Daxter Miles Jr.

Daxter Miles Jr.
Miles playing for West Virginia
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) January 5, 1996
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school
College West Virginia (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018 / Undrafted
Playing career 2018–present

Daxter Miles Jr. (born January 5, 1996) is an American basketball player. He competed in college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers of the Big 12 Conference.

High school career

Miles was born on January 5, 1996, the son of Daxter Miles Sr, who played basketball as a youth, and Renee Reid. He has a twin sister, Diamond. The younger Miles grew up at 240 Bond Street in East Baltimore and has a "240" tattoo.[1] Miles played two years of high school basketball at Archbishop Curley High School and one at IMG Academy in Florida. As a senior, he transferred to Dunbar High School where he was coached by Cyrus Jones, a friend of his father's. He led the Poets to a Class 1A state basketball championship and scored 15 points in the title game.[2] He was named to the Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team.[1] Michael Carvelli described him as "a prep star who focused much of his energy on the different ways he could find his way into the scoring column."[3]

College career

Miles committed to play for the West Virginia Mountaineers and coach Bob Huggins over offers from Oklahoma State and Kansas State.[1] On March 25, 2015, the freshman Miles predicted that Kentucky would suffer its first loss to West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.[4] Instead, Kentucky beat the Mountaineers 78-39, with no points from Miles.[2] He averaged 7.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, Miles registered 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.[5]

As a junior, he posted averages of 8.8 points, 1.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game.[6] Coming into his senior season, Miles was on the Jerry West Award watchlist. In November 2017, Miles scored 26 points in a 83-79 win over Missouri in the AdvoCare Invitational finals.[7] He became the 52nd member of the 1,000 points club in a win against Coppin State on December 21.[3] As a senior, he was named to the Big 12 Conference All-Tournament team after scoring 66 points en route to a runner-up showing. Miles averaged 12.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from behind the arc. In his career he started 124 games, second in West Virginia history to Johannes Herber.[2]

Professional career

Miles was signed to a two-way contract by the Sacramento Kings after going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Coyle, Geoff (November 13, 2014). "From Baltimore to Morgantown: Daxter Miles' Tattoos Tell His Tale". West Virginia Illustrated. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Shaffer, Jonas (March 23, 2018). "At home in West Virginia, Daxter Miles Jr. (Dunbar) hopes to take Mountaineers to NCAA mountaintop". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Carvelli, Michael (December 21, 2017). "Winning, not milestones, important to WVU's Daxter Miles". West Virginia Gazette-Mail. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Tucker, Kyle (March 25, 2015). "WVU's Miles: Kentucky is 'Gonna be 36-1'". Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Chris (February 21, 2018). "An inside look at WVU's two seniors". The DA Online. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Daxter Miles Jr., senior, West Virginia". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "West Virginia basketball: Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles shoulder leadership load for Mountaineers". The Charleston Gazette. November 28, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Roundup: WVU's Miles gets 2-way offer from Kings". Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
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