Alaska Milks' Miller and Cortez

Willie "Thriller" Miller is a one-time Most Valuable Player, a good scorer but playing 1-2 guard positions, he should be able to get more assists than what he is getting now. He should be a team player. Now with the Tim Cone's system, he has a chance to be that. Since he is in a structured offense, likely he’ll be able to dish out more and jack up points at the right time and under the system. But can he be a PBA superstar? Probably not. Hard to market a semi-FilAm guy (or atleast by his looks) who, in the past, had penchant for bad shot selection and individual adventurism on offense.

His team mate, Mike Cortez should be able to be at least be star in the PBA. But his collegiate success and reputation at Lasalle so far hasn’t been translated into a stellar career in the PBA too. Maybe the task of replacing Johnny Abarientos as the Alaska’s floor leader put so much pressure to him that he has been barely above average player thus far.