C. J. Miles

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = C. J. Miles

| image = C.J. Miles.jpg

| caption = Miles with the Utah Jazz in 2010

| width = 250

| position = Small forward / shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 220

| league =

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|3|18}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| high_school = Skyline (Dallas, Texas)

| draft_year = 2005

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 34

| draft_team = Utah Jazz

| career_start = 2005

| career_end = 2022

| career_number = 34, 0, 6, 50

| years1 = {{nbay|2005|start}}–{{nbay|2011|end}}

| team1 = Utah Jazz

| years2 = 2006

| team2 = →Albuquerque Thunderbirds

| years3 = 2007

| team3 = →Idaho Stampede

| years4 = {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2013|end}}

| team4 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years5 = {{nbay|2014|start}}–{{nbay|2016|end}}

| team5 = Indiana Pacers

| years6 = {{nbay|2017|start}}–{{nbay|2018|end}}

| team6 = Toronto Raptors

| years7 = {{nbay|2018|end}}

| team7 = Memphis Grizzlies

| years8 = {{nbay|2019|full=y}}

| team8 = Washington Wizards

| years9 = 2021

| team9 = NBA G League Ignite

| years10 = {{nbay|2021|start}}

| team10 = Boston Celtics

| years11 = 2022

| team11 = NBA G League Ignite

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 8,108 (9.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 2,011 (2.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 914 (1.1 apg)

| bbr = milescj01

}}

Calvin Andre "C. J." Miles Jr. (born March 18, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the NBA. A native of Dallas, Miles was drafted in 2005 by the Utah Jazz after finishing high school.

High school career

Miles attended Skyline High School for Architecture in Dallas, where he was named to the Parade All-American First Team. He averaged 23.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists as a junior and 23.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists as a senior.

Miles led Skyline to the Class 5A Region II quarterfinals as a senior and was named All-Dallas Area Player of the Year by The Dallas Morning News. He was also named a 2005 McDonald's High School All-American. He was listed as the 19th best senior prospect by Rivals.com and ranked the 10th best senior in the country by Scout.com.

Skyline retired his No. 34 jersey making him only the second player in school history to receive the honor, joining former NBA star Larry Johnson.

He capped off his high school career by scoring 13 points in the McDonald's High School All-America Game and 16 points in the Michael Jordan Classic.

Professional career

=Utah Jazz (2005–2012)=

Miles committed to the University of Texas at Austin, stating that if he was not selected in the first round of the NBA draft he would play for the Longhorns. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 2nd round, with the 34th pick of the 2005 NBA draft but decided to forego college when the Jazz offered a two-year guaranteed contract equivalent to that of a late first round selection. At age 18, he became the youngest player in Jazz franchise history.

During the 2005–06 season, the Jazz assigned Miles to the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA Development League (D-League) in order for him to attain more experience.{{cite news |url=http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/Jazz_assign_CJ_Miles_to_DLeage.html |title=Utah Jazz assign C.J. Miles to D-League |publisher=NBA |access-date=July 4, 2007 }}

After playing 21 games during the 2006–07 NBA season, he was again assigned by the Jazz to the D-League, this time to the Idaho Stampede.{{cite news |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/idaho/miles_assigned_070111.html |title=Jazz Assign C.J. Miles to Stampede |publisher=NBA |date=January 11, 2007 |access-date=January 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221034623/http://www.nba.com/dleague/idaho/miles_assigned_070111.html |archive-date=February 21, 2007 }}

Miles is known as the subject of one of the most memorable post-game interviews of the 2006–07 NBA season, where coach Jerry Sloan stated, "I don't care if he's 19 or 30. If he's going to be on the floor in the NBA, he's got to be able to step up and get after it. We can't put diapers on him one night, and a jockstrap the next night. It's just the way it is." Miles at the time was the youngest player on the Jazz roster.{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650204371,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154812/http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650204371,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=Jazz erase 15-point deficit to douse Suns |first=Tim |last=Buckley |work=Deseret Morning News |date=November 4, 2006 |access-date=July 4, 2007 }}

On July 18, 2008, Miles signed a 4-year, 14.8 million offer sheet with the Oklahoma City Thunder.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/nba_news/miles_080718.html |title=Oklahoma City Signs Miles to Offer Sheet |website=NBA.com |access-date=July 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725231114/http://www.nba.com/nba_news/miles_080718.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3496083 Jazz guard Miles signed to multiyear offer sheet by OKC] Since he was a restricted free agent, the Jazz had seven days to decide to match the offer or not. They matched the deal on July 25, making Miles stay in Utah.[http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz_match_cjmiles_offer.html Utah Jazz Exercises First Right of Refusal on C.J. Miles] At the start of the 2010-2011 NBA season, Miles was assigned the role of the Jazz's sixth man. On November 20, 2010, set a career high in three-point field goals made with 7. On March 16, 2011, Miles recorded a career-high 40 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves.{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com.au/nba/recap/_/gameId/310316026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217043710/https://www.espn.com.au/nba/recap/_/gameId/310316026|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2022|title=C.J. Miles buries Wolves under career-high 40 points as Jazz cruise|work=ESPN|agency=The Associated Press|date=17 March 2011|access-date=17 December 2022|location=Salt Lake City}}

