(Flashback) BREAKING NEWS: Blazers to Sign Andre Miller

[ironcrotch]

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Uhhhhhh.. so is this a photoshop? or has this been a done deal for a while, long enough for them to do a full on photoshoot??

 

[alex42083]

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Uhhhhhh.. so is this a photoshop? or has this been a done deal for a while, long enough for them to do a full on photoshoot??

I assume the Blazers just did a photoshop of it.

 

[Entity]

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Welcome to Portland, Iron Man. Glad to have you here.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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Updates via Twitter:

KP and Nate "had a long dinner and was absolutely convinced he was part of Blazers fabric going forward" -- KP

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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and ....

On Andre Miller: "he's an ironman... he makes everyone around him better... reminds me a little bit of avery johnson" -- Kevin Pritchard

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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Interesting:

"We wanted to keep this 54 win team together and just add to it. Get some experience. Andre's been in big games." -- KP

 

[talman]

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That's the fundamental difference here. JB + TO for Battier + Landry is fair, in my mind.

IMHO that's a mild raping of Houston. I'll admit that I don't know how long Battier's deal is for so that would factor in.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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and even more interesting:

"i don't see many moves. there could be smaller free agent signings... we really like [our roster]... good depth at every position" -- KP

 

[Entity]

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So Portland might be done.

 

[talman]

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Interesting:

VERY. And pretty telling really--fuels the belief for some that KP overvalues his players.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

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Standard company line on that one IMO CTC. He can't go out and say he's looking to make more moves or say we don't have enough depth because it would weaken his hand in trade negotiations. I think we'll see a move made for a more of a banger back up four unless they really think Pendergraph could handle that duty in spot minutes if Outlaw isn't getting it done.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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So, we're looking at:

1. Miller & Blake
2. Roy & Fernandez
3. Batum & Webster
4. Aldridge & Outlaw
5. Oden & Przybilla

Wow. Ok. I'm down with keeping this intact.

 

[SodaPopinski]

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Well so much for the spin from KP:

"I would call this [signing] a Plan C."

LOL

 

[SodaPopinski]

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So, we're looking at:

1. Miller & Blake
2. Roy & Fernandez
3. Batum & Webster
4. Aldridge & Outlaw
5. Oden & Przybilla

Wow. Ok. I'm down with keeping this intact.

Replace Outlaw with a true PF and I'm right there with you.

 

[Wheels]

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Wonder what numbr BRoy will wear when Miller takes his number 7 from him

 

[talman]

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Wonder what numbr BRoy will wear when Miller takes his number 7 from him

LOL...uh no.

 

[SodaPopinski]

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Quote I really like:

"Andre was terrific. He knew our team. He knew how he could help our team. He seemed like a coach. Nate and him hit it off in the first five minutes. I got out of the conversation."

More high-IQ guys like Andre instead of low-IQ guys like Travis ... good thing.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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VERY. And pretty telling really--fuels the belief for some that KP overvalues his players.

But, to be fair, his players did just win finish the team way ahead of where most felt they would be. And, all of their young players, and there are a lot of them, will be another year better filling significant roles.

If they do nothing more, I wouldn't be surprised if they reach the Finals next season.

 

[Minstrel]

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Wonder what numbr BRoy will wear when Miller takes his number 7 from him

Roy has been pretty clear this summer that he wants 5.

4 would definitely be an insult, I think.

 

[SodaPopinski]

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VERY. And pretty telling really--fuels the belief for some that KP overvalues his players.

Or it could be that he doesn't want to tell every agent and GM out there that we're on the hunt for more talent.

Ever played poker before?

 

[Minstrel]

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If they do nothing more, I wouldn't be surprised if they reach the Finals next season.

I'd be quite surprised by that. A WCF appearance wouldn't surprise me a lot, though.

 

[Wheels]

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Roy has been pretty clear this summer that he wants 5.

4 would definitely be an insult, I think.

LOL now that was a well done "one upping" of me.. nice work Minstril. Wheels Street cred given.

 

[talman]

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But, to be fair, his players did just win finish the team way ahead of where most felt they would be. And, all of their young players, and there are a lot of them, will be another year better filling significant roles.

If they do nothing more, I wouldn't be surprised if they reach the Finals next season.

Completely agree...I should have been more clear and added "fueled the belief of some (myself not included)"

I love the approach personally. I would have been happier with Milsap but Miller fits well.

 

[Foulzilla]

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Roy has been pretty clear this summer that he wants 5.

4 would definitely be an insult, I think.

It's good that Nate took to him right away. Maybe we'll actually see a bit of opportunistic running this year. Nate was pleading for it sometimes last season, and I don't think he'll ever have to ask Miller twice.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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Quote I really like:



More high-IQ guys like Andre instead of low-IQ guys like Travis ... good thing.

Ohh. I hadn't seen that one. That's the best quote I've seen yet.

 

[SodaPopinski]

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Ohh. I hadn't seen that one. That's the best quote I've seen yet.

Yeah, that's not on the BlazersEdge twitter ... you have to go to the link he posted with more quotes.

 

[talman]

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Or it could be that he doesn't want to tell every agent and GM out there that we're on the hunt for more talent.

Ever played poker before?

Plenty of times...outside of the one time I got lucky and finished eight spots out of some serious money on a Party Poker 2000+ person contest I've pretty much sucked.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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I'd be quite surprised by that. A WCF appearance wouldn't surprise me a lot, though.

We looked damn good last year against LA. We look even better today. They're the favorites, but I expect large jumps in achievements from Oden, Aldridge, Batum, Webster, and Fernandez. Add to this that we're replacing Blake with Miller and Rodriguez with Blake, I wouldn't be shocked at all that we are the Orlando of next season.

 

[Minstrel]

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We looked damn good last year against LA. We look even better today. They're the favorites, but I expect large jumps in achievements from Oden, Aldridge, Batum, Webster, and Fernandez. Add to this that we're replacing Blake with Miller and Rodriguez with Blake, I wouldn't be shocked at all that we are the Orlando of next season.

If they lose Odom, I can see it better. Otherwise, remember that they got less out of Bynum than they could have, due to injury. So LA actually does have some upside over last year's performance.

I guess we'll see, but going from first round to WCF is a massive jump. An even larger jump, getting past the defending champions, is probably asking too much.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

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Another thought: Miller and Blake buys them time, and very productive time at that, to find the heir to their PG throne. We now have Bayless, Koponen, and Mills in the cooker. We now have another draft and off-season. Will any of them prove to be worthy of taking the helm? Maybe. Maybe not. But, we got time.

For now, PG is not a concern. Getting a banger or another SF, now that's a different question.