Andre Miller
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| Position | Point guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Team | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Jersey | #7 |
| Born | March 19, 1976 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Verbum Dei |
| College | Utah |
| Draft | 8th overall, 1999 Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Pro career | 1999–present |
| Former teams | Cleveland Cavaliers (1999–2002) Los Angeles Clippers (2002–2003) Denver Nuggets (2003–2006) |
| Awards | 1999 WAC Player of the Year & First Team All-America by AP 1999-2000 Schick NBA All-Rookie First Team |
| Official profile | Info Page |
Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA.
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[edit] College career
Miller played collegiately at the University of Utah for four years. His performance in 1998, including a very rare NCAA Tournament triple double, led the Utes to the NCAA championship game where they lost to Kentucky. At Utah, Miller played with Keith Van Horn and Michael Doleac who also play in the NBA.
[edit] NBA career
Miller was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 8th overall pick of the 1999 NBA Draft, and averaged 11.1 points and 5.8 assists per game in his rookie year. He upped both averages in each of his next two seasons with the Cavs. On July 30, 2002 he was traded, along with Bryant Stith, to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Darius Miles and Harold Jamison.[1] He spent only one year with the Clippers before finding his way to the Denver Nuggets. After signing a multiyear contract with the Nuggets in 2003, Miller, as point guard, played an integral role in the Nuggets' resurgence. A very durable player, Miller has only missed five games in the seven years he spent in the league.
He currently resides in El Dorado Hills, a suburb of Sacramento, California. Miller graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor's of Science in Sociology in 1998 and began work on a Master's in Sociology before being drafted into the NBA.
On December 19, 2006, he was traded by the Nuggets to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of a trade for guard Allen Iverson. Miller's statistics have gone up in multiple categories such as points per game and assists per game.[2]
[edit] Highlights
- Is tied for the 13th highest assist per game average (7.6) in NBA history.
- In 2006-07, ranked fourth in the NBA in total assist (625) and seventh in assists per game (7.8)… also ranked 20th in steals per game (1.38) and 15th in assist to turnover ratio (2.82).
- Recorded 19 double-doubles in 2006-07 (148 for his career)… Sixers were 7-5 in games in which he had a double-double and 17-8 when he scored 15+ points.
- Over the final 35 games in 2006-07, shot 47.7% from the floor and 82.4% shooting from the line after shooting 44.5% FGs and 74.8% FTs in his first 22 games as a Sixer.
- Has played in 366 consecutive games, the second longest active streak in the NBA (Bruce Bowen with 435)…has missed just three games in his eight-year career.
- Led the NBA in assists per game in 2001-02 (10.9 apg).
- Was named NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1999-00.
- He played for the US national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[3]
- Has recorded seven triple-doubles in his career.
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- NBA player profile @ NBA.com
- Andre Miller Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
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