I thought Miller was coming here to provide

wrote a blog comment and emailed it to Ron Ron.

That would make sense; trying to poison the well of the enemy Blazers?

I hereby award you a Rooster Lollipop (see graphic at old artest “response” post).

either that or I totally missed the sarcasm…

Has he not had enough fame and fortune

No.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

who wants to lead from the front sounds ok to me.

Don’t get the hate. At all.

I heard Miller is trying to prevent people from buying tickets for the children of Blazers Edge night.

Funny stuff

Why isn’t anyone calling out BRoy. I love him, but it’s awfully early for him to be so frustrated and talking already too. Roy’s going to have to realize even the team’s star has to sacrifice for a championship. Jordan’s ppg went down before he got a ring too. The players just need to shut up and work it out at this point. It’s only preseason, this is when the coach experiments with the line-ups and players. They need to wait until the regular season to figure out if this is what they want.

What everyone doesn’t pay enough attention to is the fact that you can’t put so many ball hungry egos on the same team and expect them to get along. You’ve got guys who should be starting all through the lineup, and they will not stand for it. They all are me first guys who like to have the ball in their hands.

Look at the situation. You’ve got arguably one of the best shooting guards in the the league, playing backup for someone who is admittedly a god, but how’s he gonna feel playing second fiddle? Then there’s the log jam at small forward with three, maybe four guys who should start. Center looks nice but one guy has bad knees. At the power spot you have a true beast, but his backup is either an unproven rookie or an aging swing man.

And who’s your captain?!? The little white guy who just likes to pass and shoot threes? Or the flashy ball hog? It’s a recipe for disaster.

There are always going to be adjustment periods when the roster changes. Some are just more publicized than others.

If you’re looking for Miller to be a Portland media darling, than I suppose you should start asking for him to be traded now because he will never be that in this town (or any other).
 
But if you’re content with him adding depth, being a good teammate, and taking some of the pressure off of Roy – then you’ve found your guy. Those attributes will become more apparent as the season progresses.

As a fan, your relationship with Andre should be less personal and strictly business. Think of him as a hired assassin who’ll make your favorite NBA team better on the court while he keeps his nose clean off of it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Miller is doing his job, competing and working hard to contribute as much as he can to this team. As far as I can tell there is absolutely no reason to think he’s got an attitude problem or that he’s liable to screw up team chemistry. Let the man play his game and we’ll see where we stand once the REAL SEASON is under way.

over the world who would otherwise go hungry. Andre Miller works in Mother Teresa’s hospital in his spare time. Andre Miller volunteered to be a guinea pig for the Swine flu vaccine. Andre Miller is the guy who wears the military’s body armor when it’s battle-tested. Andre Miller will cook meals for all the players at away games to make sure they get the most nutritious food. After all that the poor guy is tired. No wonder he’s grumpy.

Miller is better.

but when Andre answers honestly, people get all up in arms.

cant have it both ways

… and whistles… Cliche’ joke I know but I was in the nerd clique in high school… Whatta you expect?

There is still plenty of time for Miller to earn that starting spot, which I do believe he deserves.

What makes no sense to me over the uproar about Miller’s comments and the whole thing regarding McMillan’s philosophy of awarding spots according to what you do and not your reputation alone, is that I really see no conflict or controversy!

Miscommunication is what I see. Miller and McMillan probably have sat down by now and discussed the issue and have gotten on the same page. So McMillan is a little unorthodox in how he approaches rotation assignments. Who gives a rip when they haven’t even played four pre-season games?

The media picked up on the supposed slight that Miller felt and once again made it into a momentous rift that would disintegrate the entire hopes of the franchise! I think we should all look at what the media has to say about these issues as we’re told to look at the lottery: Not for investment purposes, for entertainment purposes only.