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Meet Creighton’s Mason Miller, the son of a 2-time NBA championship winner

If Creighton’s Mason Miller seems familiar, it’s because you remember his dad’s NBA days.

If you watched the Creighton men’s basketball team defeat Akron in the first round of the 2024 NCAA tournament, you got to watch the son of an NBA legend in action.

Mason Miller, a sophomore forward for Creighton, is the son of former NBA player Mike Miller, a 17-year retired veteran who won two NBA titles with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

The elder Miller played college ball at Florida before being drafted by the Orlando Magic in 2000. He coached Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee, to a TSAA Class AAA state title in his only season as a coach, where Mason Miller played for his dad before joining Creighton.

Now, the younger Miller will keep playing on in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament with Creighton, where he scored 10 points for the Bluejays in that team’s opening-round victory.

*This post previously stated that Mike Miller was still the coach of Houston High. He left after the 2020-21 season.

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Sirius XM NBA: “We felt like we were in a good spot” Former NBA Shooting Guard & Paolo Banchero agent, @Mike Miller, explains to @TermineRadio & @LegsESPN why he didn’t work out for the Magic prior to the draft @Orlando Magic | #NBA2K23SummerLeague pic.twitter.com/KEODdDXn5G

The front office showed him a diagram …

The front office showed him a diagram of the facility, provided information on the city, and explained how the team wanted to play and how it could utilize his skill set within its system. After the Zoom call, Banchero and his agent, Mike Miller, were left with the impression that the Duke product was being recruited, sources told Yahoo Sports. Even though his head might have been somewhere else, he couldn’t ignore how attractive the Magic appeared. “I liked what they were showing me,” Banchero told Yahoo Sports. “They have a great staff. Even in my first meeting with them in Chicago during the combine, I liked what they were talking about. But like I said before, all the reports were that they weren’t really considering me. And then they made it clear before the draft that none of those reports were true and that they were very much interested in me. And so that’s when I kind of knew that it might not be Houston.”

All the primary characters come …

All the primary characters come together Thursday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN) as Banchero and the Magic face off against Smith and the Rockets at Las Vegas Summer League, hoping to shake off the awkwardness of the draft-night drama. “We didn’t know [Orlando was taking Banchero] until 10 minutes before the draft,” Rockets general manager Rafael Stone said. “I didn’t hear from the Magic telling me for sure until a few minutes before,” said Mike Miller, Banchero’s agent and a 17-year NBA veteran.

Mike Miller was on his couch in his …

Mike Miller was on his couch in his Eads home, just outside of Memphis, when the call came in. It was Mario Banchero, the father of former Duke freshman Paolo Banchero. “We’re coming to LIFT,” he told Miller. Mama, we made it. He didn’t say it out loud, but it was the first thought that came to the former NBA sharpshooter’s mind. LIFT is Let it Fly Team Sports Management, where Miller serves as president. Founded in 2020, it’s his latest venture in the basketball world after having spent 17 years in the NBA as a player, two seasons at the University of Memphis as an assistant coach and one season as the coach at Houston High School.

Banchero already had a relationship …

Banchero already had a relationship with a different agency that handled his NIL deals when he was at Duke, and Miller still won out. “I think it’s about staying in the game, being a part of it, helping these kids navigate the things I’ve been through, whether it’s playing or being in locker rooms or training,” Miller said last month in an exclusive interview. “Understanding their value. I think it’s a lot of those things. There’s a huge bucket of things I can help them with because I’ve seen it all for 17 years.”

Gaining the trust of Hampton, a top-5 …

Gaining the trust of Hampton, a top-5 player who skipped college and started his pro career playing overseas instead, legitimized the agency at the time and helped make the landing of Banchero possible, Miller said. “It started with R.J.,” Miller said. “For him to believe in us was impressive. He’s really happy. I’ve always believed if you do it right, the clients you have are your best recruiters. This year’s class is awesome. We’re excited about it. I’ve always said, it’s about the journey and about the work. If we can control those things, we’ll always be in the conversation. We can open doors and be in doors, but we have to prove ourselves.”