Andre Miller reiterated comments made last week, saying that he wouldn't have signed with the Blazers if he was told he'd be coming off the bench.

"Yeah, that's accurate," Miller told the Oregonian in response to a controversial interview with Yahoo! Sports.

"That's the mentality that every player should have. If it doesn't go my way, it doesn't go my way. But I'm going to continue to work hard regardless of the situation. So the coach runs the team and whatever decision he makes, I have to live with it. But I'm not going to change my work habits and my work ethic. I'm going to continue to work hard and that should be every player's goal going into the season, setting goals to be on the court as much as they can."

Portland coach Nate McMillan is still deciding who will start at point guard to begin the season -- Miller or incumbent Steve Blake.

Miller added that he feels as though the media has given him a bad rap already.

"I normally don't say anything to the media. I'm even tempered. When I saw what was put in about me in the paper, then I did the article with Marc (Spears) to have my say. I didn't want it to be one sided where people get a bad vibe about me coming to Portland. I came here to help the team. I didn't come here to bring the team down," he admitted to the Oregonian.

Via Oregonian

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