There have been times over the past few months where Andre Miller has been locally and nationally dubbed the odd man out in Portland. I don’t think anyone would argue with that.

The poor kid didn’t know what to say. There really wasn’t anything he could do anyway.

As the media horde patiently – and I use that word very loosely – waited for Kobe Bryant to emerge from the Los Angeles Lakers trainer’s room to field postgame questions after Portland beat them on Friday night, Phil Jackson moseyed out of his office and tried to make his way to the other side of the locker room.

Mike Conley remembers hearing the news about Greg Oden from a couple of his teammates: Your boy just blew out his knee.

Kevin Pritchard looked a little scared as he thought about what it would be like to actually play against Jeff Pendergraph.

Who can blame him?

When Rudy Fernandez, Nicolas Batum and Travis Outlaw strolled through the tunnel at the Rose Garden right after Portland’s ninth win of the month, they looked a little lost.