OFFICIAL Around the NBA thread - End of season/Playoffs!!

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Really? Bosh has had a good season.
     
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    16/6 isn't what I'd call max worthy.
     
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    If he had embraced his originally intended role in Portland and been the star of the second unit rather than forcing his way ahead of Blake and into the starting spot, I'd argue that that 2009-10 team would have been much more successful than it was.
     
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    Not bad for a 3rd (sometimes 2nd) option. I guess our 2nd and 3rd options are better than Bosh though. Damn we're good.
     
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    We were 7-9 when Miller came off the bench that season. Much much better when he started.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/millean02/gamelog/2010/
     
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    Miller whined and pouted the entire time he was coming off of the bench in Portland. It's hard to gauge his time off of the bench, because Miller wasn't buying into the role he agreed to the summer before he signed.

    A very selfish player who thought he was a much better player than he actually was in his prime. For me, that's his NBA legacy. He built stats because he stayed healthy, but I think it speaks volumes that the coaches never once voted him an All-Star. As far as his time on the Blazers, I came to accept his limitations, and he was a decent PG when he wasn't exploited over a 7-game series.
     
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    All good points.
     
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    Wait though. Did Andre agree to come off the bench? Is that documented? It was the summer he signed, not the summer before signed. I never read that he agreed to come off the bench though.
     
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    I understand your point, but the biggest reason that team was not as successful is because Roy played injured for most of the season and (essentially) all of the postseason. Andre starting became a necessity.
     
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    Miller was pretty vocal saying he would never have signed with us if he knew he was coming off the bench. McMillan nor our GM ever came out and said Miller was signed with the intent to have him come off the bench


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    Roy averaged 21.5/4.7/4.4 on 47% shooting in 65 games that season. Amazing for being hurt. It was the next season that he started to wilt.
     
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    Apparently Nate and Pritchard mention it to him during the infamous Las Vegas dinner with Pritchard and McMillan.

    I had also forgot how out of shape he was when training camp started that fall, and how he claimed that the team fixed other players' times, but not his.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miller-searching-fit-portland-194000113--nba.html

     
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    Within 10-15 years everything will be automated.
     
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    That's just not true, though.

    Miller said that about starting after the season started. During the Vegas dinner, he reacted differently.

    Miller knew it was a possibility, was told it, and still signed. He then showed up out of shape, and had to play his way into shape while stewing and fuming ... basically being a baby who was poisoning the team's chemistry.
     
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    Still, it was Steve Blake in front of him.

    Steve.

    Blake.
     
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    Wow. I never knew that. What a cancer then.
     
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    Josh McRoberts looking great out there. His stats aren't impressive but he's always making the right pass.
     
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    He was basically absent for the entire playoffs. He was also worse than the year before.
     
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    Douglas-Roberts needs to shave that thing on his head.
     
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    If Charlotte develops their young guys and has another good draft they will be pretty scary in a couple seasons.
     
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