OJ Mayo vs. Miller The Final Review

Not to beat a dead horse since the Wolves have finally dumped one of the worst GM's in history, but lets take a final look at the flawed theory that trading away OJ Mayo and replacing him with Mike Miller's outside game so we could get Kevin Love could make any sense at all.

As you know the Gold Seat has never been a fan of McHale's moves and the OJ Mayo trade is a great example.  When Mike Miller was brought it the pundits (the professor) said, "oh, it will work, he's a great outside threat".  A quick examination of the numbers would prove otherwise.

Right from the start we can see OJ Mayo is the superior player.  If you're looking for offensive threat which was the premise in bringing Miller in, than OJ delivers double the points per game.

But this is the one that really hurts.  OJ is the more prolific 3PT shooter.  It just hurts.

And to add insult to injury, Mayo's a lot cheaper.  Looking back now it's obvious trading Mayo was the wrong thing to do.  Luckily for us McHale's genius is no longer with us and so hopefully doomed moves like this won't continue to haunt us.  With that I retire the Mayo / Love / Miller debate.  Good night.