Aaron Miles (basketball)

Aaron Miles
Aaron Miles at Golden State Warriors 2010 Media Day
BC Krasnye Krylya Samara
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth April 13, 1983 (1983-04-13) (age 28)
Place of birth Portland, Oregon
Nationality American
High school Jefferson (Portland)
Listed height 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College Kansas
NBA Draft 2005 / Undrafted
Pro career 2005–present
Career history
Golden State Warriors (2005-06)
Fort Worth Flyers (2005-06)
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (2006-07)
Cajasol Sevilla (2007-08)
Panionios (2008-09)
Aris BC (2009-2010)
Reno Bighorns (2010-2011)
Krasnie Krilya (2011-...)
Stats at NBA.com

Aaron Marquez Miles (born April 13, 1983 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player for Krasnie Krilya,[1] a team in Samara, Russia. At 1.86 m (6 ft 1¼ in) in height, he plays at point guard.

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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.[2] 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 (2005-2006)

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 (2006-2010)

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.[3]

Miles signed with Aris BC for the 2009-2010 season.

Return to America (2010-2011)

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

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