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James Miller
Free agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1979-08-23) August 23, 1979 (age 45)
Chinquapin, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolEast Duplin (Beulaville, North Carolina)
CollegeNorth Carolina A&T (1997–2001)
NBA draft2001: undrafted
Playing career2001–present
Career history
2001–2002Landstede Zwolle
2002–2003Brest
2004Sundsvall Dragons
2004Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2004–2005Sundsvall Dragons
2005Trotamundos de Carabobo
2005–2006Demon Astronauts Amsterdam
2006–2007Levallois SCB
2007–2008Optima Gent
2008–2009Leuven Bears
2009–2010STB Le Havre
2010–2011Leuven Bears
2011–2012Poitiers Basket 86
2012–2013Borås
2013Gaiteros de Zulia
2013–2015Borås
2015Gaiteros de Zulia
2016SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer
Career highlights and awards

James Isaac "J. J." Miller, Jr. (born August 23, 1979) is an American professional basketball player. He played overseas since 2001 and has played in multiple countries, including France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden. Since 2012 he is a Borås Basket player and one of the top players in the Swedish Basketligan.

He started his professional career in the Netherlands with Landstede Basketbal in 2001. After that period he played with Brest of the French LNB Pro B and in his home country for the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs. He also played for the Sundsvall Dragons from 2004 till 2005. In the 2005–06 season he played with Demon Astronauts Amsterdam and won the NBB Cup with Amsterdam. He was one of the top scorers in the Eredivisie with 17.6 points per game.[1]

In 2012 Miller returned to Sweden, this time to play for Borås Basket.[2] From that moment, Miller was one of the top tier players in the Swedish Basketligan. He led the league in scoring in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons with 21.6 and 23.7, respectively, points per game.[1]

Miller has also played for Levallois SCB, Optima Gent, Leuven Bears, STB Le Havre and Poitiers Basket 86 under his career.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high     Led the league
† Denotes seasons in which Miller's team won the league

Domestic

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005-06 Amsterdam Eredivise 25 34.2 .492 .409 .769 3.4 3.1 2.2 .0 17.6
2006-07 Levallois LNB Pro B 34 33.0 .416 .338 .793 3.0 3.2 1.4 .0 14.2
2007-08 Gent BLB Division 1 33 32.3 .441 .313 .808 2.6 2.2 1.5 .0 17.2
2009-10 Le Havre LNB Pro A 30 32.3 .428 .336 .833 1.8 3.8 1.5 .0 14.0
2010-11 Leuven BLB Division 1 34 33.0 .468 .408 .780 2.3 2.7 1.4 .1 15.1
2011-12 Poitiers LNB Pro A 26 24.8 .381 .357 .833 1.8 2.4 1.0 .1 10.3
2012-13 Borås Basketligan 32 36.3 .472 .417 .840 3.2 6.1 .9 .1 21.6
2013-14 36 35.3 .493 .401 .864 4.2 3.8 1.1 .1 23.7
2014-15 34 31.9 .486 .367 .795 2.4 4.5 1.0 .2 17.7

Honours

Club
Netherlands NBB Cup
1
 2006
Individual
Netherlands DBL All-Star
1
 2006
Sweden Ligan Guard of the Year
2
 2013, 2014
Sweden Ligan All-Star Game MVP
1
 2005

References

  1. ^ a b "James Isaac Miller profile | Game center | FIBA.com". Halloffame.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  2. ^ "J.J Miller signs with Boras | Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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