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How Acquired/Draft Background:
Signed with Portland as a free agent on July 24, 2009. Originally selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round (eighth pick overall) of the 1999 NBA Draft.
2008-09:
Started all 82 games for Philadelphia, averaging 16.3 points (second on team), 4.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists (led team) and 1.33 steals (tied, second on team) in 36.3 minutes
Shot 47.3% from the floor, 28.3% from 3-point range and 82.6% from the foul line
Ranked 14th in the NBA in assists, 15th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.68) and tied for 15th in steals
Scored 20-plus points in 19 of the final 50 games and 27 times overall
Passed out 10 or more assists in 10 games
Grabbed double figures in rebounds five times
Led team in scoring 21 times, rebounding nine times, assists 51 times and steals 24 times (including ties)
Posted 12 double-doubles (seven point-assist, three point-rebound, two point-rebound-assist tripledoubles)
Counted eighth and ninth career triple-doubles vs. Indiana on Dec. 20 and vs. Detroit on April 4, respectively
Scored a season-high 30 points at Miami on Feb. 21 and at Cleveland on April 15.
NBA Career:
Holds career averages of 14.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.38 steals in 815 games (768 starts) during his 10 NBA seasons with Cleveland, L.A. Clippers, Denver and Philadelphia
Has career shooting marks of 46.0% from the floor, 21.0% from 3-point range and 80.2% from the line
Has played 530 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NBA
Has missed just three games in his 10 seasons
Tied for the 16th-highest assists per game average in NBA history (7.4) and is fourth among active players
Has tallied the 28th most assists in league history
Is the only NBA player to average at least 10 points and five assists in each of the last 10 seasons
Posted 174 career double-doubles and nine triple-doubles.
2007-08:
Started all 82 games with Philadelphia, averaging a career-high 17.0 points to go with 4.0 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.28 steals in 36.8 minutes
Shot a career-high 49.2% from the floor
Twice named Eastern Conference Player of the Week
Ranked 10th in the NBA in assists.
2006-2007:
Appeared in 80 games (79 starts) with Philadelphia and Denver, averaging 13.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.38 steals in 37.1 minutes
In 57 games played (56 starts) for the 76ers, averaged 13.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.28 steals in 37.6 minutes
Traded from Denver to Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2006, but weather issues delayed his physical until Dec. 22, 2006; since the trade was not yet official, he was not credited with missing the games on Dec. 20 or Dec. 22, keeping his streak of active games played alive
Ranked seventh in assists per game,
20th in steals per game and 15th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.82)
2005-06:
Played and started all 82 games for the Nuggets, averaging 13.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.29 steals in 35.8 minutes per
game
Ranked sixth in the NBA in assists and tied for 26th in steals.
2004-05:
Played and started all 82 games for Denver, while averaging 13.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.48 steals in 34.8 minutes
Ranked eighth in the NBA in assists and tied for 18th in steals.
2003-04:
Started all 82 games for the Nuggets, averaging 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.73 steals in 34.6 minutes
Ranked 10th in the NBA in both assists and steals
2002-03:
In 80 games (all starts) for the L.A. Clippers, averaged 13.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.24 steals in 36.4 minutes
Missed two games with a high left anklesprain
Ranked ninth in the league in assists
2001-02:
Played and started all but one game for the Cavaliers, while averaging 16.5 points along with career highs in assists (10.9 apg), rebounds (4.7 rpg) and steals (1.56 spg) in 37.3 minutes per game
Led the NBA in assists, ranked second in triple-doubles (three), fifth in double-doubles (43) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.60)
Twice named Eastern Conference Player of the Week
Missed one game due to a severe contusion of his right shoulder.
2000-01:
Played and started all 82 games for Cleveland, averaging 15.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.45 steals in 34.7 minutes
Ranked sixth in the NBA in assists
1999-00:
Appeared in all 82 games with 36 starts as a rookie in Cleveland while averaging 11.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.02 steals in 25.5 minutes
Selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Career Transactions:
Traded by Denver along with Joe Smith and two first round draft picks to Philadelphia in exchange for Allen Iverson and Ivan McFarlin on Dec. 19, 2006
Signed as a free agent by Denver on Aug. 1, 2003
Traded from Cleveland to the L.A. Clippers along with Bryant Stith in exchange for
Darius Miles and Harold Jamison on July 30, 2002.
College:
Averaged 12.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists in four years at the University of Utah
Finished his career as Utahs all-time leader in steals (254) and second in assists (721)
Named First Team All-America by The Associated Press, the NABC and the USBWA
Also named the 1999 WAC Player of the Year and First Team All-WAC and All-Defensive Team
Named to The Sporting News All-America First Team at the conclusion of his senior season
Named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press and helped lead the Utes to the NCAA Championship Game as a junior.
Personal:
Full name is Andre Lloyd Miller
Was a member of the USA Basketball 2002 Mens World Championship Team
Earned a degree in Sociology at the University of Utah in the spring of 1998
Helped lead USA Basketball to the gold medal in the 1998 Goodwill Games
Also played quarterback in high school
The person he most admired when growing up was his mother, Andrea Robinson.
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