Dane Miller Jr. | |
Number: | 7 |
Team: | Tycoon |
Position: | Small forward / power forward |
League: | Hong Kong A1 Division Championship |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1990 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
High School: | Rush–Henrietta (Henrietta, New York) |
College: | Rutgers (2009–2013) |
Draft Year: | 2013 |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2013–2014 |
Team1: | Rochester RazorSharks |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Oklahoma City Blue |
Years3: | 2018–2023 |
Team3: | SLAC |
Years4: | 2019 |
Team4: | Syracuse Stallions |
Years5: | 2020 |
Team5: | Snæfell |
Years6: | 2023 |
Team6: | Shabab Al Ahli |
Years7: | 2023–2024 |
Team7: | City Oilers |
Years8: | 2024 |
Team8: | Prawira Bandung |
Years9: | 2024–present |
Team9: | Tycoon |
Highlights: |
Dane Miller Jr. (born March 10, 1990) is an American basketball player who plays for the Tycoon of the Hong Kong A1 Division Championship. He was a All-BAL First Team selection in 2023, while playing for SLAC.
Miller Jr. played for Rutgers in four seasons. He was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team in 2010.[1]
Miller was drafted by the Oklahoma City Blue in the 2014 draft of the NBA D-League.[2] On January 9, 2015, Miller officially signed with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D-League.[3]
Miller started playing with SLAC in Guinea in 2018. He played with SLAC in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League, averaging 15.3 points and 7 rebounds for his team.[4]
On January 19, 2019, Miller signed with the Syracuse Stallions to play in The Basketball League (TBL).[5]
On August 15, 2020, Miller signed with Snæfell of the Icelandic Premier League.[6]
He returned to SLAC to play in the 2022 BAL qualification. By averaging 16.8 points and 9.8 rebounds,[7] Miller Jr. helped the team qualify for the 2022 BAL season, the first appearance of the club in the Basketball Africa League.[8]
In the 2022 season, Miller Jr. averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.7, helping SLAC reach the quarterfinals.
The following BAL season, in 2023, Miller Jr. averaged career-highs of 21.2 points on 55.6% shooting and 3.2 steals per game. Despite his club missing the playoffs, he was given a place in the All-BAL First Team because of his play.[9]
In November 2023, Miller Jr. joined City Oilers from Uganda. Miller Jr. made his debut on November 21, 2023, against COSPN with 18 points in an 81–76 win.[10]
On December 8, 2023, Miller signed with the Prawira Bandung of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).[11] He rejoined the Oilers in April 2024 for the 2024 BAL season.
[12] |-|style="text-align:left;"|2022|style="text-align:left;"|SLAC| 6 || 6 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 37.8* || .397 || .158 || .711 || 7.2 || 5.7 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 14.7|-|style="text-align:left;"|2023|style="text-align:left;"|SLAC| 5 || 5 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 39.3* ||style="background:#cfecec;"| .556* || .100 || .694 || 7.6 || 4.4 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 3.4* || 1.2 || 21.2|-|style="text-align:left;"|2024|style="text-align:left;"|City Oilers| 6 || 6 || 30.1 || .444 || .364 || .478 || 6.3 || 4.0 || 1.7 || .2 || 10.2|}