1. Darius LaVar Miles was born on October 9,1981 and is an American former professional basketball player.
13 Facts About Darius Miles
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Darius Miles was a First Team NBA All-Rookie in 2001, a first for a prep-to-pro player.
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Darius Miles was born in Belleville, Illinois and attended East St Louis Lincoln High School and East St Louis Senior High School in East St Louis, Illinois.
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Darius Miles entered the 2000 NBA draft and was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the third overall pick, at the time the highest a player had been drafted directly from high school.
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Darius Miles played his first two seasons with the Clippers, earning an NBA All-Rookie Team first team honor in 2001.
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However, Darius Miles had the option to sign on with another team if offered a contract, potentially reverting the $18 million savings the Blazers hoped to gain if Darius Miles played in 10 games in 2008.
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On December 13,2008, Darius Miles signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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On January 8,2009, after Darius Miles played six pre-season games with the Celtics and two before being released from a non-guaranteed contract by the Grizzlies, the Portland Trail Blazers threatened to sue any of the other 29 NBA teams that picked up Darius Miles and played him specifically to adversely impact their salary cap and tax positions.
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Darius Miles then played the two games necessary to trigger re-addition of the $18 million to Portland's cap amount.
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Darius Miles had a role in 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.
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Darius Miles appeared in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, along with then-Clipper teammates Michael Olowokandi and Quentin Richardson.
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Darius Miles appeared in a documentary titled The Youngest Guns, which detailed Miles' and Richardson's first few years in the NBA.
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In October 2018, Darius Miles addressed mental health issues that he had battled after his career in a Player's Tribune article.