Comments on: Andre Miller & Nate McMillan argue at practice

By: Sizzle

Sizzle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:42:10 +0000

I think Andre Miller didn’t fit into Brandon’s little group. Brandon likes to be the All-Star and sees Miller as a threat taking away his shine. (Sad)..These are grown men. Let the damn guy have some stardom he’s goddamn 33yrs old and SHOULD and make some decisions. If they didn’t want that they shouldn’t of drafted him. He probably feels like an outcast which is typical in any team with the all star dissing the potential threat. And coach McMillian follows what ever the all star Brandon Roy say’s to do because the team follows Brandon it’s what their used to. And the coach and Brandon are tight. Brandon sucks up more. This is just so typical in any teams high school to college or whatever. I say let the guy in. People need to stop dissin him especially on those hoop talk shows. It’s sad the guy is giving it his all, but people bow down to the king. Not saying I don’t love love Brandon Roy,,,but he needs to share a little bit and be more mature. And hate to say it Brandon Roy but Andre has your hottness as well. Go Forth Andre! Ther are fans that love YOU too!!! Stay strong I can only imagine what your going through with all those other ego’s.

By: Igot D. Jones

Igot D. Jones — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:47:08 +0000

Oops, I guess I should have tried breaking that big block into a few paragraphs. Sorry ’bout that…

By: Igot D. Jones

Igot D. Jones — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:42:22 +0000

I hope it all works out, too. But, I’ve got to say, as much as I love having Miller on the floor, his disdain for fandom is making it hard for me to like him. His biggest problem, probably, is that Portland fans are rabid. They want Blazers 24/7. Andre would, it seems, prefer to put in his three hours of being on camera and then hurry back to his private world. I understand that, I’d be the same way, were I in his position. But, I’m not in his position. I, like many Blazer fans, am schlepping my way through life, working paycheck-to-paycheck. To see someone as seemingly unappreciative of what he’s got as Andre, it makes me wish he could go spend a day as a furniture mover, or maybe a concrete worker, or a waitress, whatever. Let him live on the verge of homelessness like many of those workers, for a month or two. Humility…that’s the thing I think he could use a dose of. Obviously, pro athletes put in a lot of time apart from game day. But nothing they do is remotely as difficult as putting in an 18-hour day, professionally moving someone’s household. (That’s a solid 16 hours of marching from house-to-truck then truck-to-house. The piano goes up in the bonus room? No problem! Gotta love those stairs!) Then, at the end of that 18 hours, it’s a good day when you walk away with, maybe, $250. Then repeat that, day-after-day. When I think of that, and then think of how Andre seemingly feels interviews are an imposition, or asking above and beyond, it just irks me to no end. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him smiling, when off of the court. (Does he smile when he sees his bank account balance? Or, does he see his balance and think, “I got cheated, this isn’t a starter’s bank balance.”) Everything seems bothersome to him. And to top it off, I feel that if he averaged 42 minutes per game, he’d be asking why he wasn’t getting 43 minutes. This team is waaay too deep for him to expect to get all of the minutes. Deal with it, Andre, I say. And, one more thing, Andre, when you’re standing in front of a team camera that is broadcasting your every word to all the fans out in Blazerland, you really should reconsider loudly complaining about having to stand in front of said camera to say hello to your new team’s attentive fans. Or maybe you thought the fans didn’t hear you complain because you thought your 30-second, close-up crotch shot muffled the sound? The season hadn’t even started and Andre had already left a bad impression on me. I keep hoping I’ll get over that, but it seems like he keeps giving me reasons not to. All that being said, I wouldn’t be all that disappointed if he hung around…he’s a great player. He just has to learn that it isn’t all about him.