the final two paragraphs which are not in dispute - it's all on video and Miller has obviously been questioned and interviewed multiple times by police, they have seen the video, and yet zero charges. bottom line, Miller brought a guy his own gun when he asked him to bring it him. the fact that gun was used to kill a person is tragic and looks horrible in hindsight, but it's not his fault.
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Hey I have some ocean front property in Iowa for sale. I will give you a great deal on it.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
When I was 16 I had just gotten out of my job bussing tables and I gave one of my coworkers a ride because he owed me money and he said he would get it to me if I gave him a ride.

Then somehow that ride turned into me picking up two of his druggie friends and they shot up I have no idea what in the back of my minivan while I drove them to his house.

Sometimes you just get thrown into weird *** situations. As you get older you hopefully learn not to put yourself into positions where **** can go down, but sometimes it just happens. A lot of it is just limiting your circle to only your close friends, and not allowing friends of friends or people who really have no future to be around you. This is harder than it sounds for college aged kids because they will have friends in both groups, and will have to learn that the latter group will only bring you down in the long run.
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Yeah, but let's say it's after midnight, and your friend who has been drinking all night says, "Come over and bring me my gun." Do you really just hand him his piece and not say anything or ask any questions? Anyone with a couple braincells might say, "Yeah, your gun is still in my car. Are you saying you need it for something? What's going on?" It's hard to say that Miller was just an innocent bystander with no clue that something bad might be happening.

Besides, weren't they speaking in some kind of made up code? If Miller were really cross examined on this, a good lawyer might be able to portray that Miller knew his friend Darius Miles was in an argument or confrontation of some kind and wanted his gun so he could possibly use it. In other words, a lawyer might be able to prove some level of foreknowledge.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Yeah, but let's say it's after midnight, and your friend who has been drinking all night says, "Come over and bring me my gun." Do you really just hand him his piece and not say anything or ask any questions? Anyone with a couple braincells might say, "Yeah, your gun is still in my car. Are you saying you need it for something? What's going on?" It's hard to say that Miller was just an innocent bystander with no clue that something bad might be happening.

Besides, weren't they speaking in some kind of made up code? If Miller were really cross examined on this, a good lawyer might be able to portray that Miller knew his friend Darius Miles was in an argument or confrontation of some kind and wanted his gun so he could possibly use it. In other words, a lawyer might be able to prove some level of foreknowledge.
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It sounds like it's pretty shutdown of Miller being charged with anything.

If Miller thought he was going there to provide a murder weapon, he'd probably would not have his dashcam on recording everything.
 
Udidthizz said:
A lot of mocks have us taking Cason Wallace. Is he someone to get excited about or more of a solid, albeit perhaps somewhat boring, pick?
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The thing about Wallace is he is the type of player that makes the other players around him better. He looks for the pass first. Great defender and pretty good 3 point shooter.

Dont think he will ever be and all star but he could make some players all stars.
 
Udidthizz said:
A lot of mocks have us taking Cason Wallace. Is he someone to get excited about or more of a solid, albeit perhaps somewhat boring, pick?
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He’s the boring version (but maybe better) of Anthony Black….he’s also been struggling like crazy recently with his shot, but I heard he’s also playing through injuries.
 
I think maybe boring is not the right word with Cason. Watching him early in the year there was a game where for 2 minutes he was doing something on every possession (both sides of the ball) that got me excited. He likely just has a lower range of expected outcomes than some guys and might have a lower offensive ceiling. I think he is a safe steady player... I would be more excited by him than many other dudes in the draft range. I think he is a safe bet in the late lotto.

Kentucky is just hard to watch.
 
Food for thought (maybe everyone here already knows this):

Givony today on the 2024 draft: "This is a very underwhelming high school class, one of the worst that I've seen in the last 20 years."
 
Chargers Jazz Angels said:
The thing about Wallace is he is the type of player that makes the other players around him better. He looks for the pass first. Great defender and pretty good 3 point shooter.

Dont think he will ever be and all star but he could make some players all stars.
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I can't imagine would life would be like with a guard who could defend a third grader. . .
 
Cason is definitely boring, but he's likely going to be solid on offense and probably pretty good/maybe great on defense. Not a huge ceiling though.
 
GG Jackson cooking against Alabama. He roasted Brandon Miller on a couple mid-range buckets, and now they're going back and forth.
 
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