Darius Miles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Darius LaVar Miles (born October 9 in Belleville, Illinois ) is an American basketball player for the NBA 's Portland Trail Blazers Miles attended East St. Louis High School, and, after failing to receive a qualifying SAT score to attend St. John's University , entered the 2000 NBA Draft and was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the third overall pick, making him the highest-drafted high school player ever at that time. For the next two NBA seasons, Miles, a 6' 9", 210 pound (95 kg) small forward , formed, along with Lamar Odom Quentin Richardson , and Elton Brand , the core of a young Clippers team that became popular among young basketball fans for their exciting, high-flying style of play. Prior to the 2002-03 season, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers . The Cavaliers had a disastrous 17-65 season, with Miles' own futility being the target of much media criticism. Luckily, the Cavaliers, with the worst record in the league, won the NBA Draft Lottery and were able to select high school phenom LeBron James , a close friend of Miles', with the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft . With a budding superstar in James, Cleveland no longer need Miles' and traded him to the | |
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