<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A pass-first, shoot-second point guard, Kansas University senior Aaron Miles didn't try to reinvent himself at last week's Portsmouth (Va.) Invitational Tournament for NBA scouts. "I played the way I normally play -- play to win and make it a team game, get my teammates involved," Miles said Sunday, a day after being named winner of the tourney's sportsmanship award. Kentucky's Chuck Hayes earned MVP honors. "We tried to win the tournament. That didn't happen, but we did win two of three games," the 6-foot-1 Miles said. Miles, who scored 16 points off 4-of-11 shooting with 22 assists and 13 turnovers in three games, impressed quickly in the sportsmanship department. He took just three shots and failed to score, yet he created for teammates in leading his Norfolk Naval Shipyard squad to a 103-69 victory in the tourney opener. "Aaron did not score, but dominated the game completely by controlling the tempo, running his team to perfection and completely shutting down his man," said Jonathan Givony, deputy director of scouting of draftcity.com, who watched every minute of Miles' three games. "The first five minutes, Aaron was tenacious. I've never seen him with that much intensity. The second his man crossed the halfcourt line, he got in his grill," Givony added. "All he seemed to care about was making his teammates look good." Miles, who had six assists and four turnovers in the opening victory, scored six points off 1-of-2 shooting with three assists and two turnovers in Game Two, a 92-59 blowout loss. </div> Source He should be a lock to be selected in the 2nd round after his performance. He should be a solid backup in the NBA.
The heading to this article is funny to me, cuz the 3 scouts I spoke with this weekend about the PIT said Miles made them walk away crying. From early indications, very few of these players will even get an invite to Chicago, and it was one of the worst PIT fields in memory. Checklist of report cards for Aaron Miles. Can't shoot, can't defend, suspect penetration, handle was above par but several people were very turned off by his 13 turnovers in just 3 games. You do the math, that's over 4 per game, against this field of competition. I hope Aaron can spell NBDL.
Yeah, Voodoo and I were looking at the box score, and he didn't look like he produced as well as this article is stating. He had only 3 assists in one game and 4 points, I believe. But I still think he'll get drafted somewhere in the second round.
