Shonn Devante Miller (born August 26, 1993) is an American professional

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player who last played for the

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of the

East Asia Super League The East Asia Super League (Simplified Chinese:东亚超级联赛; Traditional Chinese: 東亞超級聯賽; Korean: 동아시아 슈퍼리그; Japanese: 東アジアスーパーリーグ), abbreviated as EASL, is a basketball league featuring cl ...

. He played college basketball for

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and

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High school career

Miller is a native of

Euclid, Ohio Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 49,692. History The City of Euclid was originally a part of Euclid Township, first map ...

and attended St. Ignatius High School. He played for the King James Shooting Stars AAU team. Miller was an Associated Press Divisions I All-Ohio Honorable Mention as a senior.

College career

Miller was coach Bill Courtney's first recruit at Cornell. In 2011-12, he was the

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rookie of the year. He injured his shoulder in a game at

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and missed the final four games of the regular season, all Cornell losses. He still was named to the First Team All-Ivy League after averaging 11.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Miller was forced to sit out his junior season due to shoulder surgery as the Big Red won only two games without him. On March 3, 2015, Cornell upset league champion

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57-49, with Miller contributing 24 points and 15 rebounds. As a senior, he averaged 16.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All-Ivy. Miller also led the team in blocks and steals and became the first player in Cornell history to amass 100 blocks and 100 steals in a career. Courtney called him the most talented player he coached. Due to an Ivy League rule that forbids graduate players, Miller was forced to transfer for his final season of eligibility. He opted to transfer to

, which was coming off a 20-15 season and NIT appearance. He chose the Huskies after a phone call with

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but would have preferred to stay with Cornell. Miller scored a season-high 25 points in a 99-52 blowout of

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on December 23, 2015, in a game that saw teammate Daniel Hamilton post a triple-double. In his only season with the Huskies, he averaged 12.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He was named an Honorable Mention All-

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Professional career

Miller played with the

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in the NBA Summer League. He was selected by the

Greensboro Swarm The Greensboro Swarm are an American basketball team of the NBA G League based in Greensboro, North Carolina, and are affiliated with the Charlotte Hornets. The Swarm play their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse. The team became ...

13th overall in the 2016 NBA Development League Draft. In March, 2018, Miller signed with the

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and averaged 4.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in five games. In August 2019, Miller signed with

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Est ...

, Portuguese champion of 2018-2019. On September 13, 2020, he signed with

Soles de Mexicali The Soles de Mexicali (English: ''Mexicali Suns'') is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The team was founded ...

of the

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. Miller spent the 2020-21 season with

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of the

Serie A2 Basket Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with pro ...

. He averaged 13.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.0 steal per game. On August 27, 2021, Miller signed with Kolossos Rodou of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. In 21 games, he averaged 11.5 points, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 blocks and 0.9 steals, playing around 25 minutes per contest. On July 29, 2022, he has signed with

Niners Chemnitz Niners Chemnitz e.V., also named Chemnitz 99, is a German basketball club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. Currently, the team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Since its foundation, the team has played in Germany's lower divisions but moved up se ...

of the

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(BBL). On January 4, 2024, Miller signed with the

of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA) to replace Zach Lofton as the team's import for the

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup The 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2023–24 Honda PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2023–24 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 21st edition of the ...

and the 2023–24 East Asia Super League.

References

External links

UConn Huskies bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Shonn 1993 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Mexico American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American expatriate basketball people in Portugal Basketball players from Ohio Cornell Big Red men's basketball players Fuerza Regia de Monterrey players Greensboro Swarm players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players Meralco Bolts players Niners Chemnitz players Philippine Basketball Association imports Sportspeople from Euclid, Ohio Power forwards Riesen Ludwigsburg players Salt Lake City Stars players Soles de Mexicali players UConn Huskies men's basketball players