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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  • http://www.optimabbc.be Max

    Let’s go dré

  • RunNGun

    two words: DRAMA QUEEN… ’nuff said.

  • Riggs

    why take it personally? you know they were thinking of trading you for awhile now.

  • tom

    i like that. everyone knows its business, but i still like that attitude

  • http://zarky01 zarky

    who is andre miller and why is he taking things personally?

  • Eddie1

    Man stuck with George Karl…gotta suck.

  • prodi

    Dre’s becoming a really bitter old dude

  • goattree

    Andre Miller sucks. Never been outta the first round his entire career (when his team actually made the playoffs).

  • http://www.slamonline.com spit hot fiyah

    ^hard to get out of the first round when your team doesn’t make the playoffs

  • mark

    this mutha f*cka takes everything personally. Whiny @$$ bizitch.

  • kudos

    Even when he is in the playoffs, he still doesn’t make it outta the first.

  • http://www.optimabbc.be Max

    Well looking at it that way, you can say people who do make it out of the 1st round are better than him?
    Mario Chalmers and Mike Biggy > Andre

  • HAMMER

    And I don’t blame him. Not one bit. Seems like from the moment Portland got him, they kept trying 2 trade him. I never understood that. He is a veteran pg that was there, along w/Lamarcus and B-Roy, leading Portland 2 the playoffs and came up huge 4 us. And this is how they do him? Its a damn shame we let him go.

  • JL

    absolutely seemed like they have problems back then with management already. got him and didn’t want him. didn’t know what to do with brandon roy and his knees. plus all those injuries really made things even more complicated.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Felton is an upgrade… Sorry Dre.

  • Overtime

    He did more for the Blazers than people realised

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    I’d rather have Andre Miller running my team. But Felton’s younger. No need to take anything personal though, Dre just going back to where he made a name for himself anyway.

  • HAMMER

    Co-sign JL. Blazer management just sucks right now, starting w/Paul Allen.

  • Patzilla

    Felton fits into the mix much better. Andre can’t shoot from outside worth his life. He will be much better off in Denver

  • http://slamonline.com Tracy

    Does anyone still get shocked when they remember he actually scored 52 points in a game for this team? No, just me?

  • J-day

    He takes it personally because he doesn’t get the respect he deserves. Playing with B-roy who thinks hes a top 5 player and never sitting hit butt down to recover, Dre Miller keep them afloat during all the injuries. And nobody knows him nor appreciates him. Hes got a right to take it personally!!

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    The logic here is mind boggling. How will Andre Miller fit in better with a team that runs and shoots MORE? Portland is the slowest paced team in the league, having Raymund Felton running around jacking up contested 3′s (he does that) does not fit into their style in any way. He’s a good PG, but to say he’s a better fit then Andre Miller because of his jumpshot is stretching it to say the least.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    I’d rather have Andre too.
    If dude had a jumper, he’s be a top five point guard. Yeah, I said it.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    IDK about anymore, but if he had a jumper 7 years ago he would have been the best PG in the league along with Jason Kidd. He was consistently up in the league lead for assists and steals. And his teams always seem to win (His teams have made the playoffs every year since 03, except one — the year he got traded to Philadelphia mid season, their leading scorer was Iguodala, at 18PPG).

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Yeah Portland doesn’t want to be the slowest paced team in the league anymore. Hence, Later Dre. Ya’ll stretching it tho. I know dude is underrated but don’t let that make you overrate him. If he had a jumper he’d be as good as Billups… Still not top 5 even in imaginary land.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Lakeshow in Andre Miller’s 3rd season he put up 16.5 PPG, 10.9APG, 4.7RPG 1.6SPG. Without a jumpshot. For comparisons sake, Steve Nash in his 1st MVP season 15.5PPG, 11.5APG, 3.3RPG, 1.0SPG. And he is the best shooting PG in the NBA. Sooo Case and Point.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    correct.. in his 3rd season. a decade ago. We talking bout now. And fg% comparison? as i recall he is a perrenial 45% guy right. and from 3 maybe 20% on his career lol.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    He’s good at running a team and thats it. Felton now is an equal if not better defender. Wayyy better shooter(and he aint even that good)Also Dre is whiny, and has ALWAYS been. He’s the grumpiest dude in the L.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Max

    @Tracy
    I remember :)

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    We are talking about if he had a JUMPSHOT dood. wth do you think this conversation is about, if he just got younger? and if you took the time to read all of the comments you can clearly see that I said, “IDK about anymore, but if he had a jumper 7 years ago he would have been the best PG in the league along with Jason Kidd” — This is pretty damn straight forward that I am not talking about today.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Yeah, NBK said he wasn’t talking about today, I am.
    Andre Miller almost never takes the horrible jumpshots Chauncey takes, he is a better finisher around the basket, even over larger players, and he’s a better passer period.
    Chauncey is overrated, although very talented.
    Anyway, I’ve watched Dre, and I see that he has the ability to make his teammates better, which is still the most valuable trait in any point guard.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    If tractor Traylor had 7″ he would have been the MDE. So what are we arguing, if imaginary land Dre had a jumper 7 years ago he would be the 2nd best PG then. I’ll let someone else duel this out. This is quite the riveting convo. How much better Allen P? Kobe is natorious for not making his team mates “better”, but Dre does. Yet he can’t get out of the 1st round. Even while making everyone around him better? I know the player on the team make a difference as far as their talent, but Allen common u overrating dude imo.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    You can think what you want about Felton’s jumper making him better then Andre Miller. Technically Andre Miller is a more efficient shooter then Felton anyway. Considering Felton shoots 41% for his career with 45% being his career high, to Miller who is a career 45% shooter, that has only shot below 45% 3 times in his whole career. You can have Felton and his 33% 3pt shot as his “advantage” – I’d rather have Andre Miller.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    And Lakeshow, noone ever said Portland plans to start running, where in the world did you hear that? And if you have a problem with the conversation other people are having, don’t get involved. We weren’t playing the “what if” game, just a little side conversation onto why we think (along with most of the people I have read and talked to about it) Miller is a better player. THe only upgrade that I can see is Felton’s age. His jumpshot means nothing to me, he shoots a low %, and fires ill advised shots without getting his team into their offense. The 2 things I cannot support in a PG

