This off-season has seen some veteran point guards change teams, with Steve Nash getting traded from the Suns to the Lakers and Jason Kidd leaving the Mavericks to join the Knicks. The Jazz traded their most recent point guard to the Hawks and brought back previous point man Mo Williams. But one wily veteran who has played for multiple teams is staying put: Andre Miller re-signed with the Denver Nuggets. Miller has made Denver his home since his first stint with the team, so he was willing to stay and the team welcomed him back. Miller led the team with 6.7 assists per game while playing with the second unit, and Coach Karl considers his leadership a tremendous asset to a young Nuggets team. Miller is 36 and played in all 66 games last season, despite separating his shoulder; in 13 seasons he has only missed 4 games due to injury. Denver has enough confidence in his durability to sign him to a multi-year contract on the first day of free agency.
It's not the off-season for the WNBA, where Leilani Mitchell starts at point guard for the New York Liberty (6-11). Mitchell is averaging 8.3 points and 3.3 assists in 29.5 minutes per game (second-highest on the team). Off the court Mitchell has been matched up with star point guard Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls.
No comments:
Post a Comment