Daxter Miles Jr. (born January 5, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
.jpg) Miles (#4) playing for West Virginia | |
| Free agent | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 5, 1996 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | West Virginia (2014–2018) |
| NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2018–present |
| Career history | |
| 2018–2020 | Northern Arizona Suns |
| 2020–2022 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2022 | Wisconsin Herd |
| 2022 | Salt Lake City Stars |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
High school career edit
Miles was born on January 5, 1996, the son of Daxter Miles Sr, who played basketball as a youth, and Renee Reid. He has a twin sister, Diamond. The younger Miles grew up at 240 Bond Street in East Baltimore and has a "240" tattoo.[1] Miles played two years of high school basketball at Archbishop Curley High School and one at IMG Academy in Florida. As a senior, he transferred to Dunbar High School where he was coached by Cyrus Jones, a friend of his father's. He led the Poets to a Class 1A state basketball championship and scored 15 points in the title game.[2] He was named to The Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team.[1] Michael Carvelli described him as "a prep star who focused much of his energy on the different ways he could find his way into the scoring column."[3]
College career edit
Miles committed to play for the West Virginia Mountaineers and coach Bob Huggins over offers from Oklahoma State and Kansas State.[1] He averaged 7.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game as a freshman. In the 2015 NCAA tournament, Miles guaranteed that West Virginia would defeat the Kentucky Wildcats, who were 36-0 at the time, but however, Kentucky defeated West Virginia with a 78–39 rout.[4][5] As a sophomore, Miles registered 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.[6]
As a junior, he posted averages of 8.8 points, 1.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game.[7] Coming into his senior season, Miles was on the Jerry West Award watchlist. In November 2017, Miles scored 26 points in an 83-79 win over Missouri in the AdvoCare Invitational finals.[8] He became the 52nd member of the 1,000 points club in a win against Coppin State on December 21.[3] As a senior, he was named to the Big 12 Conference All-Tournament team after scoring 66 points en route to a runner-up showing. Miles averaged 12.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from behind the arc. In his career he started 124 games, second in West Virginia history to Johannes Herber.[2]
Professional career edit
Northern Arizona Suns (2018–2020) edit
Miles was signed to a two-way contract by the Sacramento Kings after going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft.[9] He was selected with the 11th overall pick by the Iowa Wolves in the 2018 NBA G League draft.[10] Miles was traded to the Northern Arizona Suns in exchange for Xavier Silas, Roddy Peters, and a second round pick in the 2019 NBA G League draft.[11] In his debut with the Suns, Miles scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting.[12] Miles averaged 15.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.1 steals in 21 games in his second season in Northern Arizona.
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2020–2022) edit
On January 9, 2020, Miles was traded to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in exchange for Ike Nwamu.[13] He had 21 points in his first game for the Mad Ants, a 113-105 win over the Capital City Go-Go.[14] He became the only player from the team to return for the 2021-2022 season. The Mad Ants waived Miles on February 3, 2022.[15]
Wisconsin Herd (2022) edit
On February 12, 2022, Miles was acquired by the Wisconsin Herd from the available player pool.[16] Miles was then later waived on February 25, 2022.[17]
Salt Lake City Stars (2022) edit
On March 1, 2022, Miles was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars from the available player pool.[18] Miles was then later waived on March 10, 2022.[19] On March 12, 20222, Miles was reacquired by the Salt Lake City Stars.[20] On March 20, 2022, Miles was waived.[21] On March 23, 2022, Miles was reacquired via available player pool by the Salt Lake City Stars.[22]
References edit
- ^ a b c Coyle, Geoff (November 13, 2014). "From Baltimore to Morgantown: Daxter Miles' Tattoos Tell His Tale". West Virginia Illustrated. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ a b Shaffer, Jonas (March 23, 2018). "At home in West Virginia, Daxter Miles Jr. (Dunbar) hopes to take Mountaineers to NCAA mountaintop". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ a b Carvelli, Michael (December 21, 2017). "Winning, not milestones, important to WVU's Daxter Miles". West Virginia Gazette-Mail. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "West Virginia's Daxter Miles: Kentucky is going to finish 36-1". 25 March 2015.
- ^ "WVU's Miles after blowout: UK 'played great'". 27 March 2015.
- ^ Jackson, Chris (February 21, 2018). "An inside look at WVU's two seniors". The DA Online. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "Daxter Miles Jr., senior, West Virginia". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "West Virginia basketball: Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles shoulder leadership load for Mountaineers". The Charleston Gazette. November 28, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "Roundup: WVU's Miles gets 2-way offer from Kings". Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ "Daxter Miles: Drafted by Iowa". CBS Sports. October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ Withee, Jake (October 21, 2018). "NAZ Suns Trade For 11th Overall Pick Daxter Miles Jr". Prescott E-News. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- ^ Withee, Jacob (November 4, 2018). "Suns Run Out of Time in 2018-19 Season Opener". NBA.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Chris (January 9, 2020). "Former Mountaineer Daxter Miles traded". 247Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Groth, Zach (January 13, 2020). "Moore, Lemon Jr. lead Mad Ants to win over Go-Go". WPTA. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Vance, Dan (February 3, 2022). "Mad Ants waive Daxter Miles Jr". WPTA. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League transactions". gleague.nba.com. February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 NBA G League Transactions". gleague.nba.com. March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.