That was not my question that was your question. You missed my point which was that it often takes a few months for players to get used to one another. Again.... that is why some GM's don't make mid season trades. Personally I am still not convinced they do play well together. But it certainly was getting better.
Then those two months should have been October and November. Nate should have not waited until mid-December to start his best SG and best PG together at their best positions.
You may not be convinced, but go back and look at Brandon's stats over the course of the season. He was absolutely struggling earlier in the year when Blake was starting over Miller. Brandon's play returned to near MVP level, and stayed there, after Blake was replaced in the starting line-up by Miller. Brandon has played much better with Miller in the starting line-up than he did with Blake.
The problem is Blake is one-dimensional. All he can really do is knock down open jump shots with his feet set. He's not good at creating his own shots and he's not good at creating for others. And, when he's not knocking down his open shots, it frees up opposing defenses to focus on stopping Roy. And, that is exactly what was happening. With Blake shooting the ball horribly over the first month and a half of the season, he was hurting, not helping Brandon's game.
Andre Miller may not have 3-point range on his shot, but he can score in many different ways. He can drive to the basket and create shots for himself. He can draw fouls on opposing bigs and get to the FT line. He can post up other PGs. He can also push the ball and create easy scoring opportunities for his temmates in transition. Blake cannot do any of those things. Miller is also much better at driving, drawing the help defense and them finding the open man. Miller does not have Blake's range, but he can knock down the 12-15 foot midrange jumpers. The point is Andre Miller is a versatile enough offensive player that opposing defenses can't just ignore him and focus their attention on Brandon Roy. That is directly reflected in the way Roy was playing prior to his hamstring injury.
Since Andre Miller has become our starting PG on December 15, I have yet to see a time where his presence on the court has caused Brandon Roy to have a bad game - quite the opposite, in fact.
Miller's presence and ability to create for his teammates has also greatly benefitted the development of Martell Webster. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Nicolas Batum plays with a PG who can get him easy looks.
BNM
