Yep. As a ranking, I believe that Blake is somewhere around 18th-20th in the league as a starting PG, but top 5 as a backup.
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This is what concerns me. I remember reading the same thing, but I can't provide a link. However, I clearly remember this being discussed on Courtside. 'Tone talked at length about how Miller isn't well liked in the locker room. Seems risky, but I'll trust the FO on that. I think AM would be an upgrade, but I'd like to see them keep Blake around. As others have noted, Steve is a "C" starter", but would be an "A" backup. (Sorry Jerryd.) I'd like to see AM signed for 3 years, with the third year a team option. Nic's $18-20M sounds about right.
The worst I've heard about Miller is that he tends to be a very private person and isn't particularly talkative or demonstrative in the locker room or on the floor, in the world of big ego athletics introverts are often mistaken for being unfriendly and "odd fits" in a team setting. Beyond that a writer for the Philadelphia inquirer spoke at length with Brian Wheeler today on his radio program and Tim Guggrich (sic?) of Denver swears by him and all Mo Cheeks had to say about him is that "he's his own man." For fuck's sake I've lived through Bonzi Wells, Qyntel Woods and Darius Miles, there's just about nothing Dre could do that would top those fucknuts.
. . . he put up great stats in 2008-09, during a contract year, but his attitude wasn't always the best — whether the Philadelphia 76ers deserved his scorn or not http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...t=AoShUT7eaL9cbAzQfBdjRpO8vLYF?urn=nba,177670 . . . if you watched the games, man, this guy sure did take plays off. Quarters off, even. It was obvious he was having no fun working for the Philadelphia 76ers in the final year of his contract, and especially interim coach Tony DiLeo, and either he tried to make it as obvious as possible, or he's really bad at not letting things that are completely obvious come off as supremely obvious. * * * I can't tell you with any degree of certainty that the league-wide disinterest in Miller has anything to do with what I saw from him last season. It could be an economics thing, or teams may have been turned off by the way he skipped out on his final team meeting with the 76ers following their first round playoff loss to the Orlando Magic last spring. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Andre-Miller-to-the-Knicks-?urn=nba,177228 Same writer both article . . . so maybe this writer has something out for Miller
If that's so, I'm ok with getting Miller on a short contract. Not what I've been hoping for, but it should be enough to get the team out of the first round next year. You are preaching to the choir, brother. I don't miss any of those boneheads, and a few others. I wasn't saying that Miller was an off court problem, in the sense of getting into trouble. I was saying that Harvey made it sound like he might be an ass.
