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Andre Miller traded to Kings for Ramon Sessions

By Stanford Crissey

Oct 12, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard Andre Miller (24) gestures while dribbling the ball against the Detroit Pistons at Verizon Center. Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 12, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard Andre Miller (24) gestures while dribbling the ball against the Detroit Pistons at Verizon Center. Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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Wizards, Kings pull off deadline swap of point guards

Who says a coach hired at midseason can’t still make his mark on the team?

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George Karl has only been the coach of the Sacramento Kings for a few days, but they’ve already gone out and traded for the most George Karl player in the NBA: Andre Miller.

The Kings traded point guard Ramon Sessions for Miller, according to Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

And just like that, Professor Andre Miller has taken up residency elsewhere, with more eager youngsters ready to learn the ways of the basketball world.

Neither player is a stranger to midseason trades: both players were traded at last year’s deadline as well.

Karl’s hire is probably the only conceivable reason why the struggling Kings would trade for a 38-year-old point guard who is averaging 3.6 points per game. Karl coached Miller for four years with the Denver Nuggets, so Miller now becomes the lone member of the Kings directly familiar with Karl’s system.

Sessions is averaging 5.4 points and 3.6 assists per game, after averaging 15.8 points per game in his stint with Milwaukee last season. Sessions’ role with Sacramento has shrunk as the season has gone on, and he has largely been upstaged as backup point guard by Ray McCallum, so it’s not surprise he was on the market. Part of his struggles this season have come from a back injury, but in any case he hasn’t looked much like his former self.

Washington is hoping Sessions will turn it around for them and give the team some much-needed bench depth as they make their playoff push. Washington is 33-21 right now, fourth in the East, while Sacramento is 18-34 and has been in free fall since the firing of Mike Malone.

Miller is one of the few remaining NBA players who debuted in the 1990s (1999 with the Cavaliers), and this may be his swan song. Miller is only getting 12 minutes per game with the Wizards, but may have a somewhat larger role waiting for him in Sacramento.

This will be the Professor’s seventh NBA team in 15 seasons, a feat Sessions has actually already matched despite this being just his seventh season. In fact, he may be on pace to break the record for most NBA teams played for; if he plays another seven years he’s on pace for 14, and the record is 12 (held by four players).

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