What Makes the Blazer Front Office Think...

[BGrantFan]

that a 34 year-old PG who has never defended well, never shot well, and never won in the playoffs will suddenly get better in his old age and lead this team to a title?

 

[ironcrotch]

I don't think they do, considering there are always trade rumors involving this person.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Just because he's the point guard doesn't mean he has to lead us to a title.

 

[Draco]

Did Derek Fisher lead his team to a title?

Maybe Miller just has to be an acceptable player in the rotation, the 8th best player on our team. Nobody in the front office is expecting him to be the main man leading this franchise anywhere.

 

[BGrantFan]

Did Derek Fisher lead his team to a title?

Maybe Miller just has to be an acceptable player in the rotation, the 8th best player on our team. Nobody in the front office is expecting him to lead the franchise anywhere.

By most accounts, the Blazers' All-NBA player has been asked to adapt his game to the old PG who doesn't win in the playoffs. The old PG who was abused tonight by Golden State, while the All-NBA guard stood on the side hoping for the ball at times.

 

[KingSpeed]

Hear hear! Give the ball to Roy! He is an All Star. Miller's career is nearly over. Find a guy who can play with Roy. Fisher doesn't dominate the ball. Fisher complements Kobe. We need a similar guy for Roy.

 

[BGrantFan]

Hear hear! Give the ball to Roy! He is an All Star. Miller's career is nearly over. Find a guy who can play with Roy. Fisher doesn't dominate the ball. Fisher complements Kobe. We need a similar guy for Roy.

Had one. His name was Steve Blake. He was the PG on a 54-win team that was the second youngest in the NBA. Now, we have an aging ballhog who hasn't won a thing in his career, and the All-NBA guard is still confused on how to play with the ballhog who hasn't won a thing in his career.

May as well let Armon Johnson try the point. At least he tries to defend and knows his role on offense.

 

[BGrantFan]

One reality is that the Andre Miller experiment should have ended after last season. That was the reason for the team option, right? 'Dre wins, or you use his $7 million in a trade to upgrade that position.

Instead, ownership let personal grudges get in the way, and any hopes for a major trade this summer were hamstrung because the team lacked a GM until mid-July. Now, here we are, and we're pretty much stuck with it at this point.

 

[MickZagger]

Had one. His name was Steve Blake. He was the PG on a 54-win team that was the second youngest in the NBA. Now, we have an aging ballhog who hasn't won a thing in his career, and the All-NBA guard is still confused on how to play with the ballhog who hasn't won a thing in his career.

May as well let Armon Johnson try the point. At least he tries to defend and knows his role on offense.

Further proof, you really are PapaG.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Let the cake bake, will ya?!

 

[BGrantFan]

Further proof, you really are PapaG.

"Address the post, not the poster"

- barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm not saying that what Miller is doing, or rather not doing, is a bad thing. The results in his career thus far, however, certainly don't validate that his offseason approach leads to postseason success.

This.

 

[BrianFromWA]

while I generally agree with the OP, I'd say that Roy could do a lot to solve this situation by saying "I'm the effing PG now. Wes, suit up and start. J-Bay and Rudy, get ready for some White Team minutes. Dre, it's been good knowing you."

Instead it's "I don't want to be the PG, but I want the ball in my hands much more".

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Further proof, you really are PapaG.

Agreed.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

that a 34 year-old PG who has never defended well, never shot well, and never won in the playoffs will suddenly get better in his old age and lead this team to a title?

Well, you might as well throw Batum and LA under the bus as they sucked as well during this PRE SEASON game. That seems to be your full criteria for evaluating players.

You're not even a Portland fan.

 

[LittleAlex]

that a 34 year-old PG who has never defended well, never shot well, and never won in the playoffs will suddenly get better in his old age and lead this team to a title?

There isn't any evidence that Paul Allen or Cho believe that Miller is the answer at point guard.

I don't think KP felt that way either.

I think Portland had a ton of cap room that summer and couldn't get anyone else to come to Portland.

I don't think Portland has an answer for that position. They are going to have to make due with what they have and hope for the best.

 

[MIXUM]

what makes the blazers front office think that we can get away with no backup center when they had all summer to find a backup knowing greg and joels state?

our front office is just as bad as when kpee was here. miller isnt the answer, roy has become a prima donna and our center situation grows worst daily. has Cho watched the pre season?

 

[oldguy]

what makes the blazers front office think that we can get away with no backup center when they had all summer to find a backup knowing greg and joels state?

our front office is just as bad as when kpee was here. miller isnt the answer, roy has become a prima donna and our center situation grows worst daily. has Cho watched the pre season?

