Tracking CJ's Mileage: A CJ Miles Season in Review

Tracking CJ's Mileage: A CJ Miles Season in Review

Recapping the 13th season for CJ Miles.

Recapping the 13th season for CJ Miles.

It’s safe to say that in 10 or so years when CJ Miles has been retired, he won’t be cherished in the annals of NBA history. He’s never stayed with one team long enough to create some kind of legacy that franchise, a la Nick Collison, Jeff Foster, etc..

But all things considered, CJ Miles was a solid piece for the Toronto Raptors this year and added another season consistent with the rest of his swingman career. In fact, he averaged 36.1% from deep this year, which is his exact 3-point percentage for his entire career.

CJ is a mercenary 3-point assassin who’s jumped between four teams (Utah, Cleveland, Indiana, and Toronto) over his 13 seasons in the NBA.

I picture him as a hired assassin with no commitment to any cause, but if you pay him enough he’ll fight on your side for a season or two, raining threes off the bench whether they’re falling or not.

CJ tacked on yet another season to his 13-year resume, adding another year of wear-and-tear to his mileage (I’m sorry). It wasn’t a standout year but one that’s relatively consistent with his career arc so far. He’s always been a spotty 3-point shooter who can get hot and take over games, but his consistency in being so spotty has held him back from ever being considered a “top shooter”, or getting any kind of large, sizeable contract.

But he’s certainly good enough to be a swingman in this league, and his veteran status will help him keep his job after his contract with Toronto is up, unless he decides to hang em up.

CJ came straight out of high school and never averaged more than 5 points a game in his first 3 years. Something clicked in his fourth year, and he’s been averaging about 10 or more ever since.

This year, he averaged exactly 10.0 PPG on 37.7 FG% and 36.1 3P%. Nothing to get overly excited by, but nothing to be disappointed in. It’s a drop-off from last season (which was his best year), but he was in a whole new system and was a key contributor of(19.1 MPG) to the 1st placed team in the East.

He was the vet of the bench mob.

Hashtag Raptors Podcast

Jordan Kligman and I each took a player and broke them down. I obviously took CJ Miles, Jordan took DeMar DeRozan.

Below lies the link to the 31st Episode of our podcast:

In this pod, we talked about both players. For CJ Miles, specifically, we gave him a season grade, compared him to other players in the league (past and present), recapped his best moments of the season and tried to predict his future with Toronto.

It’s safe to say that in 10 or so years when CJ Miles has been retired, he won’t be cherished in the annals of NBA history. He’s never stayed with one team long enough to create some kind of legacy that franchise, a la Nick Collison, Jeff Foster, etc..

But all things considered, CJ Miles was a solid piece for the Toronto Raptors this year and added another season consistent with the rest of his swingman career. In fact, he averaged 36.1% from deep this year, which is his exact 3-point percentage for his entire career.

CJ is a mercenary 3-point assassin who’s jumped between four teams (Utah, Cleveland, Indiana, and Toronto) over his 13 seasons in the NBA.

I picture him as a hired assassin with no commitment to any cause, but if you pay him enough he’ll fight on your side for a season or two, raining threes off the bench whether they’re falling or not.

CJ tacked on yet another season to his 13-year resume, adding another year of wear-and-tear to his mileage (I’m sorry). It wasn’t a standout year but one that’s relatively consistent with his career arc so far. He’s always been a spotty 3-point shooter who can get hot and take over games, but his consistency in being so spotty has held him back from ever being considered a “top shooter”, or getting any kind of large, sizeable contract.

But he’s certainly good enough to be a swingman in this league, and his veteran status will help him keep his job after his contract with Toronto is up, unless he decides to hang em up.

CJ came straight out of high school and never averaged more than 5 points a game in his first 3 years. Something clicked in his fourth year, and he’s been averaging about 10 or more ever since.

This year, he averaged exactly 10.0 PPG on 37.7 FG% and 36.1 3P%. Nothing to get overly excited by, but nothing to be disappointed in. It’s a drop-off from last season (which was his best year), but he was in a whole new system and was a key contributor of(19.1 MPG) to the 1st placed team in the East.

He was the vet of the bench mob.

Hashtag Raptors Podcast

Jordan Kligman and I each took a player and broke them down. I obviously took CJ Miles, Jordan took DeMar DeRozan.

Below lies the link to the 31st Episode of our podcast:

In this pod, we talked about both players. For CJ Miles, specifically, we gave him a season grade, compared him to other players in the league (past and present), recapped his best moments of the season and tried to predict his future with Toronto.

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