In today's small-ball era, if you don't have three-point ability, whether you are an interior forward or an outside guard, unless you have a fairly strong defensive ability and stable interior scoring ability, it is almost difficult to survive in the NBA. However, in the past, there was such a player, who only had 1 season assist king in his career, and had no three-point ability, and left a footprint on as many as 9 teams.
After these descriptions, probably most fans think he is a popular guest in the NBA. However, he played in the NBA for 17 seasons until he had to retire at the age of 40. And, he once scored a staggering 52 points with just one three-pointer, Andre Miller. So why hasn't a three-point "homeless" been able to play in the NBA for so long?
Aside from the three-pointers, the offense is a model for a defender.
Indeed, in his 17-year NBA career, Andre Miller only shot 23 three-pointers in the most season, only 193 three-pointers in his entire career, and his three-point shooting rate was quite bad at 21.7%, but in addition to three-pointers, Miller's rest of the offensive ability is quite good, and the basic skills are very solid.
In the 15-16 season, Miller, who was 40 years old at the time, was still able to shoot 55.7% from the field, whether at the Timberwolves or the Spurs, which was even more efficient than many inside players. In 12 of his career, he has completed double-doubles in 12 seasons, and has been stable at about 15 points for many years, scoring a total of 16,728 points in his career, and even ranking 109th in NBA history, which is enough to prove his excellent scoring ability. And he is famous for his powerful backside singles, Miller is not fast, and during the NCAA era, he has begun to play the floor flow, he is very good at taking advantage of the opponent's time difference, and then with excellent rhythm to smear into the interior line, even in the later stages of his career, his move is still tried.
Moreover, Miller has the top power in the guard, even if it is misplaced against a small forward, he can still use his own strength and confrontation to find opportunities, and as a fairly classical defender, Miller also has a ability that point guards are desperate for today, that is, the middle shot. Throughout his career, he shot 41.6 percent from mid-range and 53.2 percent from true range, which is quite a remarkable achievement.
During the NCAA period, he used his back singles and mid-throw to lead the University of Utah all the way back. He had a triple-double of 18 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in a single game, beating Mike Bibby, the then first point guard on campus, and against the North Carter and Jamison North Car, he even scored on their heads many times, also scoring perfect data of 16 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists. After entering the NBA, the most famous is 10 years, and the 34-year-old Miller has used his two skills to score 52 points on the powerful Mavericks, which is undoubtedly a microcosm of his excellent offensive ability.
Grossly underrated organization and defense.
In addition, in addition to Miller's tried and tested "boss" style of play on the offensive end, his organizational ability is also quite good. Although he has never been named an All-Star in his career, he is highly rated whenever other players talk about Miller.
Miller's ball quotient is not inferior to the master point guards such as Jason Kidd and Steve Nash of the same period, and his most impressive impression is to slowly dribble the ball to the front, just like Mark Jackson did in the past, but inadvertently, he can find the loopholes in the opponent's defense and directly pass the scalpel. Throughout his NBA career, most of the time is not a core player, but the ordinary starter Miller can still give an average of 6.5 assists per game, and in the 01-02 season, the average can deliver a staggering 10.9 assists per game, and Kidd, who is at the peak, has become the king of assists.
In addition, throughout his career, he gave 8524 assists, which is also 12th in NBA history, and with a career 34.7% assist rate, Miller's organizational ability is definitely seriously underestimated.
In addition, Miller's defense is not bad, he rarely eats on the defensive end, especially those who are known for their speed, and often suffer when facing Miller. Unless it's a point guard of the same size, or a point guard who is a block larger than Miller, Hugh wants to get a little advantage from him. Throughout his NBA career, he totaled 1546 steals, also ranked 40th in history, and with a defensive efficiency of 108, Miller's defense was definitely not bad.
The playoffs were equally good.
In the end, the reason why Miller was able to play on 9 different teams and was able to be reused was that in addition to his offensive and organizational skills, he was equally good in the playoffs. As an average starting point guard, he averaged 12.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists in the playoffs, and he was not inefficient.
The reason why Miller's performance in the playoffs is not much different from the regular season is precisely because his playing style is quite stable. In the 08-09 season, playing for the 76ers, he even averaged 21.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game against the powerful Magic, bullying the Magic's defensive line in turn. Coupled with Miller's style of play, there are few injuries, so naturally his NBA career is so long!