Aaron Miles (basketball)

Aaron Miles
Aaron Miles at Golden State Warriors 2010 Media Day
Santa Cruz Warriors
Position Head coach
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (1983-04-13) April 13, 1983
Portland, Oregon
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Jefferson (Portland, Oregon)
College Kansas (2001–2005)
NBA draft 2005 / Undrafted
Playing career 2005–2015
Position Point guard
Number 0
Career history
As player:
2005–2006 Golden State Warriors
2006 Fort Worth Flyers
2006–2007 Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2007–2008 Cajasol Sevilla
2008–2009 Panionios
2009–2010 Aris
2010–2011 Reno Bighorns
2011–2014 Krasnye Krylya
2014–2015 Lokomotiv Kuban
As coach:
2015–2016 Kansas (assistant)
2016–2017 Florida Gulf Coast (assistant)
2017–present Santa Cruz Warriors
Career highlights and awards

Aaron Marquez Miles (born April 13, 1983) is an American retired professional basketball player and current head coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played at the point guard position. Miles was previously an assistant coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team.

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.[1] The Democrats finished the year with a No. 4 national ranking and several other players went on to 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 as well as McDonald's Morgan Wooten National Player of the Year, 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 (2005–2006)

Miles signed in September 2005, as an undrafted rookie free agent with the NBA's Golden State Warriors for the 2005-06 season,[2] but was released in January 2006, before his contract became guaranteed.[3] 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.

Europe (2006–2010)

He signed for the 2006–07 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 August 2008, Miles joined one of the three Euroleague teams from the Greek League for the 2008–09 season, Panionios.[4] In October 2009, he signed with another Greek team Aris BC for the 2009–10 season.[5]

Return to America (2010–2011)

In 2010, Miles joined the try-outs for the Warriors, but was released days before the start of the season.[6] He signed with the Reno Bighorns. He was sent to the Bakersfield Jam, but was quickly waived due to injury.

Back to Europe (2011–2015)

Miles returned to Europe in August 2011, when he signed with BC Krasnye Krylya.[7] In 2012 and 2013, he won the Russian Cup with Krasnye, in the second he was named Finals MVP. With the team he also won the 2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge. In July 2014, he left Krasnye Krylya.[8]

On July 9, 2014, Miles signed a one-year deal with Lokomotiv Kuban.[9]

Coaching career

Following his career as a player, Miles was hired at the University of Kansas as assistant director of student-athlete development for the 2015-16 season.[10] The following year, he accepted a position as assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast University under head coach Joe Dooley, a former coach of Miles's at Kansas.[11][12]

On August 10,2017 Miles was named head coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors.[13]

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

Regular season

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 United States Reno Bighorns D-League 1734.5.511.000.7864.18.82.50.215.1
2011–12 Russia BC Krasnye Krylya PBL 1731.5.413.500.8453.96.01.40.28.6
VTB United 1633.1.487.300.7464.33.82.50.210.8
2012–13 Russia BC Krasnye Krylya PBL 1732.1.391.154.8113.85.61.90.18.5
VTB United 1834.6.423.158.8314.27.32.20.110.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ OSAA.org Basketball records.
  2. ↑ Warriors officially announce Miles signing
  3. ↑ Warriors waive guard Aaron Miles
  4. ↑ Panionios lands assists ace Miles.
  5. ↑ ARIS: Aaron Miles takes over at point Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Warriors Waive Aaron Miles
  7. ↑ Aaron Miles inks with Krasnye Krylya Samara
  8. ↑ Aaron Miles leaves Krasnye Krylya Samara
  9. ↑ Lokomotiv Kuban signs Aaron Miles
  10. ↑ Former Jayhawks guard Aaron Miles joins KU basketball coaching staff
  11. ↑ Former Kansas Standout Aaron Miles Named New @FGCU_MBB Assistant Coach
  12. ↑ "College basketball: FGCU names former Kansas star Aaron Miles as new assistant". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  13. ↑ Santa Cruz Warriors Name Aaron Miles Head Coach
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