Dane Miller Jr. (born March 10, 1990) is an American basketball player with the Rochester Kingz of The Basketball League. He was a All-BAL First Team selection in 2023, while playing for SLAC.

College career

Miller Jr. played for Rutgers in four seasons. He was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team in 2010.[1]

Professional career

Miller was drafted by the Oklahoma City Blue in the 2014 draft of the NBA D-League.[2] On January 9, 2015, Miller officially signed with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D-League.[3]

Miller started playing with SLAC in Guinea in 2018. He played with SLAC in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League, averaging 15.3 points and 7 rebounds for his team.[4]

On January 19, 2019, Miller signed with the Syracuse Stallions to play in The Basketball League (TBL).[5]

On August 15, 2020, Miller signed with Snæfell of the Icelandic Premier League.[6]

He returned to SLAC to play in the 2022 BAL qualification. By averaging 16.8 points and 9.8 rebounds,[7] Miller Jr. helped the team qualify for the 2022 BAL season, the first appearance of the club in the Basketball Africa League.[8]

In the 2022 season, Miller Jr. averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.7, helping SLAC reach the quarterfinals.[9]

The following BAL season, in 2023, Miller Jr. averaged career-highs of 21.2 points on 55.6% shooting and 3.2 steals per game. Despite his club missing the playoffs, he was given a place in the All-BAL First Team because of his play.[10]

In November 2023, Miller Jr. joined City Oilers from Uganda. Miller Jr. made his debut on November 21, 2023, against COSPN with 18 points in an 81–76 win.[11]

On December 8, 2023, Miller signed with the Prawira Bandung of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).[12] He rejoined the Oilers in April 2024 for the 2024 BAL season.

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  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

[9]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022 SLAC 6 6 37.8* .397 .158 .711 7.2 5.7 1.8 0.8 14.7
2023 SLAC 5 5 39.3* .556* .100 .694 7.6 4.4 3.4* 1.2 21.2
2024 City Oilers 6 6 30.1 .444 .364 .478 6.3 4.0 1.7 .2 10.2

References

  1. ^ "Dane Miller College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Dane Miller drafted by NBA D-League squad". Democrat and Chronicle. November 2, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Blue Acquires Dane Miller". Oklahoma City Blue. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dane MILLER JR at the FIBA Africa Basketball League 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "he Syracuse Stallions have signed former Rutgers University standout and G-League Alum, Dane Miller!". Twitter. Retrieved December 18, 2021.[self-published]
  6. ^ "Tvöfaldur liðsstyrkur í Snæfell". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Dane MILLER JR at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Guinea's SLAC stun AS Police in OT, qualify to Basketball Africa League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "S.L.A.C Basketball (GUINEA)". The BAL. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali". ESPN.com. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  11. ^ "City Oilers survive COSPN scare for first win in Johannesburg". FIBA.basketball. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Pencuri Bola Terbaik Afrika Ada di Prawira". iblindonesia. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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