Exclusive All Things Brandon Miller

The more defensive players the better. Brown is much better offensively and can play the 2 or 3, start or come off the bench. They should definitely throw everything they can to get him.

 

after all the chatter, if the Blazers keep the pick, I'd sure rather it was Miller than Scoot. Not sure Portland will have that option though

 

If Miller is our "worse case scenario" then we should not be too unhappy.

 

I said as soon as Portland got the 3rd pick, Miller was who I wanted. First because he is as close to Durant as you can get. The best shooter in the draft is also 6'9. Hell yes. But he will contribute right away, shooters shoot. He fits perfectly with Dame. Now, if Miller is gone at two and Portland is looking at Scoot at three, it might be time to have the conversation. Either are one hell of a consolation prize. But I will take the Unicorn. You then get into the whole Grant at the 4 discussion. If Miller is available at 3 and Portland owns the pick, run to the podium and don't trip.

 

I'm just waiting for the, "but can Brandon bench press 135 x 10?" BS that we heard with Durant

 

Hopefully the offers are so good that Charlotte can't turn them down.

 

Does anybody know if he's going to put on 20lbs of muscle over the summer?

 

I would not hate having both, but nonetheless, he is 6'4" and we have Thybulle. So before we add him (which is moot because Denver will keep him) we need to find a longer/bigger defender first.

 

Nobody has described Miller as being "ultra-athletic."

 

It's very unlikely that they can keep Bruce Brown due to the cap. That's why they just acquired a 1st round pick from OKC.

 

They can offer him a $7.8 million starting salary. How much can we offer? (I honestly do not know)

 

Since there has been some chatter about NOP wanting to move up, potentially offering up Ingram, here's a comp between the two Brandons -



Lots of similarities in their games.

 

Full MLE is 10.5

I would absolutely give him that with max number of years which is 4.

 

However, one is high as a kite
while the other has a competitive fire.

 

So we get the full MLE? I thought someone said we had to not pick up any qualifying offers.
If true I would look at using it on a center first like maybe Naz Reid.

 

If we use the full MLE, Portland is hard-capped at ~$168M.
With what we anticipate paying Grant & other FA -> it might not be wise to use the full MLE

 

They're similar but Miller's game is 'softer' than Ingram's.

Danny Granger is still the best comparison I've seen for Miller and I expect him to be on that tier of talent (not quite meeting the Tatum tier that some people hope for).

That's not a bad thing at all, obviously. Though, I do think Amen Thompson is a better fit, chemistry-wise, than Miller.

 

Nice!