MIAMI – The Portland Trail Blazers signed veteran free agent guard Andre Miller on Friday to a three-year, $21 million deal, while Jamario Moon joined the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Miller, whose NBA career has spanned 10 seasons with four teams, averaged 16.3 points and 6.5 assists as a starter for the Philadelphia 76ers last season.
“I’m just looking forward to the challenge” Miller said in a conference call. “I know Portland wants to accomplish a lot of things, and I want to add to that.”
Miller joins point guards Steve Blake and Jerryd Bayless with the Blazers, the second-youngest team in the NBA last season. Portland won 54 games and advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2003.
The 33-year-old has played an NBA-high 530 straight games. He has missed just three in his career.
Moon, a restricted free agent forward, joined Cleveland after the Miami Heat elected not to match the Cavaliers offer.
The Cavaliers had roughly $3.2 million of its midlevel exception to sign the 2.00-meter (6-foot-8) Moon.
“We declined to match because we want to stay true to our plan of not adding salary to our 2010 cap, and matching it would have reduced our flexibility,” Heat president Pat Riley said in a statement. (AP)