2003-04
Returned to the NBA for the first time since 1999-2000...
Signed a one-year contract with the Timberwolves on 12/13... The Wolves are his sixth NBA team... Scored a season-high nine points 2/19 vs. Sacramento... Blocked a season-high three shots 1/28 at Golden State... Collected eight points and seven boards 1/8 vs. Portland... Added eight points and eight rebounds 12/27 at Seattle... Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds 12/26 at Portland... Registered season highs with four assists and 29 minutes 12/23 at New York... Swiped a season-high four steals March 26 at the L.A. Lakers... Started the 12/20 contest vs. Indiana... Made his Wolves debut 12/15 at Boston... Appeared in 48 games during the regular season... Logged a total of six playoff minutes before Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals... Played 11 minutes in Game 2, six in Game 3, three in game 4 and five in Game 6... Scored a total of three points with five rebounds in eight playoff appearances (31 minutes)... Began the 2003-04 season with the CBA's Dakota Wizards... Tallied 16.2 ppg (56.0%), 8.7 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.91 bpg in 11 outings.
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2002-03
Split the season between Gary (Ind.) and Dakota of the CBA... Earned second-team All-CBA honors by averaging 15.7 ppg (58.6%), 12.1 rpg and a league-leading 2.5 bpg... Also played in the ABA, USBL, Greece and Poland, as well as a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters, since his last NBA appearance.
1999-2000
Activated from the injured list on 3/16, after missing 16 games with a sprained right ankle... Notched 17 points and 12 rebounds in a 108-101 win over Milwaukee on 12/20... Posted 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in a 114-104 win over Detroit on 12/14... Tallied 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks in a 110-107 win over Orlando on 12/7.
1998-99
Placed on the injured list on 2/19 due to lower back spasms.
1997-98
Registered 19 points (9-12 FG), 7 rebounds and 4 assists against the Milwaukee Bucks on 4/8... Posted 18 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists in a 113-107 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 1/24... Totaled a season-high 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists against the Houston Rockets on 1/5... Scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds against the Detroit Pistons on 12/30... Registered 16 points (7-10 FG, 2-2 FT) and 6 rebounds in a 92-91 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 12/19... Recorded 12 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals against the Indiana Pacers on 12/15... Posted 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in a 104-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on 12/10... Totaled 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, in his first start of the season, against the Utah Jazz on 12/3... Re-signed as a free agent by the Raptors on 11/30.
1996-97
Split the season between Dallas and Toronto... Signed by the Mavericks as a free agent on Oct. 17, 1997... Played in 42 games for Dallas, averaging 4.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.19 blocks in 19.9 minutes per game... Blocked a season-high eight shots for the Mavericks against New Jersey on Jan. 25... Waived by Dallas on Feb. 7, 1997... Signed with the Toronto Raptors on Feb. 13... Played in 19 games for Toronto, making eight starts... Averaged 6.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.68 blocks in 16.6 minutes per game... Shot a team-high .560 from the field... Scored in double figures six times for the Raptors, twice posting a season-high 13 points... Missed the final 11 games of the season with a sprained left ankle.
1995-96
Posted career highs of 12.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 33.1 minutes per game over 76 games for the Raptors, all but four of them starts... Led the team in rebounding and games started as well as in blocked shots (1.88 bpg, 11th in the NBA)... Finished second on the club in minutes played, field goal percentage (.526, 15th in the NBA) and steals (1.42 per game) and was third in scoring and assists... Had 12 games of 20 or more points, including a career-high 35 points as well as 12 rebounds in the season finale against Philadelphia on April 21... His 51 minutes played in that 109-105 overtime loss set a franchise record, and his eight offensive rebounds matched another franchise mark... Also had nine assists, four steals and three blocks in that game... Reached double figures in rebounds on 21 occasions and blocked at least five shots five times... One of only five players in the league to record at least 100 points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks (the others were Olajuwon, Horry, D. Robinson and Weatherspoon)... Set a franchise record with 17 rebounds at Washington on April 14... Posted a season-high nine assists in each of his last two games... Came within one figure of a triple-double on three occasions, including April 2 when he had 18 points, 15 rebounds and a franchise-record 9 blocks against the Clippers... Set a team record with six steals at Orlando on Jan. 3, to go along with 13 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks. Led the Raptors in scoring 20 times and rebounding 32 times.
1994-95
A restricted free agent, Miller signed an offer sheet with the Detroit Pistons on Sept. 6... Forced to sit out two stints midway through the season as a result of a fractured metacarpal bone in his right hand that required surgery... Returned from the injury in late January... In his last 31 games, he averaged 9.6 points and 8.2 rebounds while shooting .573 from the field... Grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds against the Atlanta Hawks on 3/3... Hit for a season-high 21 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on 3/15... Appeared in 64 games for the Pistons, starting 22, and averaged 8.4 points and 7.4 rebounds... His .555 field-goal percentage trailed teammate Mark West's team-best number by a single percentage point... Finished with 116 blocked shots to rank 10th in the league at 1.81 rejections per game.
1993-94
Shot a gaudy .609 from the floor with the Phoenix Suns... Did not, however, make enough shots to qualify for the NBA rankings... Had he made the minimum 300 field goals (he had 277), he would have eclipsed Shaquille O'Neal (.599) as the league leader in shooting accuracy... Ranked eighth in shotblocking (2.26 per game), despite his 6-foot-9 frame and despite the fact that he played only 25.9 minutes per game... Split the starting center duties with Mark West and appeared in 69 contests overall, spending nine games on the Injured List with a bulging disk in his back... For the season, averaged 9.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 3.5 assists... Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 1/2, after averaging 24.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 3.00 blocks as a starter in two Suns victories.
1992-93
Stepped into a significant role with the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns in his rookie season... Despite missing 25 games due to right knee and right foot injuries, Miller cracked the Suns' regular rotation and helped Phoenix amass a 62-20 regular-season mark and a berth in the 1993 NBA Finals... Swatted a season-high 7 shots against the Seattle SuperSonics on 4/16 and grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds against the Indiana Pacers on 4/4... Tallied 15 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks against the Milwaukee Bucks on 12/6... Ranked 15th in the NBA in blocked shots and third among rookies, with 100... Also averaged 5.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.1 assists... Shot .564 from the field and averaging 7.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.46 blocks in the postseason... In the decisive Game 5 of a first-round series with the Los Angeles Lakers, Miller blocked 7 shots, a Suns playoff record... Recorded 21 blocked shots in a six-game series versus the San Antonio Spurs.
College
The 6-foot-9 center completed his playing days at the University of Arkansas as the school's all-time leader in blocked shots (345) and field-goal percentage (.636)... Also ranked second in career rebounds (886), sixth in assists (296), and seventh in scoring (1,674)... The Suns selected Miller with the 22nd overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft.
