Mike Miller has been the worst Midlevel FA bust on this side of Mark Blount. Nice kid, he just has not given them anything this year.
Miller is shooting almost 41% from 3 this season, he's just not getting enough shots to make a real difference, and he's also averaging 5 boards. I think he'd look real good coming off the bench for Boston and playing in a functional offense.
Hey, where are all those guys who relentlessly argued that Miller was a great pickup for Miami because LeBron or Wade could easily slide over and play point guard? How's that worked out?
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It's worked out fine, I think. Miami's non-functional offense is 4th in the NBA in efficiency, behind Denver, San Antonio and LA.
Thats 3 players in iso plays though thats not a team offense. They're not even attempting to get everyone on the floor involved.
Team offense or not, whatever they have has worked very well. Miami's been a much better scoring team than Boston this year. Its problem is simply not with its overall offense or defense...it's simply getting over the hump in crunch time. Miami has a top 5 defense and offense this season but their only real weakness, statistically speaking, is their offense in the last two minutes - hence so many close losses and why their point differential is among the best in the league.
So you're saying as "efficient" as they have been, when it matters most they can't score. They are running and gunning for 46 minutes and then when they opposing team buckles down on D, they crumble. I don't have the exact numbers, but I'm guessing their offensive numbers are skewed because of their blowouts against poor teams.
They have scored over 100 only 3 times against elite teams (BOS 107, OKC 103, ORL 100). The rest of their games are usually in the 80's. Yet they put up 129, 120, 118, 117, etc. against the likes of MIN, TOR, CLE, etc.
Obviously, they beat up the bad teams, and struggle offensively against the good teams. They are not a great offensive team despite their offensive efficiency numbers.