Former Kansas University point guard Aaron Miles will travel overseas to play basketball again this season. Miles, who averaged 10.2 points and 3.7 assists for Pau, France, in the Euroleague last season, has signed a one-year deal with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain’s top professional league.
Terms were not announced, but contracts in that league can land a player between $300,000-$800,000 per year in U.S. dollars. “Aaron has a very high value. We had offers from teams all over Europe, and a number of NBA teams showed interest,” Miles’ agent, Chris Emens of Octagon, said. “For him to go to the NBA and turn down this kind of money, we need a full guarantee. Teams that like him say, ‘We’d like to give a full guarantee, but we like to see how things work out (with some other players).’
“What happens if he waits and a situation makes it impossible to sign him? Then he’s left without (Spain). If somebody gave him a full guaranteed deal (in NBA), he’d have taken it. This was the right move. It gives him the financial security to take bigger risks professionally.”
Miles, 24, averaged 7.0 points and 4.6 assists while playing five games for the Washington Wizards summer-league team. He made 14 of 25 shots and had 23 assists against five turnovers. Emens said he’s confident Miles could have made the Wizards roster, but the squad, which is close to the luxury tax cap, has to await some legal issues involving Andray Blatche before deciding whether to keep the troubled player or sign somebody like Miles.