Aaron Miles (basketball)

Template:Infobox Euroleague Player Aaron Marquez Miles (born April 13 1983 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player. At 1.86 m (6 ft 1¼ in) in height, he plays at point guard. Miles has played previously in the NBA, and most recently with the Greek Euroleague club Panionios.

High school career

Miles played for the Jefferson Democrats in Northeast Portland. The Democrats won the 2000 4A Oregon state championship, beating Tualatin 58-44, and capping a 28-0 season. The Democrats finished the year with a No. 4 national ranking and several other players went onto play in college, such as Michael Lee (Kansas), Thomas Gardner (Missouri), and Brandon Brooks (USC).

College career

After being named the Oregon 4A High School basketball player of the year in the state of Oregon, Miles attended the University of Kansas, where he starred at the point guard position for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. He helped lead the Jayhawks to two consecutive Final Four appearances in 2002 and 2003 and an appearance in the 2003 national championship game. He is the all-time assists leader (with 954 career assists) of both Kansas and the Big 12 Conference. He was named to the All-Big 12 Team in both 2004 and 2005.

He was also named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team 3 times and he finished his college career in 8th place in NCAA history in assists and also in 2nd place all time in Kansas history in steals.

Professional career

NBA

Miles signed as an undrafted rookie free agent with the NBA's Golden State Warriors for the 2005-06 season, being released in January, 2006, before his contract became guaranteed. He played for the Fort Worth Flyers in the NBA Development League for the remainder of that season. There, he teamed with his Kansas class of 2005 teammate, Keith Langford.

In 2005, Miles played with the New York Knicks Summer League team and in 2006 he played with the Chicago Bulls Summer League team. In 2007, he played with the Summer League team of the Washington Wizards and he also played with the Summer League team of the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008, but he did not receive a contract from any of those teams.

Europe

He signed for the 2006-2007 season with the French League club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, a team that played in the Euroleague that season and with PAU he won the French National Cup championship that year. He played with the Spanish ACB club Cajasol Sevilla in the 2007-08 season. In the 2008 off-season, Miles joined one of the three Euroleague teams from the Greek League for the 2008-09 season, Panionios.

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• NBA.com Profile
• NBA.com NBA Draft Bio
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• Talkbasket Miles Interview
• Graduation Photo (3rd From Left)