Curtis Millage

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Curtis Millage Superleague All-Star.jpg

| caption = Millage at the 2011 Superleague All-Star Game

| name = Curtis Millage

| position = Point guard / shooting guard

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 195

| league =

| team =

| number = 14, 4, 24

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|4}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| highschool = Manual Arts (Los Angeles, California)

| college =

| draft_year = 2003

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2017

| years1 = 2003–2004

| team1 = Würzburg Baskets

| years2 = 2004

| team2 = Fayetteville Patriots

| years3 = 2004–2005

| team3 = Utah Snowbears

| years4 = 2005–2006

| team4 = Zhejiang Whirlwinds

| years5 = 2006

| team5 = Split

| years6 = 2006–2008

| team6 = ASK Riga

| years7 = 2008–2009

| team7 = Enisey Krasnoyarsk

| years8 = 2009–2010

| team8 = Union Olimpija

| years9 = 2010

| team9 = Hyères-Toulon

| years10 = 2010–2011

| team10 = BC Khimik

| years11 = 2011–2012

| team11 = VEF Rīga

| years12 = 2012

| team12 = Armia Tbilisi

| years13 = 2013

| team13 = Donetsk

| years14 = 2013

| team14 = Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi

| years15 = 2013–2014

| team15 = BC Kalev/Cramo

| years16 = 2014–2015

| team16 = U-BT Cluj-Napoca

| years17 = 2015–2016

| team17 = Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

| years18 = 2016

| team18 = Hoops Club

| years19 = 2016–2017

| team19 = AZS Koszalin

| highlights =

}}

Curtis Millage (born May 4, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for who last played for AZS Koszalin of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for Arizona State. At {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}} and {{convert|195|lb|kg}}, he usually plays as a point guard, but he also can play as a shooting guard.

Pro career

After finishing his college basketball career at Arizona State, Millage turned pro. He has since played in China, Croatia, Ukraine and Latvia. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons he played with ASK Riga. In October 2008, he signed a contract for one season with the Russian team Enisey Krasnoyarsk. After one season in Russia he signed with Slovenian club Union Olimpija which plays in Euroleague.TalkBasket.net, [http://www.talkbasket.net/2368-olimpija-gets-curtis-millage.html Union Olimpija gets Curtis Millage] In 2009, he signed in Hyères Toulon Var Basket in France. In August 2011 he signed a one-year deal with BK VEF Rīga.[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/87029/180/vef-riga-signs-millage VEF Riga signs Millage]

In September 2012, he signed with Armia Tbilisi.{{cite web|title=Armia inks Curtis Millage|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Georgia/basketball.aspx?NewsID=288743|work=Eurobasket.com|accessdate=21 April 2013}} In January 2013, he signed with BC Donetsk.{{cite web|title=Curtis Millage joins BC Donetsk|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/curtis-millage-joins-bc-donetsk/|work=court-side.com|date=2 January 2013 |accessdate=21 April 2013}} In September 2013, he signed with Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi.{{cite news|title=Curtis Millage (ex BC Donetsk) signs at Selcuk Universitesi|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/332808|accessdate=15 September 2013|newspaper=Eurobasket.com}} He parted ways with them in November 2013, after playing only 5 games. In December 2013, Millage signed a one-month deal with BC Kalev/Cramo.{{cite news|title=Curtis Millage signs a one-month deal with Kalev/Cramo|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/estonia/70043/curtis-millage-signs-a-one-month-deal-with-kalevcramo.html|accessdate=21 December 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net}} In October 2014, he signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of Romania.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/romania/137511/curtis-millage-signs-with-u-mobilteco-cluj-napoca.html Curtis Millage signs with U-Mobilteco Cluj Napoca]

On November 2, 2016, Millage signed with Hoops Club.[http://www.sportando.com/en/world/asia/216157/curtis-millage-inks-in-lebanon-with-hoops-club.html Curtis Millage inks in Lebanon with Hoops Club] On December 15, 2016, he left Hoops Club and signed with Polish club AZS Koszalin.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/poland/220345/azs-koszalin-adds-curtis-millage.html AZS Koszalin adds Curtis Millage]

Millage announced his retirement from basketball in 2017. On July 8, 2019, Millage was hired as head coach of men's basketball for Shadow Mountain High School, following the departure of former NBA player Mike Bibby.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=Former Arizona State player replacing Mike Bibby as Shadow Mountain boys basketball coach|url=https://usatodayhss.com/2019/curtis-millage-replacing-mike-bibby-shadow-mountain-coach|access-date=2021-12-03|website=USA TODAY High School Sports|language=en-US}}

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