Diamond Miller told Rashad Milligan in a Swish Appeal interview that she was on the shorter side when she first started playing basketball, which is why she developed guard abilities. She has of course grown into the most enticing big guard prospect in her draft class. She is a long 6-foot-3 and is known for her pesky poking at the ball on defense and her long strides in transition.
Miller became Franklin High School’s all-time leading scorer as a junior, so the Warrior faithful of Somerset, New Jersey knew she was a special talent who was potentially destined for greatness at the next level or levels. And do you know who she passed to sit atop the program’s all-time scoring list? It was her sister, Adreana.
Miller’s older sisters, Adreana and Laniya, both played Division I basketball and, along with Miller’s father, Lance, inspired her love of the game. Miller also has a younger brother, Landen, who she plays against.
Growing up with these siblings in Somerset, one town northwest of New Brunswick and Rutgers University, Miller won three Group 4 state titles and two Tournament of Champions titles. As a senior, she was named New Jersey’s Gatorade Player of the Year. Her father, who played at Villanova and…
