china fans' perspective about Andre Miller: he is the problem

all I remember is well-endowed Asian

But raised with Taiwanese values.

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but you forgot to ask how to say Naked Mole Rat in Chinese

I am not sure doing exactly what nate wants will turn this team into a championship contender. I am skeptical at best of our prospects as long as nate is the coach.

Basketball is somewhat opportunistic at times and being able to exploit those opportunities is key. I think these players, at times, have ‘Sarge’ in their head instead of the opposing team and how to beat them givien the current situation on the floor.

Nate spent years bashing into their heads ‘do it my way’ which was good for a young rebuilding team, but now he is having a hard time getting his guys to be more opportunistic. How many times we have heard this season that he is yelling at the guys to push it up the floor and they either can’t or don’t do it?

His decision making and post-up moves are his strengths. I know I’m not going to convince you of anything, but Dre’s survived the trade deadline and Blake didn’t because his fundamentals ARE better than Blake’s.

Now, Bayless’ weak jumper isn’t going to improve from watching Miller, granted. But we’ve seen him become more motivated, more consistent (yes, I know he’s still inconsistent, but he’s improving), a lot tougher, and his play making is slowing starting to improve. Is this because of the increased experience and minutes this year? Probably to a pretty significant degree, but Bayless himself gives a lot of credit to Miller. Forgive me if I trust his assessment more than I do yours. If Bayless says he learns from Miller, not Blake, I believe him. Maybe you don’t want him learning to be like Miller; but Bayless and Miller have carried us through games/quarters to keep us in contention far more times than Blake did, and that alone makes Miller valuable enough.

It doesn’t make any sense to bring up the Raptor announcers distaste for Donte Green celebrating after a made basket.

I could have pretended that it was intentional and tried to make it on topic, but I decided not to. Coming clean was the right thing to do. I messed up :-(

Morty

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Maybe because you get the guy’s name wrong about twenty times. No worries—I would probably get a Chinese guy’s name wrong even more.

the current Bedgers and the entertainment value of the Bedge would be reduced by at least 35%. That’s my contribution to statistics today.

the names of the first two players but Nate used the player’s first names and then used Miller instead of Andre or Dre. I think it was a statement about getting to the basket so it wasn’t a put down or anything. Just noticed the use of the first names and then Miller.

Someone asked Sophia about his looks on the front page. I replied to that thread and everything dropped to the bottom. Then I hit refresh and it was all gone.

I understand the importance of camby, but failed accepting senting away steve and travis.
One of us wrote a beatiful poem on the trade and it made everyone cry. I cannot translate accurately but one sentence is like this " they (steve and travis) worked their ass off to accomplish the dream of playoff. Ironically, the trip to the dream land earned them a ticket out of beloved home." I dont know if my translation is good enough for you to understand the heartwrecking beauty of the poem. But it is well stated in chinese

… to get several hundred million people pissed at you by insulting their intelligence.

Uh, he’s a way above average ball handler.
Ball handling in an overall context is not defined solely by an ability to finish at the rim.

as “we”, I mean chinafans. because a lot of them love blazer because of 08/09 season. so last year’s blake fits the team better than miller. when our announcers talk about the trade, they say that the result has to wait and say and they do think that centers are very important for a playoff team. (plus our announcers love Outlaw, they call so many different nick names of him during broadcasting)

I respect Ben and Dave too much to violate the rules just to bash Miller more.

I tell strangers on the street that Andre Miller is lame. Why would I need to hide behind a fake profile and say I’m from China just to bash Miller?

you know, different time zone. Greg benefited from Miller more this season. But it has to change. I stick to the opinion that if roy and greg cannot play together, nothing glory will happen.

“McMillan as our coach”. Couldn’t say it any better, I think Rudy said the same in his interview with Madrid. McMillan is stubborn and unwilling to adapt.

IMHO, I think that’s why KP pulled off the trade, to fill a need and force McMillan to play with the “better” players, instead of playing his mancrush favoritism. I think Blakarang, will be back. (Blake + boomerang) + (we’ve traded him before and he came back from Denver) But, hey, just my opinion. I think the Dre – McMillan argument was Dre telling Nate that he isn’t no sticking rookie noob and didn’t need McMillan coddling him like he was still wet behind the ears.

Look at how well Dre played after he gave Nate a piece of his mind. (Kudos to you, Dre.) I’d like to give Nate a piece of my mind too. Like Darwinism, those who don’t ADAPT, die. We lost to the Rockets last year, partially because we were outcoached and Nate had only one play in the playoffs, give the ball to Roy and lets all take pictures of Roy vs the Rockets. Oh, don’t try to counter the other coach, that would be called coaching.

IMHO, Dre is the most underrated PG this league has seen in 10 + years. Numbers don’t lie. Also you can’t measure heart either. Roy could learn a thing or two if he looked at Dre’s carreer. Undoubtedly, the ironman PG of the league. That is a fact few seem to bring up.

JM2C.

To chinafansheartroy, welcome. always good to hear from the other side of the world. I don’t agree, but I respect your opinion. cheers.

I saw the word " L*kers" everytime and familar with your dislike of L*kers(me too, but go to war with the chinalakerfan, i will be ate alive. The number of them is scary. in china, we just ignore them, only protest when they insult our players)I assumed that once I typed Lakers, it would automatically become “L*kers” on the screen. that just silly of me

It’s really strange these days. Folks here have hated players and coaches and never got any heat for it. No one cared when folks called Roy selfish at the start of the season or when folks bashed Aldridge. I don’t even want to mention the vitriol I read here about Jack, Outlaw, Blake, Frye, Sergio, and Nate.

Folks complain about me complaining about Miller and when I ignore a Miller thread, they call me out for not complaining. I have been trying to pick my spots and then wait until the playoffs so I can tell everyone, “I told you so”.

I would love for Miller to prove me wrong, unfortunately, I am hardly ever wrong.

you’d think I was ESL. I meant the wrath of Tom. Not sure what the rather of Tom looks like, but I don’t want to know.

why a 54 win uprising team need to chang everything working great on the court one year ago? I guess I dont hate miller, i just dislike the change he brought in. Last year, the players are heads up, ready to kick anyone’s ass. Our announcers say that opponents are shaking on the idea of playing in Rose Garden. This year, they are underdogs who can not even guard their own territory.

I should say “over 1,325,639,982 people agree with me,” because Google gave me 2008 numbers.

Broy got his swag back tonight!!!

I have always been down on Miller for is bummer attitude. I think it has contributed to the change in the good vibe from last year. The free and happy play hasn’t been seen since he has been here.

Sorry, had to say it. But, I hope you are wrong, for the Blazer’s sake.

I do enjoy your prodding and underhanded antagonizing comments though.

;)

actually, I hope they get out of first round this year (even with miller). the result of our poll suggests that most fans want to see the “Black8” happen again. I dont know “black 8” is the right expression