Patrick Miller (basketball) explained

Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:210
League:VTB United League
Team:PBC Lokomotiv Kuban
Number:23
Birth Date:22 May 1992
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
High School:Hales Franciscan
(Chicago, Illinois)
College:Tennessee State (2010–2014)
Draft Year:2014
Career Start:2014
Years1:2014–2015
Team1:Beşiktaş
Years2:2015
Team2:Yeşilgiresun
Years3:2015–2016
Team3:Texas Legends
Years4:2016–2017
Team4:Sioux Falls Skyforce
Years5:2017
Team5:Leones de Santo Domingo
Years6:2017–2018
Team6:Partizan
Years7:2018
Team7:Gaziantep
Years8:2018–2019
Team8:ratiopharm Ulm
Years9:2019–2020
Team9:Boulazac
Years10:2020–2021
Team10:Ironi Nes Ziona
Years11:2021–2022
Team11:Juventus Utena
Years12:2022–2023
Team12:Brose Bamberg
Years13:2023–2024
Team13:Cairns Taipans
Years14:2024–present
Highlights:

Patrick Dominick Miller (born May 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Tennessee State.

High school career

Miller played basketball at Chicago's Hales Franciscan High School, averaging 22.6 points and 3.8 assists per game in 32 games as a senior, leading his team to a 28–4 record, winning the Regional and Sectional Championships. He was named Chicago All-Area two times and was voted 2009–10 Chicago Catholic League Player of the Year.[1]

College career

Miller joined the Tennessee State Tigers as a freshman in 2010–11. In 2012–13, he led the Ohio Valley Conference with 5.8 assists per game and was named to the All-OVC first team.[1] The following season, he scored 23.7 points per game to rank fifth in NCAA Division I.[2]

Professional career

On July 8, 2014, Miller signed with Beşiktaş of Turkey for the 2014–15 season.[3] In January 2015, he left Beşiktaş after appearing in just three Eurocup games and joined Yeşilgiresun of the Turkish Basketball Second League for the rest of the season. In 25 games for Yeşilgiresun, he averaged 13.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game while helping the team win the championship. On June 29, 2015, he extended his contract with Yeşilgiresun for the 2015–16 season.[4] However, he later parted ways with the club on August 31.[5]

On October 31, 2015, Miller was selected by the Oklahoma City Blue in the second round of the 2015 NBA Development League Draft,[6] only to be traded to the Texas Legends on draft night.[7] In 52 games, he averaged 11.9 points, 4.1 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 27 minutes per game.[8]

On November 30, 2016, Miller was traded to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in exchange for the player rights to Byron Wesley and a 2017 third-round draft pick. On December 3, he made his debut for the Skyforce in a 117–101 win over the Iowa Energy, recording 14 points, one rebound, four assists and one block in 19 minutes off the bench.[9]

On September 20, 2017, Miller signed a two-year deal with Serbian club Partizan.[10] On January 14, 2018, he left Partizan and signed with Turkish club Gaziantep for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[11]

For the 2018–19 season, Miller joined German team ratiopharm Ulm.[12]

On October 29, 2019, Miller signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of LNB Pro A.[13] He averaged 12.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

On August 17, 2020, Miller signed with Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Premier League.[14]

On August 23, 2021, Miller signed with the Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[15] [16] He led the league in scoring with 17.9 points per game.

On November 7, 2022, Miller signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[17]

On June 16, 2023, Miller signed with the Cairns Taipans in Australia for the 2023–24 NBL season.[18] Following the NBL season, he joined Lokomotiv Kuban in Russia.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patrick Miller bio . TSUTigers.com . March 28, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150328234820/http://www.tsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19600&ATCLID=204998332 . March 28, 2015 .
  2. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/stats/player?season=2014&seasontype=2 "2013–14 NCAA Division I College Basketball Player Statistics"
  3. News: Besiktas signs rookie Patrick Miller. July 8, 2014. Sportando.com. July 8, 2014.
  4. News: Yesilgiresun extends with Mutlu Demir, Yunus Cankaya, Patrick Miller. Sportando.com. June 29, 2015. June 29, 2015.
  5. News: Patrick Miller, Yesilgiresun part ways. Sportando.com. August 31, 2015. August 31, 2015.
  6. Web site: 2015 NBA D-League Draft Board. October 31, 2015. NBA.com. October 31, 2015.
  7. Web site: Legends Complete Two Trades, Announce 2015-16 Training Camp Roster. OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. October 31, 2015.
  8. Web site: Matt. Dykstra. SKYFORCE ACQUIRE PATRICK MILLER. NBA.com. November 30, 2016. December 4, 2016.
  9. Web site: Skyforce Hold Off Energy. NBA.com. December 3, 2016. December 4, 2016.
  10. News: Patrick Miller is joining black and white family. September 20, 2017. kkpartizan.rs. September 20, 2017.
  11. News: Patrik Miler odlazi u Tursku. January 16, 2018. kkpartizan.rs. January 14, 2018. Serbian.
  12. Web site: Patrick Miller. eurobasket.com. June 16, 2023. subscription.
  13. News: Boulazac signs Patrick Miller, parts ways with Tyler Larson. October 29, 2019. Sportando. En. October 30, 2019.
  14. News: Ironi Ness-Ziona signs Patrick Miller . Sportando . August 17, 2020 . August 17, 2020.
  15. Web site: "Uniclub Casino – Juventus" atakoms diriguos įspūdingų duomenų amerikietis . Utenos Juventus . 23 August 2021 . lt.
  16. Web site: Utenos klubą papildė patyręs amerikietis – vadina "vienu pajėgiausių" komandos istorijoje . . 23 August 2021 . lt.
  17. Web site: Bamberg adds Miller to their roster. November 7, 2022. eurobasket. En. November 8, 2022.
  18. Web site: Cairns welcomes Patrick Miller. June 16, 2023. June 16, 2023. Taipans.com. en.
  19. Web site: Welcome, Patrick!. March 12, 2024. April 23, 2024. lokobasket.com. en.