Maybe someone smarter than me can answer this...Most of us agree that Andre Miller is a key part of this Blazers team and I would hate to see him go as much as anyone.  But considering that he's possibly one of our biggest trade assets as an expiring contract, would it be possible to deal him to a team that won't resign him and then we offer him something like the MLE next year?

I don't know enough about the cap and rules (I guess no one really knows what the rules will be after the new agreement) but would this be a way to have our cake and eat it too?  Sure we'd have to be without Dre for the rest of this season, which would suck, but if we can bring something back for him this year AND re-sign him next year it might be worth it.