Who is a better cornerstone for the Blazers? Current LMA or Healthy Roy?

[RoyToy]

He CAN shoot. He proved it last night and the other night in Cleveland, when he made some very big shots down the stretch. The key for Miller is shooting the ball within his comfort zone, which is about 15 feet and in. He's actually pretty accurate from there.

Andre Miller can't stretch the defense. That's what people are talking about when they say Miller can't shoot. Teams sag off him and double Roy/Aldridge and Miller can't make them pay for it. It's a problem.

 

[hasoos]

He CAN shoot. He proved it last night and the other night in Cleveland, when he made some very big shots down the stretch. The key for Miller is shooting the ball within his comfort zone, which is about 15 feet and in. He's actually pretty accurate from there.

Obviously you weren't paying attention to the playoff series vs Phoenix. If you are within 15 feet of the rim, you are also bringing traffic into our interior players zone and crowding them. In order to get that spacing, a threat from the 3 point line has to be present. All Phoenix had to do in order to neutralize Miller was put a bigger player on him and have him sag off him so his only options were 3's. Game over.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'm loving Aldridge's game lately, but I think that where Roy was when he was healthy, the team was better.

I'd rather go with healthy top-15 Roy and complementary Aldridge than current Aldridge and complementary healthy Roy.

Ed O.

I would argue that the current team with all-star-caliber Aldridge, plus a diminished-but-healthy Roy (ie, Steve Smith reprise) would be a better team than what we saw last year. If that's what we get for the remainder of the year, I would bet the house on a playoff berth and say we stand a decent shot in the first round.

 

[STOMP]

Whats this with all the pro Miller comments? Oh yea the Blazers won last night....

Everybody knows when Miller hits the playoffs you just sag off him and make him a jump shooter. Game over.

if they sag off of him he's still going to run his man off of a pick, make his way to the hoop and draw a ton of fouls. If come playoff time Portland's roster features a healthy Wes, Rudy, Nic, LA & Camby, they're going to be a very tough out for anyone. I've no doubt that with a healthy squad of weapons to distribute to, Andre will be very effective.

STOMP

 

[STOMP]

Obviously you weren't paying attention to the playoff series vs Phoenix. If you are within 15 feet of the rim, you are also bringing traffic into our interior players zone and crowding them. In order to get that spacing, a threat from the 3 point line has to be present. All Phoenix had to do in order to neutralize Miller was put a bigger player on him and have him sag off him so his only options were 3's. Game over.

and obviously you weren't paying attention to having both of his starting wings dinged up to the point of being near useless on offense. Andre having to shoulder most of the scoring role isn't nearly as effective a strategy as having him at the hub of the offense distributing to the open man.

STOMP

 

[jlprk]

For Roy to be effective requires everyone to defer to him. For Aldridge to be good does not. We can play fast break with Aldridge, not with slowdown Roy.

Roy was clutch in the last minute and won many games then. Aldridge isn't. Although maybe with an anti-Roy uptempo game, we wouldn't have gotten into that fix.

 

[Shooter]

if they sag off of him he's still going to run his man off of a pick, make his way to the hoop and draw a ton of fouls. If come playoff time Portland's roster features a healthy Wes, Rudy, Nic, LA & Camby, they're going to be a very tough out for anyone. I've no doubt that with a healthy squad of weapons to distribute to, Andre will be very effective.

Absolutely right. Andre Miller can do things around the basket (post up, for example) that point guards like Devin Harris can only dream about. I have no problem at all with him being our starting point guard in the playoffs.