36 Facts About Quincy Miller

Quincy Miller played for the Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, as well as the Reno Bighorns, Iowa Energy and Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.

Quincy Miller was born in the Chicago metropolitan area and was raised there until the age of 13, at which point he moved to live with an uncle in North Carolina so that he could live a better life.

Quincy Miller attended four different high schools, but eventually became one of the top ten high school basketball prospects in the class of 2011.

Quincy Miller played for USA Basketball in the 2010 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

Quincy Miller was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year by Sporting News.

Quincy Miller began to get regular playing time midway through his second season, and in the final weeks of his second season he became an everyday starter due to injury.

Quincy Miller transferred from North Chicago High School and played his freshman season for Fairmont High School before transferring to Quality Education Academy, where he grew 8 inches as a sophomore.

Quincy Miller was relatively unknown until the 2009 Pangos All-American Camp and the Hoop Jamboree.

Quincy Miller led the school to the National Christian Schools Athletic Association title.

Quincy Miller announced that along with the transfer, he would be changing jersey numbers from 35 to 22.

In June 2010, Quincy Miller was the sixth man for the gold medal-winning team at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

Quincy Miller led the team in rebounding average for the tournament, was second in scoring average, and made the game-winning 3-point shot with 25 seconds remaining in the championship game against Brazil.

In December 2010, Quincy Miller suffered a torn ACL, ending his senior season, and high school career.

Quincy Miller did not play in the game, but participated in drills.

Quincy Miller was a first team All-American selection by SLAM Magazine.

Quincy Miller was rated as the No 4 player by Scout.

At the time of the announcement, Quincy Miller was the top-ranked high school class of 2011 power forward in the nation according to Rivals.

Quincy Miller was selected as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year by The Sporting News.

However, Quincy Miller later decided to forgo his final three years of eligibility and enter the NBA draft.

Quincy Miller was selected in the second round of the 2012 NBA draft with the 38th pick overall by the Nuggets.

Quincy Miller's representative was Dwon Clifton of the Envision Sports Agency.

Quincy Miller made the Nuggets' regular season roster, though he did not play in any games during the preseason.

Quincy Miller again participated in the NBA Summer League for the Nuggets in 2013.

On December 27,2013, Quincy Miller scored a career-high 9 points against the New Orleans Pelicans.

On October 27,2014, Quincy Miller was waived by the Nuggets.

Quincy Miller was a finalist for NBA D-League Player of the Month that month.

On January 17,2015, Quincy Miller signed a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings.

On February 21,2015, Quincy Miller signed a 10-day contract with the Detroit Pistons.

Quincy Miller managed to appear in just four games for the Pistons to finish the season.

On July 13,2015, Quincy Miller was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Steve Blake.

On June 13,2016, Quincy Miller signed a two-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, Quincy Miller won the 2017 Israeli State Cup with Maccabi.

On July 28,2017, Quincy Miller signed a two-year deal with the German club Brose Bamberg.

Quincy Miller signed with Taoyuan Pauian Archiland of the Super Basketball League and played five games, averaging 15 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, before the league was prematurely shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak.

On December 23,2020, Quincy Miller signed with Benfica of the Portuguese Basketball League.

Quincy Miller averaged 12.3 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game.

Quincy Miller's mother is a nurse and he has 14 siblings.