Woj: Andre Miller Has Agreed to Sign with Spurs

[beirmeistr]

miller is no. 9 in career assists.

[Capt Bringdown]

You're expecting way too much out of Miller if you're bringing up even 2002 Terry Porter.

Was the year that Porter infamously fell flat on face as he brought the ball up the court...unguarded?

[baseline bum]

Was the year that Porter infamously fell flat on face as he brought the ball up the court...unguarded?

That was when he fell on his ass when the Spurs were running the play to try to win Game 4 at the buzzer vs LA.

[ace3g]

Jabari Young @JabariJYoung
Asked Aldridge about the reported addition of Andre Miller: "Very smart, savvy player. Makes everyone's life easier (on the court)." #Spurs

[Sean Cagney]

Just pass the Ball like you can Andre, that is all.

[Blackjack]

Lob City

[ace3g]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojVerticalNBA
The Spurs will waive guard Ray McCallum to create roster spot for Andre Miller, league sources tell @TheVertical.

[ceperez]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojVerticalNBA
The Spurs will waive guard Ray McCallum to create roster spot for Andre Miller, league sources tell @TheVertical.

Been predicting this all season. He can't make plays.

[ceperez]

My expectations aren't that high for a 39 year old point guard.

Only upside is that he's got great court vision and basketball IQ. Who knows if he can cover the craftier guards like Curry and Paul.

[Chinook]

Love it if he can work with Anderson. Kyle has more talent than Dre ever had, but picking up tricks from a really good non-athletic PG will only help him be better. I imagine he'd be the spot-starter if Tony sits, as his fit with the second unit seems abysmal.

I don't love waiving Ray, as, I thought he was playing good defense. But I guess it was him or Butler, and it wasn't going to be Butler. The team should never have traded for him anyway. The d-league is littered with PGs. And the SL team had a couple of decent ones who didn't cost a pick or require a guaranteed salary.

[Chinook]

My expectations aren't that high for a 39 year old point guard.

Only upside is that he's got great court vision and basketball IQ. Who knows if he can cover the craftier guards like Curry and Paul.

More important to wonder if he could cover Livingston.

[ceperez]

More important to wonder if he could cover Livingston.

I doubt that, Livingston is too big.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Love it if he can work with Anderson. Kyle has more talent than Dre ever had, but picking up tricks from a really good non-athletic PG will only help him be better. I imagine he'd be the spot-starter if Tony sits, as his fit with the second unit seems abysmal.

I don't love waiving Ray, as, I thought he was playing good defense. But I guess it was him or Butler, and it wasn't going to be Butler. The team should never have traded for him anyway. The d-league is littered with PGs. And the SL team had a couple of decent ones who didn't cost a pick or require a guaranteed salary.

Will it be Butler, though, when we sign TinMan?

[TheGreatYacht]

Dre Miller has a thumbs up from me. Spurs are in win now mode, the time gap is closing, can't afford to rely on Ray McCallum if one of our PG's goes down. It's an upgrade IMO

If him and Kyle are ever on the floor together though, we'll see 2007 Finals Bowen defense from the other team tbh

[Chinook]

I doubt that, Livingston is too big.

Miller's been forced to guard two-guards for most of his career. So Livingston's size shouldn't be the issue Miller being bad at defense probably remains the issue, however.

[Chinook]

Will it be Butler, though, when we sign TinMan?

Shouldn't be. I do think that Bonner would get claimed if waived, though. But that would actually really help the Spurs out if it happened.

[ceperez]

2 years ago against GSW

[HarlemHeat37]

Love it if he can work with Anderson. Kyle has more talent than Dre ever had, but picking up tricks from a really good non-athletic PG will only help him be better. I imagine he'd be the spot-starter if Tony sits, as his fit with the second unit seems abysmal.

I don't love waiving Ray, as, I thought he was playing good defense. But I guess it was him or Butler, and it wasn't going to be Butler. The team should never have traded for him anyway. The d-league is littered with PGs. And the SL team had a couple of decent ones who didn't cost a pick or require a guaranteed salary.

Do you really like Andre Miller as a player, right now? I'd be surprised, coming from you, tbh..although I know you aren't a big Mills fan..

I like him as a coach, too, especially for Kyle, but most of the posters in this thread are discussing his potential as a playoff piece

[Chinook]

Do you really like Andre Miller as a player, right now? I'd be surprised, coming from you, tbh..although I know you aren't a big Mills fan..

I like him as a coach, too, especially for Kyle, but most of the posters in this thread are discussing his potential as a playoff piece

With Manu in the lineup, there's no reason to play Miller. I think he should be active come playoff time, as you may need someone who can dribble up the court safely if a rotation player gets hurt. But I don't like him in the regular rotation, no. He's a bad fit next to Manu, and a ghastly fit next to Kyle and Manu. He's not even a great one with the starters.

Would rather have gone for Marcus Thornton, to be honest. Dude had games this season where he balled out. That has much more on-court value than what Miller has been doing.

[cutewizard]

In Pop we trust

[DPG21920]

Boris of PGs

[Kawhitstorm]

I can see this. It's want OKC is doing to curry right now with success. Obviously, Miller is no Westbrook but the principle is the same: you have to attack curry

OKC didn't do much besides Durant neutralizing Curry & Draymond blowing layups while not paying for their 20+ turnover like the Spurs along with not getting killed by 3s like the Cavs did until the final 3 minutes of the game/OT.

Curry wasn't affected by Westbrook who was mostly being guarded by Klay except on switches & Westbrick scored 26 on 29 shots.

[Kawhitstorm]

With Manu in the lineup, there's no reason to play Miller. I think he should be active come playoff time, as you may need someone who can dribble up the court safely if a rotation player gets hurt. But I don't like him in the regular rotation, no. He's a bad fit next to Manu, and a ghastly fit next to Kyle and Manu. He's not even a great one with the starters.

Would rather have gone for Marcus Thornton, to be honest. Dude had games this season where he balled out. That has much more on-court value than what Miller has been doing.

Marcus Thornton is a low IQ player who even stands out among the Rockets sea of knuckleheads. He's most likely going to end up on a team like the Heat who have no issues bringing locker room cancers into their organization (Gerald Green needs a buddy).

[cutewizard]

Miller can teach the super post up game to the following:

To Kawhi: and make Kawhi even better, perhaps turn Kawhi into the Olajuwon of forwards

to Kyle Anderson, who is improving by the game

and to JSimmons.....learn the ropes from a master point guard....

and perhaps even to Mills

so, all in all, a good signing i think

[ChumpDumper]

No, but they thought RJeff as a starter was a good idea.

I'm sure you did too at the time. Everyone did.