"The infamous microfracture procedure is always a major threat to a player’s leaping ability, speed and longevity. That was the case for Miller’s former teammate in Sacramento, forward Chris Webber, whose career was never the same after he had the surgery in 2003.
Yet as Miller joked, his situation is quite different. The veteran who went undrafted out of Purdue has long been known as one of the league’s least-athletic and slowest players, making the most of his basketball IQ, passing ability and offensive versatility.
‘I ain’t got much vertical to get back [and] it’s really not going to slow me down,’ he said. ‘[The doctors] said, “You’re the ideal candidate for this. A non-jumping, slow white guy. You shouldn’t really lose much.” No explosiveness is going to be lost here.’"