Andre Miller Underperformed in the Playoffs

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  1. Wheels

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    I lol'd at this! I bet Brooks didnt even know Blake existed.. and Blake was the one guarding him :lol:
     
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    Miller was a guy with a bullseye on his uniform. The obvious way to play the Blazers was to double team and pressure him and to force guys like Webster to step up to beat you. Miller had that great 1st game and then they figured out that you stop him and you stop the injury riddled Blazers. Roy at 50% wasn't enough to take any pressure off.

    With all the attention paid to Miller, it's not surprising that Bayless had more lane to drive and better looks.

    If anyone should be getting heat for the miserable showing in the playoffs, it's LMA, IMO.
     
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    ding ding ding ding ding! We have a winner!
     
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    Oh silly little PapaG. Back to your old attention needing ways. :lol:

    You forgot to add the :dunno:

    And forgot to say "I just posted a stat".
     
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    Exactly. The Suns were forced to put their best perimeter defender on him and Portland didn't have another perimeter player capable of consistently making them pay for that. With a healthy Roy, either the Suns would have been in trouble trying to cover Roy with Nash (heh) or Richardson...or, more likely, they wouldn't have switched Hill onto Miller and Miller would have gone on cutting the Phoenix defense to pieces.

    I don't agree, though, that LMA should "get heat." He played at about his normal level. Despite exhortations to "step up," players don't suddenly become more talented when better players are hurt. Just because Portland needed/wanted LMA to suddenly become a playoff-caliber first option doesn't mean he had the ability to do so. He's a mediocre second option and great third option. If Roy and Oden are healthy, Aldridge is, or should be, the third option.
     
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    I agree.

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    Andre Miller Underperformed in the playoffs. how is this thread "trolling", while threads criticizing "McDillon" and "LaMarshmellow" legit?

    You lack consistency.
     
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    His PG, after Game 1, was useless, so PHX was able to collapse on LA. Yet he still ended up with a PER of 17.6.

    Again, criticizing Aldridge seems OK, yet criticizing Miller for underperforming is labeled "trolling" by a moderator.
     
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    Yet your post directed at me isn't an example of you seeking attention? Hilariously ironic.
     
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    The Blazers needed him to really step up and he didn't. "Normal level" isn't what wins in the playoffs, it's the best player on the team (he was, minus Roy) taking his game up two levels.
     
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    :dunno:

    Out of curiosity, what does Blake's PER drop to if you remove HIS best game from the series? :dunno:

    Also, where do you see Blake's PER above 15? :dunno: I see his at exactly 15. :dunno:

    :dunno:

    Your comments seem to contradict. If Miller = Blake, wouldn't that mean they played just as well as each other? :dunno: However, you said Blake had better statistics. Wouldn't that mean Miller<Blake?

    :dunno:
     
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    This thread is nice exercise, and the human body is healthier when it argues every day, but after the fight is over, in the peace of our dreams, we all know it's McMillan's system.
     
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    Blasphemy!

    He was an Assistant for Team USA!
     
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    Andre has never brought it during post season.

    It's naive to expect it at this late stage of his career.
     
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    Yet the veteran PG who actually played worse in the playoffs than he did in the regular season gets no blame? Miller was paid to produce in the playoffs and be an upgrade over Blake and Sergio. He wasn't, at least in his first playoff as a Blazer.
     
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    How would you know? You've admitted many times to not watching any NBA team other than the Blazers. And the Blazers haven't ever played Andre's team in the playoffs.

    Therefore, you've never seen Andre play in the playoffs, prior to this year.

    Learn the game. Checkmate.
     
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