Roy is clearly the best, but I do get tired of "The Natural" circle jerk/lovefest. So yeah I hope it turns out to be Oden or LMA!
Why? You get sick of the respect the best Portland player since Clyde Drexler receives from the fans and media?
I guess I want to cheer for a fellow underdog. edit: don't get me wrong, I would trade anyone else on this team before him.
Let me preface this with a confession: I was a huge LMA fan going into the draft. If you had told me he would be going into his 4th season, and still not been a serious contender for the all-star team, I wouldn't have believed you. I want LMA to succeed. I want Rice to be right. I want the Blazers to freaking re-sign him! I do not, however, honestly believe he will be better than Roy. As for Oden - right now, he doesn't even belong in the conversation. I will be happy if he is our 4th best player.
Yes. Miller has the experience and he has a style that makes the people around him better. Having Miller on the floor could, for example, add 4-5 points onto Oden's scoring average. We could see an improvement in LMA's shooting %, as he gets more easy looks, instead of having to go 1-on-1. Miller may not have CP3 type individual stats - but if he makes the team better, he will be one of the 3 most valuable.
I would love for it to be Oden. But let's keep it real. Brandon Roy is and will always be the MVP on this team.
Brandon said he's "sacrificing for the team" this season....you know, to make way for Oden's emergence.
That's MVP material though. Sacrificing for the good of the team and others on the squad. He's done that since day one as a blazer.
Think it would be great if someone else emerges as a better player than Brandon. Do I think it'll happen? No.
Didn't I see in a thread that LaMarcus said he was informed that he missed the All-Star team by one person? IIRC it was David West who barely beat him out.
