People were posting that here in July. Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back for smearing the team's best player.
I always have a feed. Thanks for stating the obvious. Nice posts in this thread, BTW. Added a lot, didn't they.
Absolutely right. Roy has been the center of attention in Portland for 3 years, and he likes it. He is the King, the President, and the Dictator all rolled into one, and then Andre Miller comes along and steals some of his spotlight, and he can't stand it.
A spoiled brat who was being used as an undersized SF while the "veteran" Miller refused to change his game. Worst move of KP's entire tenure was signing Miller. It's set the team back at least one year. Start Miller now to see what little trade value he may have at his outsized contract.
Well, he kinda has taken some spotlight. In all seriousness, Oden is the most important player on this team. Andre Miller is getting tons of credit for getting the most out of him. Roy doesn't do that, for SOME reason, and is probably a tad jealous that Miller is making it look so easy. Can anyone blame Miller for being the quietest guy on this team? Our all-star does not like to play with him and publicly says so. He's supposed to be our leader. Of course Miller is going to feel a little alienated and keep to himself. At the very least, there's no feud inside the locker room that could very well occur on different teams with different players in the same situation. Miller wants to win, accepts his role, and respects the team enough to keep his mouth shut instead of complaining about starting/playing time. He doesn't care that he's no longer matching his career averages. He's sacrificing a lot more than Brandon. All of this, when he clearly outplays Blake (occasionally outplaying Roy, too). He's trying his hardest not to pull an Iverson. But I wouldn't be surprised nor blame him if he ever does. He's a starter for at least half of the NBA. Blake, like the other thread ponders, is a starter for maybe 2-3 teams in this league. And it's not just starting, because Blake has also played much more minutes.
Thanks for the reminder, DaRizzle--I turned it on after reading your post. It happened between 6:50 and 6:15 remaining in the 2nd quarter. It took up at most 35 seconds plus the time for Jermaine to attempt 2 free throws, so call it a minute of talk. They talked about dozens of topics during the game and I doubt any listeners except us remembered this one.
I was under the impression Roy refused to play small forward. I don't think he made the coaching descision to bench Miller. My take is that Nate is using the same strategy that his mentor George Karl uses. If things are going well take some of the credit. If things go poorly deflect blame on to the players. They aren't playing hard enough. Guys are not sacrificing for the team. That sort of shit. If you are asking me to decide between whether I think Roy has changed from a team first to a me first guy or Nate loves Blake and can't figure shit out I am going to go with Nate is stupid every time.
