There is a special group of people in the NBA league whose surname is Miller, including the cold-blooded killer Reggie Miller who is in direct opposition to Jordan, the predatory veteran Andre Miller who has played 632 consecutive games, the organizational center Brad Miller under the Princeton system, and the protagonist of this article who bombed the Thunder with seven three-pointers in the 2012 Finals to help the Heat win the second championship in team history, and the 2013 Finals G6 still scored three points after dropping his shoes, his name is Mike Miller. His career is also a typical American movie, a young genius turned out to be born, the middle-aged mediocre silently insisted, and the last year of chance reached the peak of life.
Born in 1980 into a basketball family in South Dakota, Miller inherited the family's strong genes and fine traditions and embarked on the path of a professional basketball player, in the 2000 NCAA Championship Miller represented Florida to beat Butler University to open the NBA door, and in the same year was selected by the Orlando Magic with the fifth overall pick in the first round, assisting the league's supernova Tracy McGrady.
Miller's rookie season was a one-time spectacle, with a technical pressure that won almost all the rookie accolades. Twice Rookie of the Month, Rookie of the Year, Rookie First Team, Rookie Tournament.
In his first season, Miller played 82 starts and 62 games, averaging 11.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 29.1 minutes and shooting more than 40 percent from three-point range and shooting. He grabbed 11 rebounds against the Bulls and 28 points against the Bucks. Quickly replacing Jordan's successor, Grant Hill, became Maddy's most reliable partner and the only rookie in the class of 2000 to play 82 games.
Best Rookie Awards Ceremony
Facing the Bucks led by three Musketeers for the first time on the playoff stage, Miller's performance was remarkable. In 4 games, Miller averaged 12 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, and in the fourth game, he cut 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists to become the second scorer after Maddy with 25 points, but the Magic was unable to defeat the Bucks 1-3. Despite the defeat in the first round, people saw the hope of the rise of magic in Miller and Maddy.
Miller in the second season still maintained a good upward momentum, and the data has also improved comprehensively. He played in 63 starts and 53 games, averaging 15.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 33.7 minutes per game. In the game against the Hornets, he scored a comprehensive stat of 32 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and 32 points also set a new personal scoring record. The Magic also finished 44-38 to make it to the playoffs again as fourth in the East. Facing the Hornets led by Byron Davis in the first round, Miller was poorly limited by playing time, averaging only 4.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, and the best game played 40 minutes with 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Magic fell again in the first round of the playoffs.
Miller Magic playoff stats comparison
In his third season, Miller once again fully evolved to play in 49 games and 39 starts averaging 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 37.3 minutes per game. Against the 76ers, he scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and 33 points once again set a new scoring record.
The dancing teenager was about to show his fists, but fate made a joke, and the deal quietly came. The playoffs stopped in the first round for two consecutive years, and the Magic management traded the Grizzlies with Miller, Henfley and two draft picks in exchange for rookie big forwards Gooden, Gillisek and $500,000 in cash in order to solve the problem of internal scoring and rebounding. Magic lost the No. 2 breakup, Maddy lost his best partner, and Gooden didn't play magic expectations, which proved to be a terrible deal.
Miller cashed in on his talent at the Magic, and three years of continuous improvement proved his potential to become the top forward swing man in the league. But the impatient Magic management did not give the young rising star enough time, and the next two seasons the Magic still did nothing, Maddy left Houston, and Miller won the best sixth man in the Grizzlies. If Miller had been left at that time, maybe Maddy would not have left, but unfortunately there was no if.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the past has become history and lives in the present. </h1>
The Grizzlies, who only moved to the United States in 2001, are a thoroughly drained team, with only 28 wins in the 02-03 season, when the team's top star was Paul Gasol of Spain in the 2001 Flower Discovery Show. It didn't take Miller much time to integrate into the young team and usher in the golden age of his career here.
Miller played in 65 games as a starter in the 2003-04 season, with 27.2 minutes, 11.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Helped the Grizzlies make it to the playoffs with a 50-32 record. Facing the old Spurs Grizzlies in the first round, they only had a share of embarrassment, and it was expected that they were swept out by the Spurs, and The Miller of this series performed average, averaging 24.5 minutes, 7.5 points, 3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.