=Cleveland Cavaliers (2012–2014)=

File:C.J. Miles Cleveland Cavaliers (cropped).jpg

On August 8, 2012, Miles signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.{{cite news |url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/miles_signing_120808.html |title=Cavaliers Sign C.J. Miles|work=NBA.com |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=August 9, 2012 }} On January 7, 2014, Miles recorded a Cavaliers franchise-high 10 three-pointers in a 111–93 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/400489382|title=C.J. Miles' team-record 10 3-pointers spark Cavs' rout of 76ers|work=ESPN|agency=The Associated Press|date=7 January 2014|access-date=17 December 2022|location=Cleveland}}

=Indiana Pacers (2014–2017)=

On July 11, 2014, Miles signed a four-year, $18 million contract with the Indiana Pacers.[http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-announce-three-player-signings Pacer Sign Free Agents C.J. Miles and Damjan Rudez; Re-sign Lavoy Allen][http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2014/07/pacers-sign-miles.html Pacers To Sign C.J. Miles] On November 24, 2015, he had his best game as a Pacer, scoring 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting in a 123–106 win over the Washington Wizards.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/games/20151124/INDWAS/gameinfo.html |title=George scores 40, Pacers make 19 3s to beat Wizards 123-106 |website=NBA.com |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821143358/http://www.nba.com/games/20151124/INDWAS/gameinfo.html |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

=Toronto Raptors (2017–2019)=

On July 18, 2017, Miles signed a three-year, $25 million contract with the Toronto Raptors.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/press-releases/raptors-sign-cj-miles|title=Raptors Sign C.J. Miles|work=NBA.com|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/raptors-make-signing-veteran-guard-c-j-miles-official/|title=Raptors officially sign veteran guard C.J. Miles|work=sportsnet.ca|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017}} In his debut for the Raptors in their season opener on October 19, 2017, Miles scored 22 points in a 117–100 win over the Chicago Bulls. He went 6 for 9 from 3-point range and had five rebounds.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400974769|title=Valanciunas, Miles help Raptors beat Bulls 117-100 in opener|work=ESPN.com|date=October 19, 2017|access-date=October 19, 2017}}

=Memphis Grizzlies (2019)=

On February 7, 2019, Miles was traded, along with Jonas Valančiūnas, Delon Wright and a 2024 second-round draft pick, to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Marc Gasol.{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/raptors/press-release/raptors-acquire-gasol-from-grizzlies|title=Raptors Acquire Gasol From Grizzlies|work=NBA.com|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}

=Washington Wizards (2019–2020)=

On July 6, 2019, Miles was traded to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Dwight Howard.{{cite web|title=Wizards acquire C.J. Miles from Memphis|url=https://www.nba.com/wizards/wizards-acquire-cj-miles-grizzlies-dwight-howard-trade|date=July 6, 2019|work=NBA.com|access-date=July 6, 2019}} On December 4, 2019, the Wizards announced that Miles had undergone successful surgery to repair ligament damage in his left wrist and would be sidelined.{{cite web|title=C.J. Miles Injury Update|url=https://www.nba.com/wizards/cj-miles-injury-update-wrist-surgery|date=December 4, 2019|work=NBA.com|access-date=December 4, 2019}} On January 12, 2020, Miles was waived by the Washington Wizards.{{cite web|title=Wizards waive CJ Miles|url=https://www.nba.com/wizards/wizards-waive-cj-miles|date=January 12, 2020|website=NBA.com|access-date=January 12, 2020}}

=NBA G League Ignite (2021)=

On December 17, 2021, Miles signed with the NBA G League Ignite,{{cite web|title=Ignite Adds Veteran CJ Miles|url=https://ignite.gleague.nba.com/news/ignite-adds-veteran-cj-miles/|website=NBA.com|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=December 18, 2021}} playing that night.{{cite web|title=12/17/21: Ignite Secures Win At Santa Cruz|url=https://gleague.nba.com/games/20211217/GLISCW/|website=NBA.com|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

=Boston Celtics (2021)=

On December 20, 2021, Miles signed a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics.{{cite web|title=Celtics Sign C.J. Miles|url=https://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/celtics-sign-cj-miles|website=NBA.com|date=December 20, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

