Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 9:20 am  |  73 responses

Andre Miller Took Trade from Portland ‘Personally’


Andre Miller — who took it personally when the Nuggets traded him back in 2006 — says he took it personally that Portland dealt him to Denver last week: “Andre Miller said he took it personal Portland traded him and will use that for motivation vs. Trail Blazers: ‘Yeah, that’s how I take it.’”

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  • max

    Chauncey overrated?Come on,he played great in the 04 and 05 finals.He had an MVP like season in 06 with the Pistons.His prime stats in Detroit are a little misleading because of the slow pace of the team.Whereever he went to,his teams got to the playoffs.7 straight Western Conference finals as the starting point guard of two completly different teams.Behind Steve Nash and Jason Kidd,he is the 3rd best point guard of the 00-10 era,Dre Miller just slightly behind him.But overrated,please.And I agree:Miller is underated and I thought he played a good series against the Mavs,at least he showed poise and will.Portland would have won the series with one or two good perimeter shooters.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    You should get a T-Shirt like LeBrons “Check my Stats”, but that just says “Check out Stats, they are awesome and tell all”

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Felton is faster. But so is Usain Bolt, I’d still rather have Andre Miller running my team. — Whose better is an opinion thing if you don’t care about efficiency. I won’t get into an argument about your opinion. And Felton very well SHOULD have a better statistical season, he’s gonna play 36 minutes a game, Andre Miller is going to play 25-30. So your going to technically be right unless of course you factor in efficiency/per minute production.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    I was just going to go off of how the team does overall, how they look how far they go. I’m more of a visual person. I trust my eyes more than stats. Thats actually the shirt i’m gunna get. “Check My Eyes, They 20-15, F, Stats”

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Stats don’t tell you anything if you don’t know how to look at them. And they never tell you anything by themselves. If I came in here and explained how I watch a religious amount of basketball and have seen both guys play countless games you would just say, BS anyone can say that. But if I bring up stats its you and everyone else who has some kind of weird superiority over stats, professional analysts, and scouts sarcastic BS reaction, there is no way to logically get something across to people that think their opinions are right just because its their opinion. Your having conversations on a basketball website, you should be able to re-examine your own stance on subjects or atleast be able to take someone elses POV without acting like a child. Unless your here for the same reasons as others, just to argue and troll.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    You can’t go off of how good the team does. Portland is going to be a year older for one, and they will have a full training camp with Gerald Wallace. Plus its very unlikely they will be without a backup Center for an entire season again. Plus Denver IMO won’t have anywhere near the success they had post-melo. nowhere close

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Max
    I think Billups, particularly since Larry Brown stopped coaching him, takes horrible shots.
    Yes, dude can score. Yes, he runs a team well and gets to the line. But, I honestly believe that his shot selection hurts his team just as often as his shot making helps his team. That’s my opinion after watching him for years.
    I believe Miller’s only weakness is his inability to hit that jumper with regularity. He plays the point position perfectly in every other way. I just really like his game. If I had a prospect I would make him watch Andre Miller game film.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    They have been a year older every year and haven’t progressed much. Thats not a bold statement about Denver by any means. Duh they won’t. And i would still try to argue my position on everything by what i SEE over what the numbers SAY, every time. And your not a troll everytime you comment on someone negatively, but i am.(even if i say it jokingly, yet your all serious mr. business over here… ‘you can’t comprehend, your can’t read’ etc.) Got it. Precedence set.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    And YES I can go by how well they play next year. If they win another 5-10 games and go to the 2nd round and Felton is balling, then yes they are better because of the new starting PG they traded for to help their team win.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Sarcasm doesn’t work in a comment section. Especially with how you use it, while trying to also argue your point. And Portland has gotten exponentially better, they “stayed the same” despite their Star player turning into a role player, all of their centers falling apart, a midseason trade, and their GM debacle. It’s like you dont know anything about the team your describing. Portland should and will be better next season

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    The stats don’t say they are better though NBK. Thread end lol. Actually watch the games this next year instead of sitting on NBAdotcom checking how well someones PER is doing so far this year.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Seriously sonics fan, you either didn’t look or don’t know how to read advanced stats if you can’t clearly see that Miller was the better player last season. And you literally have no idea how much basketball I watch. No clue

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Thats a good sound to me thank you. I don’t read advance stats at all. Not my thing. I don’t really have a problem with them. And i think they can tell you allot i just don’t like to use them myself. I play allot of ball and I don’t know what my advance stats are i just know if i’m playing well or not. Thats how i watch bball. Watch to see if they are playing well. Being aggressive, smart, executing plays well etc. Thats just for me tho. Your right I don’t know how much u watch. But you just like to demean people so i like to do it back to you.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Where did i say Felton was better then Miller last year. I’d put them on par last year. With Miller aging and Felton in his prime this next year they will separate and it will be obvious whom is currently better(Felton imo).

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    I misunderstood what you meant by “stats don’t say they are better though” my bad I thought you were talkin bout Felton and Miller. And Felton will definitely looks better next season, he’s Denvers point guard with ZERO risk of losing his job. The best Andre Miller can HOPE for is to split minutes with Lawson. There will be no comparison next season. But that doesn’t mean Felton is better for the Blazers next season then Miller. (he’s definitely better for the future)

  • http://twitter.com/HarryByrdMan44 LA Huey

    Should he take it personal? Sounds kinda petty but if that’s your fuel, do what you gotta do. Dre’s seems like he’s always been dragged through the mud for what he doesn’t do without getting recognized for what he does do.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Well good news NBK I just moved into my new office and i’m going to have more time for awesome pointless convo! Sweet I know. Try to get some sleep tonight tho. (cough sarcasm)

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Let’s not act like we don’t comment here to argue and discuss. That’s basically the purpose, I come here to win arguments or to learn something new. You com here & argue just for exposure to my genius (I hope I don’t have to cough)

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    If this lockout thing goes ahead i’m going to take that personally.

  • dannyb

    Nobody in this league is better at faking a time-out than Andre Miller. NOBODY.

  • dma

    Lets think about this Mr Miller. You signed a 3 year deal with team options at the end of year year. You were blazers third choice in free agency that year behind Paul Milsap and hedo freaking turkogly. You came into camp complaining and pouted even more when steve blake got the starting job and they traded him to shut you up. And you’re the one taking it personally why??

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Steve Blake only got the starting job because Brandon Roy pouted like a punk and didn’t want to play with Miller.
    Nobody believes Steve Blake beat Andre Miller out for that job honestly, which is why Andre pouted. And when Roy went down, and they put Miller in the lineup, the team saw marked improvement from it’s other players, particularly Aldridge.
    But I guess nobody noticed that.

  • K- Fizzle

    Hey idiots who think Dre sucks, have u even watched a Portland game in your life? Real rip city fans will miss the man but y’all who haven’t seen a game here’s a little info. First, he is a leader. He steps out and takes charge at any moment. Everybody needs a veteran like him. Second, he passes just as good as rondo and Paul without the speed last, Dre pumped his teams up and has always been a positive addition to any team. Stop talking bs bout Dre cause Portland loved him and he shouldve taken it personally. He liked it in Portland. All u other NBA teams buy your championships. We earn our spot alright so shut your rich butt up and go talk about golfing cause u know nothing bout the NBA

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