 Miles (right) poses with a fan.
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Team | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Nationality | USA |
| Born | October 9 1981  Belleville, Illinois |
| High school | East St. Louis High School |
| College | None |
| Draft | 3rd overall, 2000 Los Angeles Clippers |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | Los Angeles Clippers (2000–2002) Cleveland Cavaliers (2002–2004) |
| Awards | Illinois Mr. Basketball (2000) |
Darius LaVar Miles (born October 9, 1981 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. Miles attended East St. Louis High School, and, after failing to receive a qualifying SAT score to attend St. John's University, entered the 2000 NBA Draft and was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the 3rd overall pick; at the time this was the highest that a player entering the NBA directly from high school had been drafted. Darius has also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and more recently the Portland Trail Blazers. During the 2004-05 season, Miles made headlines after a confrontation with then-coach Maurice Cheeks in which he reportedly insulted him with racial slurs and remarked he did not care if the team were to lose the next 20 games since Cheeks was going to be fired anyway. This led to his suspension of two games. Miles has been criticized for having tremendous talent, but a questionable work-ethic.[1][2] Miles missed the entire 2006-07 NBA season due to microfracture surgery. He has said to be returning early December of 2007.
Acting career
Miles had a role in the 2004 movie The Perfect Score, as a high school basketball star who needs to achieve a qualifying SAT score to attend St. John's University, closely paralleling his real life situation coming out of high school. His character attends college at the conclusion of the movie. He also appeared in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, along with then-Clipper teammates Michael Olowokandi and Quentin Richardson, in 2000. There was also a documentary titled The Youngest Guns, which detailed Miles' and Richardson's first few years in the NBA, released in 2003.
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| First Round Kenyon Martin • Stromile Swift • Darius Miles • Marcus Fizer • Mike Miller • DerMarr Johnson • Chris Mihm • Jamal Crawford • Joel Przybilla • Keyon Dooling • Jérôme Moïso • Etan Thomas • Courtney Alexander • Mateen Cleaves • Jason Collier • Hidayet Türkoğlu • Desmond Mason • Quentin Richardson • Jamaal Magloire • Speedy Claxton • Morris Peterson • Donnell Harvey • DeShawn Stevenson • Dalibor Bagarić • Jake Tsakalidis • Mamadou N'diaye • Primož Brezec • Erick Barkley • Mark Madsen |
| Second Round Marko Jarić • Dan Langhi • A. J. Guyton • Jake Voskuhl • Khalid El-Amin • Mike Smith • Soumaila Samake • Eddie House • Eduardo Nájera • Lavor Postell • Hanno Möttölä • Chris Carrawell • Olumide Oyedeji • Michael Redd • Brian Cardinal • Jabari Smith • DeeAndre Hulett • Josip Sesar • Mark Karcher • Jason Hart • Kaniel Dickens • Igor Rakočević • Ernest Brown • Dan McClintock • Cory Hightower • Chris Porter • Jaquay Walls • Scoonie Penn • Pete Mickeal |