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Yeah but Felton has gotten better and improved his jump shot quite a bit every year. He was not a good PG his first couple/few years. Dre never did and never will get a jump shot. Felton is still getting better at this point. He will still most likely have career years ahead of him. But i ain’t a stan for neither dude. I’d take 10 other PG over them both today. a decade ago i’m sure i’d choose him fairly high.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Technically Raymond Felton’s jumpshot has stayed the same. 39% (4-11) from the field his rookie year, with 35% from 3 (1.2-3.4) in 80 games. Too 42% (5.7-13.4) from the Field this year, with 35% from 3 (1.5-4.4) in 75 Games. By the way

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    The upped fg% can be attributed to playing for much faster paced teams in Denver and New York then he was playing in Charlotte. Speed = Efficiency. (it also = horrible defense)

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Show me where i said that NBK? and also show me where you have seen them talk about keeping the slowest pace in the league going..

  • http://slamonline.com Tracy

    When you look at it, it’s kinda sad that an entire summer in the gym just working on a jumpshot, would have him picking where he wants to go instead of having this guy used as constant trade bait. @ LakeShow, is it really possible to never be able to have a jumpshot?

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    I made a side comment because I think people underrate Dre as a player. I think it’s been true for his entire career.
    And that’s partially his own fault because he never corrected an obvious issue, and he has admitted that he doesn’t even touch a basketball during the offseason.
    Anyway, Felton is cool, but I like the way Dre runs a team. And honestly, he’s never played on a team that was SUPPOSED to get out of the first round. All of his teams were the underdog if I remember correctly.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    LakeShow Posted: Jun.28 at 4:18 pm
    Yeah Portland doesn’t want to be the slowest paced team in the league anymore.

    “We feel like he’s a player entering the prime of his career. Matches up a with a lot of the guys on our roster as-is.” – Chad Buchannan

    “They take advantage of what you give them,” Felton said of the Blazers. “If you take a bad shot or commit a turnover they’re a team that’s capable of running on you at the time. But for the most part I think it’s more of a slow-pace, halfcourt type of team. They set the ball up and really just give it to the great scorer that they have, LaMarcus Aldridge. Who I think, in my opinion, should have been an All-Star this year. He’s one of the best four men in the league.” – Raymond Felton.

    —- First teams don’t change their style of play for 1 ROLE player. Second, the team was built to play a certain way, if their GM or Acting GM feels like Felton fits the team AS IS then he is saying Felton fits their style of play also. And Third, even Felton acknowledges the slow pace the Blazers play.

  • http://www.yougotdunkedon.com LilKDub503

    How many former Bobcats are gonna be on Portland’s roster?

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Bobcats took Portlands old GM. They just trading players for front office personnel.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Hmmm so not being the slowest paced team in the league anymore = becoming a running team because superstar Raymond Felton is coming to change the culture. Got it. Allot of liberties taken there but okay.. I stand by my statement that Felton today is better for Portland than Miller. And you stand by your 2nd best pg in the league a decade ago stance. Allen P you are corrrect on all accounts.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Lakeshow you clearly have issues with reading comprehension. You said the reason they were getting rid of Andre Miller was because they didn’t like being the slowest team in the league anymore. And i quote “Yeah Portland doesn’t want to be the slowest paced team in the league anymore. Hence, Later Dre” — Which was a made up reason BY YOU that they are traded Andre Miller. I told you, (because of that ignorant statement), teams DON’T change their style of play for one ROLE player (Raymond Felton). — Not a single liberty taken, just me reading your stupid assumption (that’s what it obviously was) and replying as to why it isn’t true. And if Allen is right on all accounts and you said that seriously then you also agree with what I said. If your trying to be sarcastic about what Allen and I said, then you need more practice.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Portland played slow before they got Andre Miller. That’s how Nate McMillian likes to play because it often makes it easier to play defense.
    Miller actually made them faster because he was better at running the break then Steve Blake.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    I’d take Eric Maynor over all PG. Ziiiiing. Your right I did assume that Portland wanted to not be the slowest paced team in the league anymore by getting rid of the slowest PG in the L and getting a much faster one. What do you take from the trade, that they still wish they had Dre’s old slow ass on the team and wish they didn’t upgrade to a faster one? I’m the idiot. Okay.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    They got a younger PG (who they tried to sign last summer) who can run the SAME system. Plain and Simple. The closest thing to running that Felton will supply in Portland is more Pick and Rolls and less Drive and Kick plays. (because, despite their perceived difference in speed) Andre Miller was/is actually better at getting to the basket…..and running the break. He also measures out as a better player if you look at ANY advanced stat, except true shooting % which we all know is a result of Miller’s complete lack of a 3pt Shot. Basically Portland just traded their PG for a guy whose less efficient but 8 years younger.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    you and that Eric Maynor thing, you just keep brining up your lack of reading comprehension like your funny or smart. What I said about Erick Maynor still stands, OKC’s OFFENSE is better with him then Russell Westbrook. This is a measurable FACT.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Haha. You crack me up dogg. You unlike me are quite funny. I’m going to stick by my statement of Felton being better and faster. As the next year progresses we shall see fella.

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