{"id":1211,"date":"2013-07-30T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2013-07-30T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:27:27","slug":"grizzlies-sign-sharpshooter-mike-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/2013\/07\/30\/grizzlies-sign-sharpshooter-mike-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies sign sharpshooter Mike Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1212\" alt=\"mikemiller\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/files\/2013\/07\/mikemiller1.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/files\/2013\/07\/mikemiller1.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/files\/2013\/07\/mikemiller1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Miller has signed a two-year de with the Memphis Grizzlies. Miller, 33, was a key part of the playoff run of the Miami Heat but was let go with more than $12 million owed to him.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple teams were interested in Miller but in recent days it became clear that the Grizzlies were the frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extraordinarily pleased to welcome Mike Miller back to Memphis,&#8221; Grizzlies chief executive officer Jason Levien said. &#8220;Mike is a special figure in our community due to his contributions both on and off the court. Mike is an elite three-point shooter, as Grizzlies fans know first-hand, and we expect his shooting, playmaking, hustle and leadership to be a key component in our team competing with the best in the NBA next season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miller spent five seasons with the Grizzlies before being traded to Minnesota in 2008. Miller owns career averages of 12.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 831 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Miller has signed a two-year de with the Memphis Grizzlies. Miller, 33, was a key part of the playoff run of the Miami Heat but was let go with more than $12 million owed to him. Multiple teams were interested in Miller but in recent days it became clear that the Grizzlies were the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/backpage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}