Andre Miller - first impression at Media Day?

At first it seem odd but then again I’m fairly certain Andre’s reticence is known. Honestly I’m more concerned with him getting more than 5 dimes per game off than how many questions he answers.

would suck. the same questions over and over. Canzano must have published this post.

But thanks for your feedback anyway.

whining about it publicly us rather classless.

Ultimately we all have bad days where we don’t present our best side, and so I’ll raise my eyebrow and hope it was just a tired guy frustrated with being asked the same questions every day for the past month. I might get cranky too.

…was pretty unprofessional. Casey explained it away, that Miller had just gone through a live chat when he signed.

I was hoping that he was joking about answering only 5 questions.

I don’t know that all of the guys were bored. Joel was pretty funny, as was Travis.

I know I wouldn’t want to answer the same question over and over again. I mean, seriously, what question are they going to ask him that hasn’t already been asked? Then again he is getting paid millions of dollars………. as my mom would say to all professional athletes, ‘Just shut up and play the game.’

I hope they have his interview available later. Want to see if my assumptions are warranted.

Howard had a great interview. He could turn out to be the best 14th man we’ve had sitting on the bench. He seems like someone a young player would want to talk to in order to get through tough times. Howard had great things to say about Webster today.

He was very emphatic. He said that Roy told him he would be very uncomfortable playing with Miller, or words to that effect.

Things could easily change during preseason, but I think this is going to get interesting. Quick predicted that the training camp would get so competitive that he expected fisticuffs, or at least players having to be pulled apart during practices. Maybe that’s Nate and KP’s plan to toughen up the team.

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It was worse when he felt like his current organization didn’t treat him right (Clippers, …), but always prevalent.

None of the players like it except maybe the rookies. Andre has never been a big media interaction guy, it doesn’t have a big impact on my view of his overall character. He’s one of the nicest guys in the league but not afraid to speak his true feelings or thoughts. Nothing wrong with that.

Andre was kind of cranky around here. We figured out why. It’s why we absolutely don’t "bury" a guy. I like his competitive nature. This is why Miller was mad. Apparently when he was signed and brought to Portland he went through his physical, he did a lot of the promotional stuff. He recorded some of the teases and the radio and TV things that he needs to do. He did that before, thinking that when he showed up on media day that he wouldn’t have to do it again and unfortunately when he got here he not only had to do it all over again, he had to get his physical, he had to do the radio stuff all over again…he was put behind a rookie in the order. So, here’s a veteran player who’s with the Blazers who had a rookie going in front of him who was taking extra time. So Miller was doing a little bit of pouting and that’s what this was about.

Actors/directors gotta do press junkets for their movies and shows as well, and it’s just something that gets tiring… even if they know it is part of their nice job and how they portray themselves matters.

I don’t think this is a big deal that Dre was chippy, and if anything I like it from him, since that kind of ’I am sick of this crap and will respond to it" attitude does translate to the court.

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i felt the same way. he just didn’t have a positive attitude and seemed like he was to cool for it.

+1

…disturbing. But at this point that is all.

If it’s a portent of future problems? Who knows? Sure, this franchise just made him a multi-millionaire. Sure I’d think showing up for something called media day, and I’d at least be ready and willing to deal with the media. It’s called Media Day!!?? Coming in with the attitude that I’m not answering questions or only 5 questions, doesn’t make much sense.

Yep, I’m a little disturbed at his attitude. If you don’t like media scrutiny and attention then playing in Portland is going to be a problem.

At this point. I’m now paying attention. No harm, no foul, maybe a bad day. But for a guy we brought in at least in part to be an example and veteran leadership, his attitude was disturbing.

I mean really, we signed Juwan Howard to a one year deal for far less money and he stood on a moving dock on a hot day and talked for 1/2 an hour about how wonderful it was to be a Blazer.

It really is my feeling that these guys while maybe not liking media day, should consider it part of the job. It is what promotes the franchise that is paying them. The media inpart creates the product that they themselves use when negotiating their own contracts. Come on! You’re an N.B.A. professional basketball player. The fans and the media care, you’re making a wonderful living playing a game. Someday it will all be over. Enjoy it while you can. How often does being abrasive with the media work well? Hasn’t everyone learned the best thing to do is embrace the media as positively as possible?

   The fact that due to his attitude we even have this post, and are even asking these questions is indicative of what is wrong with his attitude. It’s disappointing that Andre launched his media day “season” with such a thud.

  Come on Andre….we forgave you once for saying The Lakers were your favorite team growing up, we’ll let this slide…but we are watching….

lack of questions he was seeing on the monitor in front of him? He kept asking Casey about it. Casey diplomatically gave him a line that he (Casey) was in control of what questions got through. Apparently not many people sent questions for him to answer. Poor kid. Not good for his ego.