Cleveland Cavaliers: Top 30 all-time greatest players
By Ben Beecken
PG. . Andre Miller. 16. player. 156. <ul> <li>3 seasons with Cavaliers (1999-2002)</li> <li>Averaged 14.5 points, 8.2 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per game</li> </ul>
At No. 16 on the countdown, we find one of the best players of all-time never to be named to an All-Star team.
Andre Miller was the eighth-overall selection in the 1999 NBA Draft and stepped into a starting role for the struggling Cavs midway through his rookie season. After putting up 11.1 points and 5.8 assists per game in his first year in the league, Miller took off in Year Two.
Miller averaged 15.8 points and eight assist per game as a sophomore, and led the league with 10.9 assists per game in his third year in the league while also scoring 16.5 points per game.
The Cavs actually got worse as a team, going from 32 wins in Miller’s rookie year to 30 in 2000-01 and just 27 wins in 2001-02. Miller was shipped to the Clippers in a trade that netted the Cavaliers Darius Miles in the summer of 2002.
Miller went on to play for a total of nine NBA franchises and didn’t retire until after turning 40 years old during the 2015-16 season. He played in a total of 68 career playoff games (none for the Cavs, of course), during which he averaged 12.6 points and 4.1 assists per game but never got past the second round.