Willie Miller (basketball player)

Willie Miller

Miller (left) taking on Gary David
Free agent
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1977-07-13) July 13, 1977 (age 39) Olongapo, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PBA draft	2001 Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Batang Red Bull Thunder
Playing career	1999–present
Career history
1999–2000	Nueva Ecija Patriots
2001–2003	Batang Red Bull Thunder
2004–2006	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2006–2010	Alaska Aces
2010–2011	Barangay Ginebra Kings
2011–2012	Barako Bull Energy
2012–2013	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2013–2014	Barako Bull Energy
2015	Talk N' Text Tropang Texters
2015–2016	Pilipinas MX3 Kings
Career highlights and awards
4× PBA champion (2001 Commissioner's, 2002 Commissioner's, 2007 Fiesta, 2015 Commissioner's) 2× PBA Finals Most Valuable Player (2002 Commissioner's, 2007 Fiesta) 2× PBA Most Valuable Player (2002, 2007) 2× PBA Best Player of the Conference (2005 Fiesta, 2009 Philippine) 9× PBA All-Star Game (2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2011) 3× PBA Mythical First Team (2002, 2005, 2007) 2× PBA Mythical Second Team (2008, 2009) PBA All-Defensive Team (2003) PBA All-Star Co-Finals Most Valuable Player (2007) 2× PBA Obstacle Challenge champion (2006, 2008) PBA Trick Shot Challenge champion (2006) PBA Motolite Pangmatagalan Player of the Year (2009) PBA Sportsmanship Award (2014) PBA 40 Greatest Players NCAA Rookie of the Year (1995)

Willie V. Miller, Jr. (born July 13, 1977) is a Filipino professional basketball player. He last played for the Pilipinas MX3 Kings of the ASEAN Basketball League. He has started at the point guard position mostly but could also play the shooting guard spot. Miller has won four PBA championships and two PBA Most Valuable Player Awards.

Miller played collegiate basketball for Letran, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future PBA superstar. After graduating, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2001 PBA draft by the Thunder. Miller led them to two PBA championships before he got traded to the Alaska Aces where he also won one.

Willie Miller played collegiate ball for the Letran Knights in the NCAA.

In 1999, Miller turned pro and instead opted to play for the expansion Nueva Ecija Patriots of the MBA. With Miller parading the Patriots, he was ranked second in the league in scoring averaging 23.6 a contest and made it to the MBA First Five. However, the Patriots won only five games in his first season.

Despite another impressive second year with Nueva Ecija, they never made it to the playoffs as the team ranked among the worst teams in the league during the 2000 season.

In 2001, Miller opted out of the MBA to join the PBA Rookie Draft. Batang Red Bull Thunder, with the top overall pick in the draft, selected Miller as the first pick, despite speculations of possibly choosing Filipino-American John Arigo.

In his first season, Miller was playing the backup role to Jimwell Torion at point guard but was able to contribute solid numbers in his PBA debut. He played a key role in Red Bull's 2001 Commissioners Cup championship upset of the San Miguel Beermen. In Game 5, he made a last-second block on Beermen import Nate Johnson to preserve the Thunder's victory, and a 3-2 series lead.