Mike Miller by the numbers

[cpfsf]

Stats before the season ending injury to big Al
9 PPG 5.7 RPG 3.7 APG
.47 FG% .34 3P%

Stats after the injury (5 games)
13.8 PPG 6.6 RPG 5.8 APG
.54 FG% .43 3P%

Stats last year
16.4 PPG 6.7 RPG 3.4 APG
.5 FG% .43 3P%

My view is as long as Big Al is down, Miller is going to step up and have stats which are going to compare pretty well to his numbers last season and will certainly do what we expected of him before the Mayo-Love trade. It certainly won't hurt IF we want to deal him for someone else next year.

[shrink]

Interesting numbers .. thanks for putting that together cpfsf.

I think these people that rip on Miller miss the fact that he is an excellent all-around player, and expected a volume-three-point shooting stereoype.

[casey]

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games he's only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

[john2jer]

Are you discriminating against crack addicts?

[4ho5ive]

Did I miss the 5 o'clock free crack giveaway?

[casey]

There's one at 6 too.

[Calinks]

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games he's only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly.

[Devilzsidewalk]

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games hes only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

=omg oden is so great

=another typical blazer nut hugger post from casey

[Calinks]

OMGWTF, Devilz=John Forbes Nash from A Beautiful Mind!

[Krapinsky]

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games hes only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

=omg oden is so great

=another typical blazer nut hugger post from casey

Probably the funniest thing I've ever read

[casey]

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games hes only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

=omg oden is so great

=another typical blazer nut hugger post from casey

Touché.

You 1, Me 0.

[Devilzsidewalk]

actually, I'm also the guy who cut you off on I 94 yesterday, then flipped you the bird while speeding away laughing

me 2, you 0

but come to think of it, I bet you're the one who took the last Vine tomato cluster at Rainbow yesterday when you know that I don't eat that Roma tomato garbage.

Me 2, you 1. I'm onto your psychological attacks bud

[4ho5ive]

oh dear god...

[GopherIt!]

Beautiful Mind??? I think Devilz may have just cracked the Da Vinci Code.

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games he's only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

six 6 six
poRtland
illuminati

[john2jer]

Beautiful Mind??? I think Devilz may have just cracked the Da Vinci Code.

I would hardly call it excellent, unless you're comparing it to the rest of this team. I expected a volume scorer, relatively speaking (as past years would suggest). Somewhere near the 18.5ppg he put up two years ago. Yet in 46 games he's only scored more than that twice. Twice. I expected more 20 points games out of him than Rodney Carney, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair combined. Yet he doesn't have more than any one of those players individually. Anybody saying he sucks obviously isn't paying attention, because he's very valuable in some aspects. But anybody saying he's played up to expectations either had amazingly low expectations or has developed an addiction to crack.

six 6 six
poRtland
illuminati

This thread has put me in tears from laughter. Hilarious.

Still not sure what casey has against crack addicts, though.

[casey]

I'm surprised it's taken you guys this long to figure out I type in code.


As far as crack goes. Yeah, right> Freak man, you really want me to defend that position?

[casey]

As far as crack goes. Yeah, right> Freak man, you really want me to defend that position?

Really, nobody?

[Frozen316]

Drugs and alcohol are fail