Daxter Miles Jr.

Miles was signed to a two-way contract by the Sacramento Kings after going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft. He was selected with the 11th overall pick by the Iowa Wolves in the 2018 NBA G League draft. Miles was traded to the Northern Arizona Suns in exchange for Xavier Silas, Roddy Peters, and a second round pick in the 2019 NBA G League draft. In his debut with the Suns, Miles scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Miles averaged 15.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.1 steals in 21 games in his second season in Northern Arizona. On January 9, 2020, he was traded to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in exchange for Ike Nwamu. He had 21 points in his first game for the Mad Ants, a 113-105 win over the Capital City Go-Go.

As a junior, he posted averages of 8.8 points, 1.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game. Coming into his senior season, Miles was on the Jerry West Award watchlist. In November 2017, Miles scored 26 points in an 83-79 win over Missouri in the AdvoCare Invitational finals. He became the 52nd member of the 1,000 points club in a win against Coppin State on December 21. As a senior, he was named to the Big 12 Conference All-Tournament team after scoring 66 points en route to a runner-up showing. Miles averaged 12.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from behind the arc. In his career he started 124 games, second in West Virginia history to Johannes Herber.

Miles committed to play for the West Virginia Mountaineers and coach Bob Huggins over offers from Oklahoma State and Kansas State. On March 25, 2015, the freshman Miles predicted that Kentucky would suffer its first loss to West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. Instead, Kentucky beat the Mountaineers 78-39, with no points from Miles. He averaged 7.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, Miles registered 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.

Daxter Miles Jr. (born January 5, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He competed in college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Miles was born on January 5, 1996, the son of Daxter Miles Sr, who played basketball as a youth, and Renee Reid. He has a twin sister, Diamond. The younger Miles grew up at 240 Bond Street in East Baltimore and has a "240" tattoo. Miles played two years of high school basketball at Archbishop Curley High School and one at IMG Academy in Florida. As a senior, he transferred to Dunbar High School where he was coached by Cyrus Jones, a friend of his father's. He led the Poets to a Class 1A state basketball championship and scored 15 points in the title game. He was named to the Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team. Michael Carvelli described him as "a prep star who focused much of his energy on the different ways he could find his way into the scoring column."