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- Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:07pm #18372
RickyRubio9ParticipantLook, if you made a Topic about this, I’m sorry…I didn’t see anything so I apologize for reposting the same info, if not..
It’s been reported the Lakers have offered Mike Miller 30 Million for 5 Years.
Whoa. I didn’t expect that kind of deal, 5 Years? He’s already 30…& I didn’t expect it from the Lakers.
Just putting it out there0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:23pm #345276
JNixonParticipantHe’d be a good fit in the triangle, but what’s up with that deal? Why are teams throwing money out like this? Andthe duration of the deals are even worse.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:27pm #345279
RickyRubio9ParticipantI agree completely..
He’s expecting more then the MLE or he’s “demanding” which is why the Warriors don’t have them in their plans anymore, but the length is crazy…0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:30pm #345281
llperezi disagree, mike miller for 6 mill a year is not bad. He can play both wing positions and is a perfect fit for the trianlge. Shot 50% from the floor and 48% from 3 last season. I hope this happens. Very underarated player.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:35pm #345283
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantMike Miller was perfect for the triangle once upon a time…. ever since he was traded to the Wolves he’s afraid to shoot now, and if a shooter don’t shoot he ain’t worth %$&#. Seriously, look at his numbers. He’s a bad contract looking to be signed.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:37pm #345285
Mr.Knick 32ParticipantI dunno, I thought they’d look for someone younger.
Miller is a good fit because LA did not have a solid 3 point threat last season.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:42pm #345287
Tobe BryantParticipantI don’t understand this deal on some many levels…where do the Lakers win? That’s a whole lot of money and years to sign on a mediocre talent.
I thought they would go for someone younger as well too. MAYBE he gets inspired while in LA and lives up to his reputation as a great shooter, if not then to the TRADE LINES he goes!!
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:47pm #345289
llperezwhats with the all the hate on his shooting. 48% fiorm 3 and hitting more then 1 a game is bad? Hes gonna get great looks with the lakers. He also got 11ppg 6reb and 4apg How did his shooting go away?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:51pm #345290
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantThe question isn’t if he can shoot the ball, it’s if he will shoot the ball. The percentages are good… it’s the attempts that are the problem. 10.9 pts. per game in a contract year isn’t great and there has been a lot of garbage time the past couple years (9.9 pts.per game withe Wolves} playing for the Wolves and Wizards.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:53pm #345294
JNixonParticipantYeah Miller has underachieved the past 2 years. He plays timid now-a-days, even though he is scoring efficiently. Maybe he plays at a higher confidence level again with the Lakers though. I wouldn’t doubt that he can play very well in limited minutes. Miller is a very talented player.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:55pm #345295
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantIt’s not bad but it’s not worth 5 yrs30 mil. either. Miller went from 18 pts. 4 seasons ago to 10.9 in a contract year on a team that needed his scoring.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:56pm #345296
llperezhes not gonna need to create his own shot like minnesota and washington needed him to do if he comes ot the lakers. All he has to do is spread the court and there is no reason to believe he cant do that coming off the bench behind kobe and ron. I dont think 6 mill per is overpaying, thats sorta what i expected him to get on the market.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:56pm #345297
The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipantThey can afford Mike Miller when he’s being pursued by the entire NBA…It seems like where ever Mike Lands will settle the title debate…
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:58pm #345300
OldSkoolBasketballParticipantyea this is a lot of money how do lakers afford him?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 5:59pm #345303
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantIs it talent if he doesn’t use it? Personally I like Mike Miller…. he grew up in SoDak near where my wife was raised.
As a player he’s just hesitant to shoot since he left Memphis.0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:01pm #345305
The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipantThe guys they Lost weren’t Max deals either…If they get Miller what happened to the salary cap???
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:02pm #345306
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantMike Miller has never been able to create his own shot. Spot up…. drive the lane when they don’t expect him to.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:03pm #345307
llperezis it talent if he doesnt use it? You all are acting like 11ppg 6rpg and 4apg with elite shooting numbers is garbage. Like i said, if he comes to the lakers it will be the easist job in the world for him. SHoot 3’s and spread the floor. He’s no longer had the aggression to take guys off the dribble and be a go to player, but he is still a very solid role player and any contender in the league could use him off their bench. Hope this happens, i have always liked miller
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:04pm #345309
llperez1vnorsemen, not true. Memphis and orlando he created often. Memphis used him at pg for stretches. He often had the ball in his hands and created off the dribble.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:04pm #345310
OldSkoolBasketballParticipantoh wait its MLE. makes sense then.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:07pm #345313
The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipantTop 5 underrated players In the NBA…when he had the reigns he was a 20 point scorer and leader…he had no talent around the last few years…I love Mike Miller so much …I made Him one of the stars of “The Free Agent’s” Watchmen parody I posted last night…
Mike Miller holds the fate of the Entire World in his hands…Now pass the Kush
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:13pm #345317
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantThe numbers you are talking about are not garbage but they were done with garbage teams at garbage time.
