Not-so-chilly Philly have won nine of 11, to go from being on the outside of the ultra-competitive (ultra-sarcastic) East playoff race to suddenly be knocking on the door of the sixth placed Wiz.
And you can look no further than Andre Miller as the numero uno reason.
And no, it wasn’t his 32-point, five-board, seven-assist effort in a win over the Spurs Saturday night that prompted me to dash to the keyboard. Nope, sorry. He’s being doing it each of the last 11 games, putting up 18.8 points and 6.5 dimes per in this mini Sixer revival.
Funny thing is, the guy has been putting up nice numbers for going-on nine years, yet he’s never been noted as one of the top-three PG’s in the game, even when he led the league in assists in ’02. By the way, that was an amazing accomplishment; he had Lamond Murray and Wes Person as his main passing options – ladies and gents think about that please.
(It’s also worth noting that he’s not at about 13 points and six assists per game, which it feels like he did every year from 2003 to 2007!)
Miller has been the best he’s ever been in ’08, and he actually has Philly in the playoff hunt, while the team who dealt him (Denver) may be off fishing in late April. Oh, how the wonderful East operates. However, don’t overlook what Miller, having a career-year at age 31, has done. Hollinger even has him ranked ninth among PG’s (second on Philly) in efficiency, ahead of guys like Kidd, Devin Harris and Sam Cassell.
Definitely one of those dudes who has slipped through the cracks – not unlike Mookie Blaylock in that regard during the golden era – but is probably fine with that.
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