Tom Ziller of SBNation.com has heard the protests and has provided a rebuttal. After writing that he thought former Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan seemed like he would have been "perfect" for rookie guard Damian Lillard, you guys responded with more than 300 comments. On Sunday, Ziller explained his reasoning. Here's a snippet. ----------------------------- McMillan certainly did not develop the young point guards Portland has recently hosted, from Sergio Rodriguez to Jerryd Bayless to Patty Mills. He didn't trust them. He trusted steady Steve Blake and Old Man Andre Miller. But there was a young ball-dominant player that Mac did trust: Brandon Roy, the 2007 Rookie of the Year and, of all the players mentioned in this paragraph, the closest comp to Lillard. With Roy, who was relatively sure-handed, incredibly smart in reading the defense and had a jumper all along, McMillan loosened the reins. He trusted Roy in a way he never ever ever came close to trusting Spanish Chocolate, Bayless or Mills. McMillan famously kept his offense down-tempo, and Roy fit that. The truer point guards didn't -- Rodriguez and Mills are blurs whose advantages are their speed, and Bayless lived in the mold of Gilbert Arenas, who thrived when his conscience was restricted. A player like Roy could hardly turn off his conscience -- thoughtful play was an innate part of his game, not a necessary accessory. ----------------------------- -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter