Nakiea Miller

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Nakiea Jovon Miller [1] (born May 15, 1979) is a retired American professional basketball player who last played for the Dunkin Raptors in the Thailand Basketball League. [2] He previously played in the ASEAN Basketball League for Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta, Westports Malaysia Dragons, Philippine Patriots and Pilipinas MX3 Kings, [3] and scored over 1,000 points during his time there. He has also played professionally in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia (Patriotas), Dominican Rep., France, Indonesia, Iraq (Al Kahraba), Lebanon (Bejjeh), Malaysia (KL Dragons), Mexico (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal), Poland, Uruguay (Larre Borges, Goes, Montevideo BC and Maldonado), Venezuela (Toros), Dominican Republic (La Mattica), Philippines (Philippine Patriots) and Kosovo (Besa).

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High school career

Miller attended Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut, and was named to the New Haven Register All-Area boys basketball team during the 1996–1997 season. [4]

College career

Miller played basketball at Iona College, where he played center. In 2001 became the all-time blocked shots leader, [5] and is currently the record holder with 249. In 2001 he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference postseason tournament MVP. [6] [7]

College career statistics

Cited from Iona College Athletics official site [8]

YearGamesFG/FGAFG%FT/FTAFT%PointsAverage
1997-981834/50.6808/23.348764.2
1998-993092/171.53841/55.7452257.6
1999-0030151/291.519111/150.74041313.8
2000-0127163/244.66880/125.64040815.1
Totals105440/756.582240/353.6801,12210.7

Iona Gaels individual career records

RankRecordTotal
1stBlocked shots249
31stScoring1,122
6thField goal %.582

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References

  1. "Jugadores". lnbp.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 9, 2003. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Nakiea Miller Basketball Player Profile, Dunkin' Raptors, Iona, News, TBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - asia-basket". Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  3. "Dragons Continue Mastery of Kings in Malolos". AseanBasketballLeague.com. January 27, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  4. "Year-by-Year Register Boys' Basketball All-State Teams". NHRegister.com. April 4, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  5. "IONA HAS NEW KING ON BLOCK". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  6. "Miller Comes Through As Iona Defends Title". The New York Times. March 6, 2001. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  7. "Miller, NCAA-Bound Iona, to the Max". March 6, 2001. Retrieved September 30, 2017 via www.WashingtonPost.com.
  8. "Official Website of Iona College Athletics" (PDF). SidearmSports.com. Iona College. Retrieved March 30, 2022.