= Return to the Ignite (2022) =

On January 20, 2022, Miles re-joined the NBA G League Ignite.{{Cite web|title=CJ Miles rejoins G League Ignite|url=https://hoopshype.com/rumor/cj-miles-rejoins-g-league-ignite/|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=HoopsHype|date=January 20, 2022 }}

NBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2005}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 23 || 0 || 8.8 || .368 || .250 || .750 || 1.7 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 3.4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2006}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 37 || 13 || 10.1 || .345 || .219 || .609 || .9 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 2.7

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2007}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 60 || 13 || 11.5 || .479 || .390 || .788 || 1.3 || .9 || .5 || .1 || 5.0

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2008}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 72 || 72 || 22.5 || .459 || .352 || .876 || 2.3 || 1.5 || .6 || .2 || 9.1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2009}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 63 || 28 || 23.8 || .429 || .341 || .695 || 2.7 || 1.7 || .9 || .3 || 9.9

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2010}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 78 || 19 || 25.2 || .407 || .322 || .811 || 3.3 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || 12.8

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2011}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 56 || 14 || 20.4 || .381 || .307 || .794 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .8 || .3 || 9.1

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2012}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland

| 65 || 13 || 21.0 || .415 || .384 || .869 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .8 || .3 || 11.2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2013}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland

| 51 || 34 || 19.3 || .435 || .393 || .853 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .9 || .3 || 9.9

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2014}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana

| 70 || 40 || 26.3 || .398 || .345 || .807 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .9 || .4 || 13.5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2015}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana

| 64 || 24 || 22.9 || .409 || .367 || .750 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .8 || .5 || 11.8

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2016}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana

| 76 || 29 || 23.4 || .434 || .413 || .903 || 3.0 || .6 || .6 || .3 || 10.7

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2017}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto

| 70 || 3 || 19.1 || .379 || .361 || .835 || 2.2 || .8 || .5 || .3 || 10.0

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2018}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto

| 40 || 1 || 14.1 || .340 || .314 || .795 || 1.7 || .6 || .5 || .3 || 5.5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2018}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Memphis

| 13 || 0 || 22.6 || .400 || .364 || .929 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .6 || .4 || 9.3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2019}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Washington

| 10 || 0 || 16.1 || .322 || .314 || .750 || 1.2 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .4 || 6.4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2021}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Boston

| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || — || — || — || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 849 || 303 || 20.4 || .411 || .358 || .809 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .7 || .3 || 9.6

=Playoffs=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2008

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 7 || 0 || 3.7 || .357 || .250 || .000 || .7 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 1.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 5 || 0 || 11.6 || .300 || .250 || .750 || 1.4 || .2 || .4 || .2 || 3.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2010

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

| 10 || 10 || 33.7 || .443 || .326 || .897 || 2.5 || 2.8 || .6 || .6 || 14.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2016

| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana

| 7 || 0 || 13.1 || .263 || .100 || .667 || 3.4 || .6 || .1 || .1 || 3.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2017

| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana

| 4 || 2 || 20.5 || .458 || .313 || 1.000 || 2.0 || .3 || .5 || .3 || 7.3

| style="text-align:left;"| 2018

| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto

| 10 || 1 || 22.7 || .451 || .422 || .813 || 2.4 || .8 || .7 || .3 || 9.6

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 44 || 13 || 18.8 || .407 || .315 || .848 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .5 || .3 || 7.3

Personal life

In 2010, Miles began dating Lauren Smith while she was playing college basketball as a senior at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. The couple got engaged in 2015 and married in 2016.[https://medium.com/@jeremy.allen6/shes-married-to-an-nba-veteran-but-don-t-call-her-a-basketball-wife-150e228468e7 She's married to an NBA veteran, but don't call her a basketball wife] His wife gave birth to a girl on November 23, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400975022|title=Stephenson's late flurry leads Pacers over Raptors, 107-104|work=ESPN.com|date=November 24, 2017|access-date=November 25, 2017}}

On July 3, 2020, Miles and his wife gave birth to another baby girl amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. They are expecting their third child, a boy, in June 2023.

In October 2022, Miles and Amit Mann started a Toronto Raptors-based podcast, titled Strictly Hoops.{{Cite web |title=Strictly Hoops: Welcome to our new show with former Raptor C.J. Miles |url=https://shows.acast.com/raptorsovereverything/episodes/strictly-hoops-welcome-to-our-new-show-with-former-raptor-cj |access-date=February 26, 2023 |website=Raptors Over Everything|date=October 28, 2022 }} The podcast is made in partnership with Yahoo! Sports Canada.