'Dre Appreciation Thread

is his unflappable leadership. He alone led this team through the injuries to Brandon and Greg. Did his numbers jump off the page cuz they were so high? No…but without his leadership, LMA probably would not have progressed as fast or as far as he has. Without Dre, we would still be trying the Iso offense on every possession. His leadership carried the team to 50 and 48 wins, when the face of the frachise went down with blown out and irreparable knees.

SO long Andre, you will be missed by Portland. But at least you get to go back to Denver and I know those fans will love to have you back.

To me, that was such a difficult pass on a side out 30 feet away from the basket, yet, it was a perfect pass exactly where it needed to be. It was clutch and a thing of beauty. It typifies exactly why Miller is generally regarded as the best lob passer in NBA history.

Was most definitely his dunk. Hadn’t seen it before and don’t think will see it againI.I already miss him. You the man Dre, good luck where ever life takes you

a lot of barren stretches. He seemed to be the only guy mentally tough enough to go and get points when our offense stalled at times. He will do good in Denver as a mentor to Lawson.

but I hope Felton fills some needs with his shooting beyond the arc. Andre never was going to get out of Nate’s doghouse, so short of firing Nate (my wish), sending Andre for another PG was probably the best scenerio. At least we got younger. Felton could blossom here.

Perfect analogy for Miller: doing the things that nobody talks about but if you take a step back and watch closely are truly incredible

But I wanted Miller to retire a Blazer. We can only hope that Denver waives him and we can sign him again (both very doubtful)

Just don’t dunk on any Blazers!

I love, and always will love, Andre Miller.

That and his timely offensive rebounds and tough plays around the hoop against bigger players. I wasn’t a huge fan initially. I saw too many forced shots and UGLY 180 degree turn-arounds that barely hit iron. But he gradually figured out how and when he had to force the deal and I grew to appreciate the rest of his game and old school leadership.

He was a true and very unappreciated professional.

Just a straight-up baller. Maybe the most underrated and underappreciated player in the NBA. Was really hard to choose a favorite moment. 52, the dunk, taking down Griffin, the lob… all great moments that are great examples of the type of player Andre is—a guy who does what it takes to win, to lead his team when they need leadership. When it comes down to it ’Dre is just a bad mutha…

The 50
The Dunk
The Lob
The Shove
The Fro
The Attitude
The Confrontation
There you have it. My favorite was the confrontation with Nate.

… but he ended up being one of my favorite players. It used to bother me that he seemed so “unemotional” at times but it ended up making his displays of emotion — after the San Antonio lob, for example, and after the Game 4 win against the Mavs — all the sweeter.

I loved watching him post up younger guys and somehow fake his way to the hoop.

Miller is old school in the best sense of the term.

I hope we can do an “An-dre Mill-er” clap clap clap-clap-clap the next time we see him take the court at the Rose Garden. He’s all about being professional — and therefore probably too “professional” to read a fan appreciation thread like this, I guess — but I would really like for him to know how much he was appreciated around here.

I was always enamored with Nic Batum’s potential and his silky smooth style of play, but Dre’s old school, team first, no messing around style of play really made me love and respect him as a player.

Dre,
I will miss your lobs to LMA, your post ups on smaller guards, the way you were always so in control yet looked so relaxed. You are the smartest man on the court wherever you play and I thank you for giving me two wonderful years of great, team oriented, fundamental basketball.

That was the funniest moment during the ’Dre Days!

Loved to watch Dre schoolin fools. Now he’ll be schooling us.

Last of a breed.

Plays basketball the way they played in my day. Smart, tough, and “walks like he’s been there.”

Good luck, Andre.

Dre was a player you could count on, so consistent. My favorite player!
 Good Luck Andre!

Thank you, Andre Miller, and best wishes for the future. You earned our respect.

I won’t be surprised if Felton retires before Miller. When you don’t jump, you don’t wear yourself out that much. Maybe we’ll pick him back up for the 2016-17 season.

Dre’s professionalism is something I hope to achieve in my own career.

Many athletes amaze and excite me as sports fan, very few inspire me to become a better man myself.

Dre is one of the few. Thank you for your work here in Portland, Mr. Miller. You’ll be getting a warm welcome everytime you return.

unfortunately we never got to see miller play any extended time with a healthy oden, or even a healthy roy. i am one of those who beleive that if roy still had knees he would have around to the benefits of playing with miller. oden~~wasn’t he the real reason that the blazers went after miller?

he never got his team into the second round of the playoffs, and the reason for that vary a bit. several of those teams would never have been in the playoffs without him, including the blazers and the sixers team that iverson and chris webber destroyed. denver was never andre’s team as his arrival dovetailed with carmelo anthony.

he was an old school type player who relied on basketball smarts and guile to do what he did. people don’t remember that he led the league in assists in cleveland with an awful squad. iggy in philly said often andre was the best guard he had ever played with. even with all the acrimony that andre feels for george karl because of the iverson trade, karl still admires him.

sad that he wasn’t accepted by many here in portland who had chris paul dreams. andre gave you want you should expect from a pro player. he played with professionalism, and put the team ahead of himself. he was very instruemental in aldridge’s vast improvement this season, and lamarcus would be the first to credit him with that.

i wish we could have seen him for a full season with a healthy squad.

Such a pro’s pro. Miller was cut from the John Stockton cloth and hardly any guys are anymore.
His game awareness and ability to see angles was huge. Unfortunately very few guards understand the game well enough to makes post passes on time and actually lead the player into the play.

Andre knew those things and it showed. LA will be playing that Felton is 3/4’s as good a point as Miller was.

Anyone else surprised it took essentially Rudy and Miller to get Felton? Though I understand the move Miller and a 1st round pick (Rudy) seems steep.