I'm thinking it's more of a mind-games thing between (at least) Roy and Miller. For whatever reason, Miller's presence has caused Roy great internal angst/confliction. IMO, Roy's just not in his right mind and appears to be spouting off his attitude du jour......whether it even makes sense, or not. Plus, by the time these utterances pass through the filters of Quick/Canzano, anything could be read into the issues. PS: I realize LMA didn't play, but Oden still managed to get 13 shots off last night.
Of course it's Miller It couldn't be our starting 1 guard posting a sub 10 PER, it couldn't be that our best wing defender is out ... well, with a busted wing, it couldn't possibly be that our All-star is having a way down year and can't seem to adjust to playing with a low post player again. The only thing I think you can say about Miller is that it's always easy to blame the new guy.
That's exactly it. More correlation/causation confusion. The thing is, I made this great sandwich just prior to the season and now the season is off to a poor start. Now I'm scared to make such great sandwiches again, but it looks like the damage has already been done.
Oh man that must have been his solution from another inteview. In the interview I watched, his solution was "Working Harder". His solutions are always one of those two things.
Don't forget the super valuable "Hit your shots" theory. Nate says that a bunch too. Thanks coach! I am pretty sure the players didn't realize they needed to score in order to win until you pointed it out. Apparently Nate learned how to throw your own team under the bus from George Karl along with all the other stuff.
Yea it reminds me of Snapper Jones. When one of his keys to the game was scoring more baskets then your opponent. Really Steve? Wow thanks for the wisdom.
Some people and posters were warning about this before Miller started training camp or even signed. I don't think it is a "new guy" thing as much as it is a Miller is not a good locker room guy and easy to blame him for the Blazer troubles.
We can see clearly now why KP wanted Turkgolou and not Miller. Hedo would have fit much, much better. Miller and Roy are essentially the same player, though Roy is much better at it. They both need the ball to succeed. They don't fit on the same team.
That's kind of funny, he's a terrible defender in Toronto and is posting a very pedestrian PER of 13 or so ... hardly what I would call "perfect"
As we are learning with Miller, it's not about stats or PERS, it is about fitting in. I too think Hedo would have fit in nicely here.
jaynes on us making the playoffs... going to be a dogfight to make the playoffs... i don't think this one is an easy fix,
What did Miller have to do with Roy shooting 9-25 last night? Roy said he was excited to play with Miller and that he would make him better. Roy is just playing like shit, it has nothing to do with Miller at all. He will pick it up and we will see the same BRoy that dropped 55 on national TV last year. Just be patient. He's probably just counting his money in his free time, when he gets done he'll be back to normal.
Trade Roy for Rip Hamilton and hand the keys of the franchise to Miller! That way, Roy can have the ball in Detroit, and Hamilton can be the (much better) off-the-ball player many here want to turn Roy into. It's initially a bit sad to see Roy ripped like this, but then I consider the people doing the criticizing, and I just laugh at them.
efficiency is efficiency. We'd still be just as porous on the perimeter as we are now, and Hedo also likes to have the ball in his hands to be truly effective. I think we'd be having nearly identical conversations about what ails the Blazers -- Crappy D and Brandon having difficulty playing off the ball.
Since I'm the one who used these terms last month, I'll point out that I ALWAYS noted the correlation, and not any causal effect.
I don't think so . .. I think there is a reason Blazers didn't highly seek Miller. But I realize we can debate all day and we really will never know. But I do get why the Blazers weren't hot after Miller from the get go.
papag, you know whats kind of funny, you're signatuire I assume was to mock taht poster, but you are making him look like a prophet. I don't know if Roy is more selfish this year, but it is becoming more of an issue in the media and among fans . . . and that poster sensed something wierd way before any other poster voiced this concern.
