Baba Miller, 20-year-old Spanish international player and member of the Florida State University basketball team, will enter the NCAA transfer portal, the university basketball league. This decision was announced by Jonathan Givony, ESPN’s college basketball and draft expert. At the same time, Miller will explore his options in the NBA draft before making a final decision regarding his future. Baba, who was recently crowned world champion with the Under-19 National Team in Hungary last July, has several doors open and will have to make a decision in the coming weeks.
Miller arrived in Florida in the summer of 2022 as one of the best prospects in European basketball, and Since then he has had NBA potential, but has never fit into the system of his coach, Leonard Hamilton., which has affected how the league’s franchises value him. For this reason, he will now look for a new opportunity in college basketball, on a team where he can have a greater role, in order to improve his options for the 2025 draft, although without closing the door to presenting himself this year. At the time, experts placed Miller as a top-10 draft pick, but in the latest predictions he has fallen to the second round. And that is why it is possible that Miller will go through the pre-draft process, to make himself known to executives, before returning to the NCAA.
April 27 is the deadline to announce your participation in the draft, although once your name is on the list, you will be able to work with the 30 franchises. Then he will have until June 16 to decide whether to maintain his candidacy or withdraw his name and continue in the university league for another year, which would be the logical step before submitting to the draft next summer. Yes, at least one Spanish name is expected to appear in the draft, that of Izan Almansa, after finishing his first season in the G-League with Ignite. Along with him, Real Madrid youth player and now Ratiopharm Ulm player, Juan Núñez, could be added.
In his second season with the Seminoles, Miller played in every game, starting in 32 of 33 games. He averaged 24.8 minutes per game with averages of 7.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and leading the team in blocks, with 37 throughout the campaign. It was his first full year at Florida State after the NCAA sanctioned him in 2023 for half of his games for a trip before being recruited by the university. The college league does not allow any compensation for recruits on unofficial trips, and Even though Miller and his family returned the $3,000 as soon as they were aware, The sanction left him playing only 15 games.
In his two seasons in Tallahassee, the team has won only 28 games out of the 67 games it has played. He becomes the third college player to enter the transfer portal, with De’Ante Green and Primo Spears being the other two, and It is not ruled out that more names will come after Miller after another season without access to March Madness, which they have not entered since 2021.
2024-03-30 12:55:51
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