NBA Power Rankings: 30 Greatest Point Guards of All-Time

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Oct 12, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard Andre Miller (24) gestures while dribbling the ball against the Detroit Pistons at Verizon Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

29. Andre Miller

1999 – present

Franchises: Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards

Career totals: 15,828 points, 8,187 assists, 4,609 rebounds, 1,502 steals, 2,989 turnovers (and counting)

Career averages: 13.2 points, 6.8 assists, 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 2.5 turnovers

Shooting: 45.9 percent field goals, 21.7 percent 3-pointers, 80.8 percent free throws

Accolades: 1x NBA assists leader, All-Rookie First Team

Overlooked and disregarded, Andre Miller has been the ultimate professional throughout his career. This being the 16^th year of his career, he’s been through a ton of ups and downs, but remained one of the top fundamentally sound point guards you could watch. If you wanted your kid to see exactly how they should approach each game and what their style of play should mirror, you’d show them tape of this 38-year-old. Back in his prime, of course.

His post-up intelligence and execution has been better than almost every point guard to step on a court. He has all the right shimmy shakes, hesitation moves, and he learns big men’s tendencies. If they are prone to fouling, he always got to the line with his killer fakes in the post.

Miller, crazy enough, ranks ninth all-time in career assists, when he wasn’t really known for being a spectacular play-maker in terms of volume of assists. In his long journey, Miller has only reached the 10+ assists per game plateau once, but averaged double-figure points all the way from 1999 to 2011.

His falling out with Nuggets coach Brian Shaw, in which Miller made it clear that he wouldn’t play for that team or coach again, was devastating. He’s the ideal backup guard you want in the playoffs, to bring you that grit and toughness that you can sustain. Now in Washington, he hopes to supply that for a Conference Finals, at least.

That’s Miller’s only goal right now at this stage, getting that championship he never was able to play for.

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