With the Wolves he never came up big…. he just kept passing the ball when they begged him to shoot.
Maybe it wasn’t his role but he never created anything once he got to the Wolves.0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:20pm #345323
llperezagree, miller as a creator and go to player has not been the same over the last few years. Buts it not like he was bad. He had little help around him and he has an unselfish mentality which is why he still got 4 assists and passed the ball around despite being in a contract year on a bad team. GM’s recognize what they see when a guy is out there and forcing his own shot to get paid. Miller would be a great fit with thelakers.
Even if not the lakers, i created a thread a couple days ago called my 5 most overlooked free agents and mike miller was number 2. I guess i think higher of him then others.
Last year, sasha vujacic, luke walton and adam morrison were filling the role that would be expected of mike mller. And those 3 combined to make about 17 million dollars last year. I think millers a pretty decent step up in my book, epsecially if they cant resign shanon brown.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:23pm #345325
Mr.Knick 32ParticipantI like the Mike Miller addition but he holds the key to a title? Whoa.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:25pm #345326
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantIf they can get him to shoot he’ll do well…. but they are giving him a lot of years on that contract. Multiply his pay with a luxury tax and that’s a Rudy Gay sized contract the Lakers are offering.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:25pm #345327
joecheck88Participanti thought ron artest was the mid level exception. i thought if you signed a guy to multiple years at the mid level exception he was the mle for all those years. can someone clarify mle rules?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:27pm #345329
Mr.Knick 32ParticipantYes, you can use the MLE back to back seasons.
I mean, why not go after Ray Allen if you want a shooter for MLE? Is Miller really that good of a ball handler/ Triangle piece over Allen? This isin’t a sarcasic remark, This is a real question LA fans.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:30pm #345333
llperezmiller will be for 6 mill a year, but morrison comes off the books at about 5 mill a year this summer and walton and vujacic come off the books for about 12 mill next summer. Miller basically saves them money. And the lakers are always over the cap. In that case you can just mulitply anybody on hte roster’s salary by 2 cause they are never under the cap when they sign anyabody.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:31pm #345334
Tobe BryantParticipantI PROMISE I just asked myself the same question. Then I began to think of the loyalty factor and switching sides. But they might as well should have offered Allen when you really think of it.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:31pm #345335
llperezray allen hates kobe like no one else out there. You think he was even gonna consider the lakers for the mid level?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:32pm #345336
Mr.Knick 32ParticipantI think Allen would consider the MLE for another ring.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:35pm #345338
sheltwon3ParticipantHe is playing with Kobe so he will shoot the ball or face Kobe’s wrath
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:36pm #345339
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantYou multiply any player/salary added over the luxury by 2…. not to be a dink, but I get the gist.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:41pm #345341
llpereza little 2 minute clip of kobe and mike not being very sportamanlike with each other.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 6:48pm #345347
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantThat elbow he absorbed might explain few things about MIller not wanting to create.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 7:07pm #345349
llperezyeah, i might look to pull up a little earlier too after that. Dirty play by kobe, but i think he realized it right away and the league suspended him for it.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 7:12pm #345354
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantIt was a nice shiver… and Miller never responded. You have to repond.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 7:14pm #345357
llperezsomeone does. Call me old school but ill take a suspension to stick up for a teammate. I guess when pau gasol is the nearest teammate you probably got handle your own though.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 7:20pm #345360
PurpleMonkeyDishwasherParticipantIf you stick up for yourself, no has to do it for you. I went to “old school”… it’s the only school I ever enjoyed.
0 - Posted on: Fri, 07/02/2010 - 1:26am #345412
PlatypusParticipantRaja Bell would be a better fit than Miller if they are just looking for a back up shooting guard, Bell can also play with Kobe if Kobe moves to the point
Steve Blake (would be a great fit) – D Fish
Kobe – Bell
Artest – Ebanks
Gasol – Odom
Bynum – Characther???0 - AuthorPosts
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