Patrick Dominick Miller (born May 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Tennessee State.
 Miller with Juventus Utena in 2021 | |
| No. 23 – PBC Lokomotiv Kuban | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | VTB United League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 22, 1992 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Hales Franciscan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| College | Tennessee State (2010–2014) |
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Beşiktaş |
| 2015 | Yeşilgiresun |
| 2015–2016 | Texas Legends |
| 2016–2017 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 2017 | Leones de Santo Domingo |
| 2017–2018 | Partizan |
| 2018 | Gaziantep |
| 2018–2019 | ratiopharm Ulm |
| 2019–2020 | Boulazac |
| 2020–2021 | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| 2021–2022 | Juventus Utena |
| 2022–2023 | Brose Bamberg |
| 2023–2024 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2024–present | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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High school career
editMiller 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
editMiller 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
editOn 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.[8] 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Patrick Miller bio". TSUTigers.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "2013–14 NCAA Division I College Basketball Player Statistics". espn.go.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Besiktas signs rookie Patrick Miller". Sportando.com. July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ "Yesilgiresun extends with Mutlu Demir, Yunus Cankaya, Patrick Miller". Sportando.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "Patrick Miller, Yesilgiresun part ways". Sportando.com. August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "2015 NBA D-League Draft Board". NBA.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "Legends Complete Two Trades, Announce 2015-16 Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ a b Dykstra, Matt (November 30, 2016). "SKYFORCE ACQUIRE PATRICK MILLER". NBA.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Skyforce Hold Off Energy". NBA.com. December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Patrick Miller is joining black and white family". kkpartizan.rs. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Patrik Miler odlazi u Tursku". kkpartizan.rs (in Serbian). January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Patrick Miller". eurobasket.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Boulazac signs Patrick Miller, parts ways with Tyler Larson". Sportando. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Ironi Ness-Ziona signs Patrick Miller". Sportando. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ ""Uniclub Casino – Juventus" atakoms diriguos įspūdingų duomenų amerikietis". Utenos Juventus (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Utenos klubą papildė patyręs amerikietis – vadina "vienu pajėgiausių" komandos istorijoje". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Bamberg adds Miller to their roster". eurobasket. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ "Cairns welcomes Patrick Miller". Taipans.com. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Welcome, Patrick!". lokobasket.com. March 12, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.