Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 11:30 am  |  61 responses

Andre Miller: The League is Soft Now

‘Dre Miller, who was suspended one game for briefly losing his mind the other day, astutely observes that the NBA just isn’t what it used to be in terms of allowing for tough play. I’m sure David Stern will take his comments to heart. From The Columbian: “A day after missing a game for the first time since the 2002-03 season, Portland Trail Blazers point guard Andre Miller chatted about his suspension, his guided-missile attack on Blake Griffin, and how the NBA has changed. And just like that blow to Griffin, he didn’t hold back … His reaction to the suspension: ‘I was surprised. I actually wasn’t even notified. I found out toward the evening when I was sleeping that there would be a suspension. It just shows you how soft the league has gotten, protecting young players. It’s not like it was when I came (into) this league.’  … On whether the suspension was justified: ‘It wasn’t justified at all. If I was a dirty player that was looking to go out and hurt someone then I can understand, ‘OK, this guy has a reputation.’ Back in the day, like John Stockton, tough-minded player, some people thought he was dirty. He never got suspended for anything. The league has changed, they favor the young guys now, and that’s just how it is.’”

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  • bnets

    Derek Fisher should of got suspended too when he hit Luis Scola

  • mikey

    wtf guys? how are you praising him?

    andre was the guy in the first place who got pushed by blake when blake wasnt even trying, he cries the first time and it happens again, he cries the second time then has a little temper tantrum and decides to mow blake down? and hes trying to tell us that everyone else is soft? hes just being a lil baby and yall need to get off his d this guy is so underrated that everyone praises him to the point that hes overrated…please

  • bnets

    ^^^^ this guy is crying

  • http://counterkicks.com Q

    um and kobe wears nike. come on this has been a fact for many years and now people are surprised.

  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    Dacre, the sad part is stock retired just 7 years ago. Its not like you asked him if he knew george mikan

  • L

    In truth, he got a point. The league got soft when you look at the 90′s games where there was no easy way to the paint with handchecking and everything.
    MJ would have averaged 40 points a game in today’s game.. L

  • fitzy

    i agree, shaq gets flagrants just cause he’s massive.

  • v

    @bnets – fisher was suspended, and miller must be an idiot to bring up that as an example on TNT. If you’re going to cite precedent, make sure you do your research.

  • Sstan

    I agree with dre the league is very soft .it’s all bull since the Knick rules were brought into play now u can’t touch a player. the young guys just want to run around and get point and not get hit in the middle of the key ask MJ about that stuff.

  • bnets

    League is still soft

  • Justin

    The league may be softer but if many of you will remember, fans HATED the way there were so many no calls back in the day. Sometimes it was outright thuggery and when the Knicks finally made the finals against the Rockets it was the most boring Finals series in history, up to that point. So, the league started cracking down on it. With the game slowly being called tighter (at least until the playoffs) over the years, the players adjusted. So naturally when there is a hard foul given the players react a bit differently.

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