Brad Miller

Bradley Alan Miller (born April 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player.

The two-time NBA All-Star played for six National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.

After playing prep school basketball for a season in Maine at MCI Maine Central Institute, Miller returned to his home state to attend Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he played under head coach Gene Keady and assistant coaches Bruce Weber and Frank Kendrick.

During his freshman season, along with senior Cuonzo Martin, he led the Boilermakers to a 25–7 record.

Along the way, he was part of a Big Ten Conference Title and an NCAA Second Round appearance.

He averaged 6.5 points and 5.4 rebounds a game.

During his sophomore season, Miller helped lead Purdue, along with fellow sophomore Chad Austin, to a three-peat conference title and a consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance.

The Boilers finished the season with a 26–6 overall record.

Miller averaged 9.6 points and 5.5 rebounds on the season.

Miller's junior season showed more progress than the prior season, averaging 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds a game.

Finishing second in the conference, Miller, along with teammate and former NBA player Brian Cardinal, helped the Boilers to a third straight NCAA Second Round finish.

They beat Rhode Island in overtime, where Brad scored 31 points, grabbed eight rebounds and set a school tournament record with made/attempted free throws, going 15–21 from the line.

He finished his junior season with an 18–12 record.

Throughout his junior year, Miller became the only center in Purdue history to lead the team in assists.

Miller had his best college season during his senior year, helping with a 28–8 record.

Miller was then signed by the Charlotte Hornets as an undrafted free agent in 1999.

He played for the Hornets for two seasons.

On March 24, 1999, he had 25 points, going 9–9 shooting and 7–7 from the line.

On May 5, 1999 scored a season high 32 points to go along with 13 rebounds in a win against the Boston Celtics.

The Hornets made it to the playoffs the following season where they lost 1–3 to the Philadelphia 76ers.

In his first playoff series, Miller averaged 7.5 points on 52 percent shooting.

After two seasons with the Hornets, Miller signed with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent.

Nearly doubling his playing time with the Bulls, he averaged 12.7 points a game, shooting 46 percent during the 2001–02 season.

He wrapped up the 2001–02 season with a 15.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game average.

During his first and only complete season with the Pacers, he made his first NBA All-Star Team becoming one of the first undrafted players to be named an All-Star along with the Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace the same year.

The Pacers clinched a playoff berth for the 6th season in a row, where they lost to the Celtics, 2–4.

In January 2002, he was involved in an on-court altercation with center Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers.

After he and Charles Oakley gave a hard foul on O'Neal, Miller walked away as O'Neal swung at the back of his head; O'Neal would be suspended three games.

In February 2002, Miller was traded by the Bulls with Ron Mercer, Ron Artest (now Metta Sandiford-Artest) and Kevin Ollie to the Indiana Pacers for Jalen Rose, Travis Best, Norman Richardson, and a second-round draft pick.

During the 2003 offseason, Miller was involved in a sign-and-trade with the Sacramento Kings.

He was signed to a multi-year deal by Indiana and then traded to the Kings in exchange for Scot Pollard.

In the same trade, the Kings sent Hedo Türkoğlu to San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio traded Danny Ferry to Indiana and Indiana traded Ron Mercer to San Antonio.

While signing with the Kings, Miller stated, "I wanted to stay with Indiana but my agent said that the money I could make with Sacramento was just too good to pass up and I would never get this kind of contract again."

On November 21, 2003, Miller recorded his first career triple-double with 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in a win over the Orlando Magic.

Averaging 17.2 points and 8.8 rebounds in his last season at Purdue, he led the Boilermakers to a Sweet Sixteen appearance and a 2nd overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Miller set a school tournament record with 6 steals in a win against Delaware.

His last collegiate game was a loss to Stanford.

Miller's biggest game of his senior season came against Michigan State, where he scored 30 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to force Michigan State to share their Big Ten crown.

During his career at Purdue, Miller became one of only five players (Joe Barry Carroll, Terry Dischinger, Walter Jordan, and Robbie Hummel) to record 800 rebounds and the first player in school history to have 1,500 points, 800 rebounds, and 250 assists.

After college, because of the NBA lockout, Miller started his career in the Italian Serie A with Bini Viaggi Livorno for three months.