Portland Trail Blazers for Andre Miller
While that may admittedly have been cheap griffey 1 when this whole revolution started, those who think of Anthony’s departure as the sole reason for the Nuggets’ newfound ball-sharing and ball-hawking ways are missing another key point: that trade also resulted in the ouster of point guard Chauncey Billups, Denver’s other ball-dominant, laissez-faire defense player. The departure of Billups also came with the added benefit of an increase in playing time and eventual insertion into the starting lineup for his young backup Ty Lawson. Lawson earned his way into the starting lineup late last year and played so well that Denver decided to trade his competition, Raymond Felton (who came over from New York in the trade), to the Portland Trail Blazers for Andre Miller, with the stated plan being that Miller would be Lawson’s backup. And what a plan that has turned out to be.
Let’s start with Lawson. He’s the fastest player in the league with the ball in his hands this side of John Wall, which makes him the perfect fit for George Karl’s, “run first, run second, and when all else fails, run” style of play. Before you can blink, he’s up and down the court and has Denver into their offense. They get into their sets faster than any team in the league because Lawson is constantly pushing the pace and dragging his teammates with him in transition. Lawson is in the top 15% of all players in transition Points Per Possession (PPP) at 1.16 according to mySynergySports and is hitting on 64.5% of his transition shot cheap air max 2009 attempts.
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