Andre Lloyd Miller (born
March 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California
) is an American
professional
basketball player in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers. As of
the end of the 2008-09 season, he has played in 530 consecutive
games, the longest active streak in the NBA.
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 both also played
in the NBA.
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.
NBA career
Cleveland Cavaliers
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. In his second year he
averaged 15.8 points per game and 8 assists per game. In his final
year as a Cavalier his averages increased to 16.5 points and 10.8
assists per game. During his career as a
Cavalier he was named to the
NBA All-Rookie First Team, became
the first player in
Cleveland
history to win player of the week twice, set a franchise record for
total assists in a season (882) and was the only
NBA player to average 10+
assists and
points
during the
2001–02 NBA
season. He played for the
US national
team in the
2002 FIBA
World Championship.
Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets
On July 30, 2002 he was traded, along with
Bryant Stith, to the
Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for
Darius Miles and
Harold Jamison. 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.
Philadelphia 76ers
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, in 2006–07, Miller ranked fourth in the NBA
in total assists (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). He recorded 19 double-doubles in 2006–07
(148 for his career), and the Sixers were 7–5 in games in which he
had a double-double and 17–8 when he scored 15+ points. He finished
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.
Portland Trail Blazers
On July 24, 2009, Miller signed a 3-year deal worth $21 million
with the
Portland Trail
Blazers.
NBA career statistics
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