Mike Miller

Michael Lloyd Miller (born February 19, 1980) is an American basketball coach, former professional player who is the boys' basketball head coach at Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee, as well as being a sports agent.

This made him the first NBA player to hit at least seven three-pointers in three consecutive games since the Dallas Mavericks' George McCloud achieved it in 1996.

Miller accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Gators teams from 1998 until 2000.

He quickly became known for his ability to hit the three-pointer.

As a sophomore, Miller helped the Gators avoid an upset bid by Butler in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, winning 69–68 in overtime on his floater in the lane as the buzzer sounded.

He played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2000 NBA draft with the fifth overall pick.

This fueled the Gators path to the 2000 NCAA Championship game, ultimately losing to Michigan State.

After the 2000 NCAA Tournament, Miller declared himself eligible for the NBA draft.

The following summer, Miller was taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.

His debut game was played on October 31, 2000 in a 97 - 86 win over the Washington Wizards where he recorded 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals.

Miller was named the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Magic in 2001 and was voted NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2006.

Miller won the 2001 NBA Rookie of the Year Award while being the only first-year player to appear in all 82 regular season games during the 2000–01 season (starting 62), in which he averaged 11.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 40.7% from three-point range.

He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies midway through 2002–03 NBA season.

He was the recipient of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2005–06 season.

He averaged 13.7 points 5.4 rebounds 2.7 assists while shooting 47% from the field and 41% from three, while playing 30.6 minutes per game.

After the 2006–07 NBA season, Miller was announced as a member of the USA Basketball team.

On January 3, 2007, Miller made nine three-pointers in a win over the Golden State Warriors, breaking Sam Mack's Grizzlies franchise record of eight in a game set in February 1999.

The two previous games Miller hit seven threes.

Miller held the Memphis Grizzlies franchise record for most points scored in a single game, with 45 on February 21, 2007, against the Golden State Warriors.

The record was later broken by Ja Morant in February 2022.

On June 26, 2008, Miller, Brian Cardinal, Jason Collins, and the 5th pick of the 2008 NBA draft, Kevin Love, were sent to Minnesota in exchange for Marko Jarić, Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner and the 3rd pick, O. J. Mayo.

Miller averaged a career-high 4.5 assists per game but a career-low 9.9 points per game in his only season with the Timberwolves.

On June 23, 2009, Miller and Randy Foye were sent to the Washington Wizards for Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and the 5th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.

Miller suffered a shoulder injury and missed a few games during the early part of the 2009–10 NBA season.

In 54 games, he averaged 10.9 points per game, his last-ever double-digit scoring average in a season, but was second in the league in three-point field goal accuracy, at 48.0%.

On July 15, 2010, Miller signed a five-year $25 million contract with the Miami Heat, reuniting with his former Gators teammate Udonis Haslem.

He injured his thumb while guarding LeBron James in practice during the pre-season, sidelining him for several weeks.

Miller officially returned to the Miami Heat lineup on December 20, 2010, in a home game against the Dallas Mavericks.

Miller got his first start on January 22, 2011, due to a Dwyane Wade illness, and contributed with a season-high 32 points in a win over the Toronto Raptors.

Miller averaged just 2.6 points a game in 12 minutes a game during the playoffs, with a high of 12 in game 4 against the Chicago Bulls.

Miller made his first career NBA Finals appearance in the 2011 NBA Finals, which the Heat lost to the Mavericks 4–2.

He won two consecutive NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

Miller played college basketball for the Florida Gators before entering the NBA.

He also played professionally for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Denver Nuggets.

He was a swingman who was primarily a three-point specialist.

After his playing career, he became a college assistant coach with the Memphis Tigers.

He resigned after two seasons before becoming the head coach at Houston High.

He coached Houston High to their first ever basketball state championship winning 62–43 on March 20, 2021.

In the next season, on January 18, 2012, Miller made six of six three-point field goals in a victory over the San Antonio Spurs to finish with 18 points in his return to the Heat, after missing several games because of an injury.

In the playoffs, Miller averaged 5.2 points per game, and scored in double figures at least once in each of the Heat's playoff series as Miami advanced to the NBA Finals to face the Oklahoma City Thunder.