Andre Miller

Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach for the Grand Rapids Gold.

Miller has played professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs.

Currently, he ranks eleventh all-time in NBA career assists and only missed three games to injury in his 17-year career.

He is the only player in NBA history to have at least 16,000 career points, 8,000 assists and 1,500 steals without making an NBA All-Star Game.

Miller played high school basketball at Verbum Dei in Los Angeles where during his time there, the team found great success under coach Mike Kearney.

Miller played college basketball at the University of Utah.

He became a starter at point guard early in his freshman season, and remained a team leader throughout his career at the school.

In 1997, following the graduation of Keith Van Horn, Miller and Michael Doleac took charge of the team, and they led the Runnin' Utes to the championship game of the 1998 Final Four.

It was during that tournament run that Miller gained national attention.

Utah faced Arizona in the West Regional finals.

The Wildcats were defending national champions and the top seed in the region, and thus were heavily favored over the Utes.

Arizona boasted an All-American guard line of Mike Bibby, Miles Simon, and Jason Terry, but Miller wasn't intimidated.

He single-handedly dominated the Wildcats, totaling 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 assists in the game.

It was just the fourth triple-double in the recorded history of the NCAA tournament.

Utah won in a rout, 76–51.

With Miller leading the way, the Utes continued their surprising run all the way to the title game, where they ultimately lost to Kentucky 78–69.

Miller was a national star during his senior season (1999), earning First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press, the NABC, the Sporting News, and USBWA.

Also, he was named Player of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), in addition to First Team All-WAC and WAC All-Defensive Team honors.

Miller averaged 12.1 points, 5.4 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game over his four-year collegiate career at Utah.

He also finished his career as Utah's all-time leader in steals (254) and second in all-time assists (721).

He graduated in 1999 and earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology.

Miller was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the eighth overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft.

He 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.

That season, on February 28, 2002, Miller set a then career high of 37 points scored during a 114–107 victory against the San Antonio Spurs.

He also played for the United States national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

On July 30, 2002, Miller was traded, along with Bryant Stith, to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Darius Miles and Harold Jamison.

He averaged 13.6 points, 6.7 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.24 steals in 80 games for the Clippers in 2002–03.

He ranked ninth in the NBA in assists and led the Clippers in games played, games started (80) and minutes played (2,913).

On August 1, 2003, Miller signed a six-year deal with the Denver Nuggets.

In his first season in Denver he averaged 15.8 points and 6.1 assists, along with 4.5 rebounds and a career-high 1.7 steals per game.

They made the playoffs but the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round 4 games to 1 by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In the 2004–05 he averaged 13.6 points, 6.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in 82 games.

In the playoffs after winning game one in San Antonio, the Nuggets proceeded to lose the next four games and lost the series 4–1.

In his last full season with the Nuggets his averages would go down.

With his 13.7 points, 8.2 assists, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.3 steals he helped the team to win the Northwest division.

They lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in 5 games.

In the 2006–07 season he played 23 games with the Nuggets before he was traded to Philadelphia.