Ricky Rubio
was nine years old when
Andre Miller
made his debut in the
NBA
with the
Cleveland Cavaliers,
who gave him number 8 in the
1999 draft.
Now they will play together because the
Minnesota Timberwolves
reached an agreement for one season with Miller, who is now
39 years old and will turn 40 in March.
It will be the
eighth team
(after Cavaliers, Clippers, Nuggets, Sixers, Blazers, Wizards, and Kings) for an excellent point guard who has extended his career by compensating for his visible lack of physical explosiveness with
game knowledge.
Ricky will have a reliable point guard with whom (remember: still
24 years old) he can continue
learning the trade, and
Zach Lavine
will be able to play more minutes without the ball in his hands, a moment when his flaws (and his youth: 20 years) become especially noticeable.
Miller (16 seasons so far in the NBA with averages of 12.8 points and 6.7 assists) will also be able to serve as a mentor to
rookie Tyus Jones,
another of the new young pieces that join the promising project of a Wolves team that will now be organized through the
Ricky-Wiggins-Towns axis.
Miller will also share a team with
Kevin Garnett,
who was born exactly two months later than him (May 19, 1976, also 39 years old).
In the other move of a
market
where there are fewer and fewer fish left to catch, the
Rockets
added another piece to their
roster
with the arrival of
Chuck Hayes,
who will sign a partially guaranteed contract for the veteran minimum. Hayes is already
32 years old
and played in Houston between 2006 and 2011 before going to Sacramento and Toronto, where he played 29 games last season with just 8.8 minutes on the court (1.7 points, 1.8 rebounds).