Retaining Oden is a no brainer IMO.... I would think Miller would be as well, unless they have something better to replace him and there is no way in hell that Mills & Johnson are. So barring a trade, FA signing or a young PG in this year's draft, I don't see any way POR doesn't bring back Miller for next year. Real long term concern there (PG)....
Extending the Q.O is a no-brainer, but that doesn't guarantee that he will be in Portland beyond the 2011-12 season. If G.O. accepts the Q.O., then he will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2012 (at least under the current CBA).
Shitting on Miller is ridiculous. He was one of the only guys who actually put up decent numbers all season, and brought effort in the playoffs. Roy can have two good games out of six and he's a fucking savior, but Miller is consistently keeping us in games and he's expendable? Hilarious.
Absolutely correct about Miller. The only one player that was consistent through the regular and post season has been Miller. Anyone that disagrees hasn't been watching Blazer basketball. I won't shit on him, but if there is some sort of stellar deal having to include Miller; I suspect Brass would pull the trigger.
Well, Miller CAN be traded because he has a favorable contract, adn Roy can't, because of his contract. So if you assume currently we can't even get out of the first round, let alone are championship contenders, we need to improve. Which means making trades.
If there's some sort of stellar deal involving any player on the roster, they should be pulling the trigger. You should always do "stellar deals."
That's hardly a stellar deal. Even from non-Portland perspectives, the two players are considered roughly in the same tier. There's certainly no prevailing belief that Love is much better than Aldridge.
I'm not sure who in this thread is "shitting" on Miller, other than perhaps Cho, if you consider his non-answer regarding Miller's future role on the Blazers "shtting" on Miller. Are you saying that Cho doesn't watch Blazer basketball? Miller is the most tradable asset right now on the roster, outside of perhaps LMA. The easiest way to improve the team is to make trades that you believe makes your team better, and Miller, because of his contract, would likely be a part of any move that Cho thinks will improve the team, based on the team option, and that Miller would be an excellent secondary PG on an elite team.
Where has Cho shit on Miller? I was just agreeing that no one has a right to Shit on Miller this season, since he's been the only consistent player in the regular and post season. Are you saying this is false?
LOL this is funny. I really love how all Blazer fans, including myself truly over values players on our team.
I don't see how it is over rating our players at all. He said you take a stellar deal. My assumption is that would mean you take a great deal. Depending, i guess, on how you want to define stellar. You seem to just take it as a blockbuster or a big deal. I think he meant stellar as a great deal. Trading Aldridge for Love or Zach isn't a stellar or great deal for Portland. No over rating of players there. The value could be argues about, which side wins, whatever. I'd say a "stellar' deal is Aldridge for Howard. Never going to happen. I am not saying his value IS that. I'm saying that's a stellar deal.
I wonder how other GMs value Andre Miller. Remember, he was passed over by every team in the NBA until the Blazers finally got to him, and the original idea was for Andre to be a back-up PG. Two years later, is he seen as a potential starting PG for a title-contending team? Or, is his contract more attractive, and he may not have his option picked up after a hypothetical trade?
