Well, all he's got to do is outplay Blake, and he'll be starting. If he can't do that, then he doesn't have much of a complaint. barfo
It seems to me he expected to be handed the starting PG spot instead of actually having to compete for PT. Perhaps on the mediocre to average teams he is used to player for, that was the way things went for him.
He is outplaying Blake (lots of folks were off last night). I think it's Nate saying stupid stuff like who's going to start and who isn't too early. If Blake starts over Miller I would be stunned. I must admit I'm a tad worried if Roy doesn't do well with Miller. Miller is so much better at getting Oden the ball and running the break it's like night and day. Roy is a master of the game and just needs to get out of his funk and find his groove again. My final thought on the "pre-season disarray" is that we need to sign Aldridge, and perhaps publicly fellate him so he can cheer up. A consolidation trade might be just what the doctor ordered. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ylzn2kr Blazers get back the PG of the future and a couple of backups for Oden. Miller starts, Oden and Conley reunited. Outlaw gets closer to home and well Blake and Joel get kinda screwed but can leave next summer. Memphis gets young talent in Bayless and a steady hand at PG and a backup for Thabeet along with Outlaw whom they supposedly covet. Even if you hate this trade, I do feel that there are too many ego's and something has got to give. Blake seems the odd man out along with Jerryd if we replace him with a youthful PG along with Travis. Joel I think will leave next summer when his minutes get tiny and money in Portland is locked up in the big 3. This team may actually be too loaded. EDIT: after reading more from Miller I'm not sure what to think...fixed times? WTF Nate?
I'd recommend that Miller would just shut up. Whatever trouble there is, keep it in house, even if that reason for that trouble is warranted. There is no need to go cry to the national media now.
The only addition is a ball-dominating PG in Miller. Well, I suppose we can add an Oden who doesn't trip over himself and seems to have made major in improvements on offense. I am also very concerned that he said he wouldn't have come to Portland had he known he'd have to actually compete. Tells me the guy isn't all about winning ...
Miller won't talk to his teammates, but he'll cry to the nearest guy with a pen and a tape recorder. I probably shouldn't be this upset about Miller's whining, but I am. I can see now why no one offered the guy as a top priority aquisition.
“If I was told right out when I had my meetings that I would be a backup, then I wouldn’t have come here,” Miller told Yahoo! Sports this week As if you had tons of other teams breaking your door down to acquire you.
Yeah, I'm kind of concerned about this too. And it appears he won't talk to local reporters about this either, but chooses to voice his concerns with a national reporter?
Those are all good points on Miller in your post and above. WTF?!?! I was all stoked about adding him and then I read this stuff and it blows my mind. What do you guys think about the statement "Their times were fixed?" Does that have the ring of truth to you? Why would Nate mess with him like that? Is it possible Miller is bullshitting? I also kinda cringed when I read KP's closing quote "Keep Portland weird, he'll fit right in." Not good. I'm not freaking out but color me mildly alarmed.
Because it's not just about who starts the games. Jason Terry, Manu Ginobili, lots of players come off the bench as major contributors. There's no reason why he should be whining to the media about not starting. And to the national media at that. Even if he has good intentions, he just comes off as a whiny bitch.
This, from Quick's article a few days ago: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/10/blazers_insider_mcmillan_faces.html
Well Greg needing touches is pretty big, as is the addition of Martell. It's not just Miller who feels pinched it's quite a few guys I think. I feel like KP needs to consider a consolidation trade. If I'm not mistaken we are stuck with Miller for awhile are we not? Lame that Miller went to the national media first.