The next two seasons, Miller ushered in a bounty of personal honors, and in the 04-05 season, he ranked fourth in the league with a three-point shooting rate of 37.4% and officially joined the top scorers. In the 05-06 season, he overpowered Starkhouse, Clarkston, Barbosa and other good players to become the best sixth man, facing the Kings with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to obtain the first career "triple-double", facing the Nuggets with 41 points to break their scoring record again.
2005-06 Best Sixth Man List
Miller received personal honors but the Grizzlies did not substantially improve their performance, being swept by the Spurs in the first round in 2004, and Miller data contributed 12 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists for 27 minutes. Miller, who was swept by the Suns in 2005, had 26.8 minutes, 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists. The overall strength of the weak Grizzlies really can't compete with the Suns, spurs such a strong, in addition to increasing the playoff experience can not find other excuses to comfort themselves.
The next two seasons of Miller's data exploded and hit a career high. He played 70 games in the 06-07 season, averaging 39.1 minutes, 18.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. He played in 70 games in the 2007-08 season, averaging 35.3 minutes, 16.4 minutes, 6.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, which is also a career-high for Miller. The Grizzlies missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, Paul Gasol assisted the Lakers to become "Plus Sister-in-Law", and the Grizzlies began a rebuilding journey with Mark Gasol as the core. Miller headed to his next stop, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Grizzlies' 5 seasons were miller's golden years of rapid improvement, both in stats and mental improvement. In particular, in the three seasons of 04-07, Miller has become the team's no. 2 scorer, second only to Paul Gasol. This can also be verified in terms of the number of shots, with Miller averaging 9.5 shots per game in the 03-04 season, and 11.8 shots in the 07-08 season, and three-point shots from 3.3 to 5.1. At this point, Miller has become the Grizzlies' most reliant offensive point on the outside. However, the overall strength of the Grizzlies is weak, even if they make the playoffs, they cannot get close to the second round, which affects Miller's data to some extent.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > zeroed out and started over. </h1>
In the 08-09 season, Miller joined the Timberwolves and everything had to start over, not only to adapt to the team, but also to adapt to the new role players, and no team would take an 8-year veteran as the core of the team, and Miller was no exception. At this time, the Timberwolves are alternating between old and new. The old wolf king, Al Jefferson, has shown fatigue, and the new wolf king Kevin Lofford has shown his sharp edge. But none of this has anything to do with Miller. Miller played in 73 starts and 43 games for the Timberwolves, playing 32.3 minutes and scoring 9.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists, 9.9 points is Miller's lowest score in 8 years, but 4.5 assists became a career high, the number of three-point shots dropped from 5.1 to 3.1, and the shooting percentage dropped from 43.2% to 37.8%. A certain sacrifice was made to cultivate the young Lefour Miller. The Timberwolves didn't make that year's playoffs, and Miller wasn't the jigsaw puzzle the Timberwolves needed.
On June 24, 2009, Miller was traded to the Washington Wizards, where there were already Gemini stars Bill and Wall. In the Wizards' season, Miller played 54 games, including 50 starts, compared to the Timberwolves, contributing 10.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 33.4 minutes, but the three-point shooting rate has improved significantly, reaching a terrifying 48% in the case of the number of shots equal to the Timberwolves.
Miller has had a bad two seasons, and he has experienced the previous scenery and experienced the sadness of loneliness. In 2010 Miller went to his fifth team, the Miami Heat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > thing must be reversed, no pole Tai Lai. The lessons learned by the ancients also apply to Miller. </h1>
In 2010, James joined the Heat and Bosh, and Wade formed the "Big Three" league pattern that changed dramatically in an instant, and Miller was fortunate to be a member of the Heat. But at this time, Miller was already injured, and injuries during the Wizards period had been bothering Miller's play.
Miller's stats reached an all-time low in the 10-11 season, averaging 5.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 41 appearances. In the playoffs, Miller's performance can be said to be miserable, the first round against the 76ers played 6 minutes to contribute 1 rebound, the second round against the Celtics 30 minutes to get 5 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, the Eastern Conference final against the Bulls state picked up 84 minutes to contribute 21 points, 25 rebounds and 3 assists, of which G4 played 12 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist of the quasi-double performance. In the Finals, Miller was completely lost in 93 minutes against the Mavericks and had 21 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists. The best G5 played 23 minutes and had nine points, two rebounds and two assists. It was thought that Miller would be swept out by the Heat after losing to the Mavericks in the Finals, but the Heat did not do that, and in return Miller helped the Heat win two championship trophies.
