| NAME: Darius Lavar Miles BORN: 10/09/1981 HEIGHT: 6-9 / 2,06 WEIGHT: 202 lbs / 91,6 kgs East St. Louis High School POSITION: F-G NBA TEAM: Los Angeles Clippers DRAFT: 3rd Pick (1st Round) |
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| PERSONAL FACTS Full name is Darius LaVar Miles A native of East St. Louis, IL Highest high school player selected in NBA Draft history (3rd overall) First high school player drafted by the Clippers franchise Scored 17 points to push the West to a 146-120 victory in the 2000 McDonald's All-America Game Enjoys listening to music when he is not playing basketball |
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| CAREER HIGHS Points 26 2 Times Field Goals Made 12 vs. Toronto 1/09/01 Field Goals Attempted 19 vs. Toronto 1/02/01 Three Point Field Goals Made 1 vs. Houston 11/04/00 Three Point Field Goals Attempted 3 2 Times Free Throws Made 8 vs. Milwaukee 4/06/01 Free Throws Attempted 12 2 Times Offensive Rebounds 6 2 Times Defensive Rebounds 11 2 Times Total Rebounds 13 @ Indiana 1/15/01 Assists 4 2 Times Steals 3 @ Golden State 4/14/01 Blocks 8 vs. Charlotte 1/05/01 Minutes Played 42 @ Detroit 2/19/01 |
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| MY THOUGHTS Darius Miles, legend of the playground and the highest high school player to be drafted into the NBA. The big 6'9 forward from St Louis is a versitile player who has tremendous athletic ability But my thoughts of this young man is that maybe he should have gone to collage for a few years to fine tune his skills. Im not saying that he has'nt made the wrong move by jumping straight into the NBA. Im just saying that Darius Miles is not the threat he could have been if he had played collage ball for a few years. Basketball critics allready knew Darius had the potentiol to become a superstar in the NBA.. But the queston is "Is he ready for the NBA? ", Darius is one of the choosen breed of young sportstars, he has huge talent and potentiol. But putting a high school player into the NBA is like 'picking an 8 out of a deck of cards' the chances are slim for this player to make a big impact to the game, either cause of his lack of knowledge for the game, the basic fundementals, the physicalness of the NBA and just the basic things Collage basketball (NCAA) can teach you. Darius i think needs to develop, he needs to work on his jump shot which is inconsistant (and in the NBA there is know room for incosistancy), he needs to work on his body and add bulk to his game so he can be physically tough and be able to battle for the rebounds against the much bigger forwards like Malone, Webber and others. But in the end I think Darius is the cornerstone of the of the Clippers franchise and that with the rite kind of people supporting and coaching him he will become a superstar just like others before him that have come straight out of high school e.g Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'neil. Well anyways best of luck for the future !!!!!!!!! |
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