James Miller (basketball) explained

James Miller
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:172
Team:Free agent
Birth Date:1979 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Chinquapin, North Carolina
Nationality:American
High School:East Duplin (Beulaville, North Carolina)
College:North Carolina A&T (1997–2001)
Draft Year:2001
Career Start:2001
Years1:2001–2002
Team1:Landstede Zwolle
Years2:2002–2003
Team2:Brest
Years3:2004
Team3:Sundsvall Dragons
Years4:2004
Team4:Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
Years5:2004–2005
Team5:Sundsvall Dragons
Years6:2005
Team6:Trotamundos de Carabobo
Years7:2005–2006
Team7:Demon Astronauts Amsterdam
Years8:2006–2007
Years9:2007–2008
Team9:Optima Gent
Years10:2008–2009
Team10:Leuven Bears
Years11:2009–2010
Team11:STB Le Havre
Years12:2010–2011
Team12:Leuven Bears
Years13:2011–2012
Team13:Poitiers Basket 86
Years14:2012–2013
Team14:Borås
Years15:2013
Team15:Gaiteros de Zulia
Years16:2013–2015
Team16:Borås
Years17:2015
Team17:Gaiteros de Zulia
Years18:2016
Team18:SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer
Highlights:

James Isaac "J. J." Miller, Jr. (born August 23, 1979) is an American professional basketball player. He played overseas since 2001 and has played in multiple countries, including France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden. Since 2012 he is a Borås Basket player and one of the top players in the Swedish Basketligan.

He started his professional career in the Netherlands with Landstede Basketbal in 2001. After that period he played with Brest of the French LNB Pro B and in his home country for the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs. He also played for the Sundsvall Dragons from 2004 till 2005. In the 2005–06 season he played with Demon Astronauts Amsterdam and won the NBB Cup with Amsterdam. He was one of the top scorers in the Eredivisie with 17.6 points per game.[1]

In 2012 Miller returned to Sweden, this time to play for Borås Basket.[2] From that moment, Miller was one of the top tier players in the Swedish Basketligan. He led the league in scoring in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons with 21.6 and 23.7, respectively, points per game.[1]

Miller has also played for Levallois SCB, Optima Gent, Leuven Bears, STB Le Havre and Poitiers Basket 86 under his career.

Career statistics

Denotes seasons in which Miller's team won the league

Domestic

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2005-06|style="text-align:left;"|Amsterdam|Eredivise||25||||34.2||.492||.409||.769||3.4||3.1||2.2||.0||17.6|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2006-07|style="text-align:left;"|Levallois|LNB Pro B||34||||33.0||.416||.338||.793||3.0||3.2||1.4||.0||14.2|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2007-08|style="text-align:left;"|Gent|BLB Division 1||33||||32.3||.441||.313||.808||2.6||2.2||1.5||.0||17.2|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2009-10|style="text-align:left;"|Le Havre|LNB Pro A||30||||32.3||.428||.336||.833||1.8||3.8||1.5||.0||14.0|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2010-11|style="text-align:left;"|Leuven|BLB Division 1||34||||33.0||.468||.408||.780||2.3||2.7||1.4||.1||15.1|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2011-12|style="text-align:left;"|Poitiers|LNB Pro A||26||||24.8||.381||.357||.833||1.8||2.4||1.0||.1||10.3|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2012-13|style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3|Borås|rowspan=3|Basketligan||32||||36.3||.472||.417||.840||3.2||style="background:#cfecec;"|6.1||.9||.1||style="background:#cfecec;"|21.6|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2013-14||36||||35.3||.493||.401||.864||4.2||3.8||1.1||.1||style="background:#cfecec;"|23.7|-|style="text-align:left;background"|2014-15||34||||31.9||.486||.367||.795||2.4||4.5||1.0||.2||17.7

Honours

Club
2006
Individual
2006
Ligan Guard of the Year 2013, 2014
Ligan All-Star Game MVP 2005

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Isaac Miller profile | Game center | FIBA.com . Halloffame.fiba.com . 2015-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024707/http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid/ISR2/ot/1/pid/40845/season/2015/tid/97830/tidstat/97830/playerView.html . 2015-09-24 . dead .
  2. Web site: J.J Miller signs with Boras | Court Side Basketball News . Court-side.com . 19 September 2012. 2015-01-07.