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 (EASL) is an international basketball league featuring clubs from Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, and Macau. From 2017 to 2019, four pre-season tournaments (the Super 8 and the ...

. He played college basketball for

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and

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High school career

Miller is a native of

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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 Central Connecticut State 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

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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

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, 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

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. 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

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. 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

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of the

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

of the

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

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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 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 Basketball players from Cuyahoga County, Ohio Power forwards Riesen Ludwigsburg players Salt Lake City Stars players Soles de Mexicali players UConn Huskies men's basketball players 21st-century American sportsmen Hapoel Galil Elyon players American expatriate basketball people in Israel