It sure didn't take you long to turn on the new GM. Like many told you during your crusade to fire KP, you can't count on the replacement being better. Now learn to live with it. (Or just keep crying.)

Go Blazers

 

[hasoos]

Well you know each year only one team wins the finals. Everybody else fell short. Every team that fell short, and the team that won it all, will try to get better in years between to reach that goal. But until the teams find better players to fill the positions of need, they keep what they have and move forward the best they can.

 

[BGrantFan]

Well you know each year only one team wins the finals. Everybody else fell short. Every team that fell short, and the team that won it all, will try to get better in years between to reach that goal. But until the teams find better players to fill the positions of need, they keep what they have and move forward the best they can.

I guess I'm still a bit burned about not getting Darren Collison, or seemingly not even being at all interested in him.

 

[RR7]

Seemingly? Any way of actually knowing our interest level, really?

 

[Swoosh22]

Seemingly? Any way of actually knowing our interest level, really?

Maybe a good question for Cho tonight??

 

[mook]

Yeah, I was really hoping we'd target Collison too. I'd have even given up Batum for him (especially now that Matthews seems legit), and I really like Batum. Oh well.

You have to remember that for all the guy's flaws, Miller was our best player in a number of games last year, especially when Roy went down. He's not ideal, but among NBA starting point guards he's at least average.

It's been a decade since Portland even had an average-quality starting PG. So although I don't think I overvalue him, I appreciate what we've got.

 

[hasoos]

I guess I'm still a bit burned about not getting Darren Collison, or seemingly not even being at all interested in him.

Maybe but I invite you to think back about the timing of it all. Is it possible that the reason they were not interested in Collison, is because they thought they were going to land Chris Paul? It seems to me that the timing of all the events was very close, and it makes no sense to be talking to a team to trade for Chris Paul and then talking to them at the same time about trading for Collison. It seems to me that Portland went for the big fish and he got off the hook. Then they tried to catch that big fish again later, and again failed. My guess is, that if they didn't quit fishing then, they won't stop fishing now.

 

[Natebishop3]

I guess I'm still a bit burned about not getting Darren Collison, or seemingly not even being at all interested in him.

I agree with this. I hear what Hasoos is saying, but I'm sure Collison came up at some point during discussions, and I wish the Blazers would have understood that Paul was off the table and changed gears to get Collison.

 

[hasoos]

I agree with this. I hear what Hasoos is saying, but I'm sure Collison came up at some point during discussions, and I wish the Blazers would have understood that Paul was off the table and changed gears to get Collison.

I guess it all depends on what you believe out of the articles we read about the trades that almost went down. Because if all is to be believed, the team that shot down the trade that would have netted us Chris Paul, was Denver, not New Orleans. So that being said, if that was true, it makes no sense that the Blazers have ever been told he is unobtainable, and it makes sense that they have made repeated attempts to get him here. They know now they can get him here. They just need to find the right deal to make it happen before somebody else does.

 

[Natebishop3]

I guess it all depends on what you believe out of the articles we read about the trades that almost went down. Because if all is to be believed, the team that shot down the trade that would have netted us Chris Paul, was Denver, not New Orleans. So that being said, if that was true, it makes no sense that the Blazers have ever been told he is unobtainable, and it makes sense that they have made repeated attempts to get him here. They know now they can get him here. They just need to find the right deal to make it happen before somebody else does.

Hey, if Cho actually thinks it's do-able, that's great. I'm just not so sure.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah, I was really hoping we'd target Collison too. I'd have even given up Batum for him (especially now that Matthews seems legit), and I really like Batum. Oh well.

You have to remember that for all the guy's flaws, Miller was our best player in a number of games last year, especially when Roy went down. He's not ideal, but among NBA starting point guards he's at least average.

It's been a decade since Portland even had an average-quality starting PG. So although I don't think I overvalue him, I appreciate what we've got.

Problem is, Miller doesn't really play like a PG anymore. He just dominates the ball and tries to score on his own. Witness his 52 point game. How many games did he have 15+ assists? Exactly.

 

[KingSpeed]

I just researched my own question. He had 16 assts in a game. Outside that, he only had back to back games of 10+ assists ONCE all season.

 

[Natebishop3]

Problem is, Miller doesn't really play like a PG anymore. He just dominates the ball and tries to score on his own. Witness his 52 point game. How many games did he have 15+ assists? Exactly.

How many point guards put up 15 assist games last year? How many put up 12 assist games last year?