In the 11-12 season, Miller still played in the regular season and played in 39 games, with 6.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists. In the playoffs, Miller began to play a killer nature, and in the first round against the Knicks Miller averaged 7.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in the first round to easily beat the Knicks 4-1. In the second round, he played 19.6 minutes against the Pacers and contributed 3.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists, and the Eastern Conference Finals played 12 minutes against the Celtics with 4 points, 2 rebounds and 0.5 assists. In the Finals, he played 8.8 minutes against the Thunder and had 6.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists, but in the fifth game of the Finals, he exploded 23 points and 5 rebounds, and the three-pointers beat the Thunder in a wave of 7 of 8. Helped the Heat win their second championship trophy in history.
In the 12-13 season, Miller's regular season statistics still declined, averaging 4.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, but no one cared about Miller's regular season statistics at this time. In the playoffs, in addition to playing against the Pacers G6, Miller played 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, the rest of the game can basically be described as miserable, and in the Finals, Miller began to perform G2 to contribute 9 points and 1 rebound to help the team win, G3 contributed 15 points, G6 got 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists and staged a shoe drop hit three-point classic good play. Although it was just an ordinary three-pointer, it had extraordinary significance, inspiring the Heat up and down, becoming a mental excitement, and finally the Heat eliminated the Spurs 4-3 to win the third championship trophy in history. Miller successfully concluded his trip to Miami and headed to his next stop, returning to the Grizzlies.
Miller's overall decline in form is actually due to injuries, wizarding injuries have always affected Miller's performance, in the Heat's three seasons Miller did not have a full season, the best season only played 59 games, the worst season only played 39 games. There have been rumors halfway through that Miller could retire early if he undergoes back surgery. Miller has been fighting with injuries, perhaps because of this perseverance that Miller has won two championship rings. In terms of this perseverance alone, Miller really deserves everyone's respect.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > basketball for love</h1>
Miller returned to health and the Grizzlies averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 82 games. Helped the team to reach the playoffs with 50 wins and 32 losses, and finally lost 4-3 in seven games against the Thunder in the first round. The irony is that two years ago, Miller personally eliminated the Thunder, and now he is eliminated by the Thunder, which can be said to owe others sooner or later, but miller does not care about these at this time.
For the next three years Miller tossed the Cavaliers and Nuggets. The data is also a year worse than a year but it is no longer important, and Miller is enjoying the joy of basketball at this time. It's not about winning or losing, it's not about the playoffs just for pure love. But in the 14-15 season, he still reached the finals with his old teammate James, and this time facing the Warriors Miller did not continue the good luck of the Heat.
< H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > announced retirement</h1>
On April 2, 2018, Mike Miller announced his retirement, two championships, one best sixth man, averaging 10.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game is the final answer for the 17-year veteran.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > evaluation of Miller. </h1>
Miller, who should have been at the heart of a team, had no time to live, the Magic had Maddy, and the Grizzlies had Gasol. Even If Miller hit the peak of his career with the Grizzlies, he would not shake Gasol's position. Miller is not a top scorer and has a career-high score of just 18.5. Rebounds are relatively weak, assists are its weakness, although there is a certain degree of organizational ability but can not make the team better. On the whole, Miller can only be regarded as an ordinary star in the league.
Miller is an excellent big shooter, with a good shooting feel and delicate technique, on the shooting ability more than Ray Allen, second to Reggie Miller, on the three-point shooting rate has exceeded two predecessors. But Miller didn't have a strong body to prop him up a step further. He played 82 games in only two seasons of his career and 70 games in five seasons. From this point of view, the physical strength also limits Miller to go further.
Mike Miller, Ray Allen, Reggie Miller shooting comparison
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written at the end</h1>
Miller's career is a typical American movie, magic and Grizzlies young fame, Timberwolves and Wizards middle-aged lows but stick to their original intentions, the last year of serendipity Heat 2 consecutive championships to reach the peak. Later, the Grizzlies and Nuggets ended perfectly.