Cheryl Miller, (born January 3, 1964, Riverside, California, U.S.), American basketball player and coach who was one of the greatest players in the history of women's basketball. I had one frame that pretty much sums it up. Just minutes before the contest begins the next night, he will scrap all but one dunk he had prepared, almost totally improvising one of the greatest athletic exhibitions the NBA will ever see. He is an actor, with roles in the movies, "Goodbye to Language," "Culture Clash," and "Munchie Strikes Back." Eric is also a conceptual artist, and historian. Miller: I asked [Stackhouse] who he's got in this, and he said, "I'm going with Vince. Cheryl dominated high school competition, shattering virtually every state scoring record, including highest average in a season (37.5 points a game). In its stead would be a new shooting competition named 2-ball, where an NBA player would team with a WNBA player in a two-on-two shooting contest. And everybody's laughing. Its no surprise that the basketball coach would earn a handsome salary because its common sense to keep hard-working and dedicated players like her. A 6'3", 150-pound guard and forward, Cheryl Miller excelled in nearly every facet of basketball. Cheryl Miller's career as a baller may have been cut short, but her story is big 'Women of Troy' argues that Miller could have been the Michael Jordan of women's basketball, but it doesn't go far enough Women of Troy tells the pathbreaking story of Cheryl Miller. [It was] just, "You come up with one, I'll come up with one." No? Unlike Cheryl, he chose the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) over USC. And I said, "Dude " I turned the tape off and told him to get out of the room. The three-point shooting contest. No matter, for he completed his revolution while simultaneously windmilling the ball before stuffing it through the hoop with a ferocity nearly unseen before. After that, the team won over Brazil with a score of 9170. Grunwald: And Vince and Tracy get on the plane, and they were hungry already and they sort of saw what was there and they said, "Oh, man. The net worth of Cheryl Miller is estimated to be over $5 million. Lastly, she became the first woman to dunk a basketball in a women's basketball game. Growing up in an athletic family, Miller excelled in nearly every facet of basketball. Francis: Even coming into the [2000] dunk contest they said [Vince] was going to win. Frank Isola (NBA writer, New York Daily News): I remember thinking, like, "You're in New York City. Once it went through it was like, "Thank you, God.". Wise: When you've got reporters falling over themselves, which in some cases we were, you know you've upped the ante for the event. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. He finished his college career as UCLA's second all-time leading scorer behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Later, the basketball player worked in 2KSportsNBA 2K Series as the sideline reporter until 2013. Cheryl Miller was the first woman to dunk in organized play. Her gold medal performance at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles was so compelling that for a short time afterward, Miller may have been the most famous basketball player in the world, male or female. Ahead of the 1998 All-Star Weekend at Madison Square Garden, a committee of NBA personnel including Stern, Granik, Thorn and NBA Entertainment president and chief operating officer Adam Silver concluded the league would not put on its annual slam dunk contest. He's known for killing the New York Knicks, making three-pointers cool and scoring eight points in nine seconds (again, sorry Knicks). Dave Haggith (manager of media relations, Toronto Raptors): That was the thing that amazed me the most. Reggie Miller, Darrell Miller, Saul Miller Jr. Riverside Poly High School, University of Southern California. Brand: I'm kind of in a race [for rookie of the year] with Steve Francis, but we worked out together at Maryland, so that's who I'm rooting for to win the slam dunk contest. All of a sudden they were starting to build. Miller served as womens basketball analyst and men's basketball reporter for NBCs coverage of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Mike Wise (NBA columnist, New York Times): The greatest skywalkers weren't even competing. According to horoscope charts, the basketball player is Capricorn. He'd come over and be like, "I got something they ain't seen before." She got into the WBHOF a while later and was inducted to the FIBA HOF last year. Miller always wanted to beat the best player in the world, but he could never even beat the best player in his household. Darrell Armstrong (guard, Orlando Magic): [The crowd] was like, "What the hell?". Despite the underwhelming response to 2-ball and pleas from a large sect of NBA officials and followers to restore the dunk contest, there would be no dunk contest again in 1999. His thoughts turn to the half-dozen or so slams he has planned for the competition, a stacked affair that will feature four All-Stars, either present or future, including Carter's cousin and teammate. In November 1996, she became the first female analyst to call a nationally televised NBA game (TBS). She comes from an athletes' family. I mean, he just did not wanna do it. After a nearly 15-year coaching hiatus, Miller returned to the sidelines in 2014. Throughout the event, Miller averaged 20.6 points. I remember for me I felt like I was up there for, like, two minutes holding on. He's blasted her alma mater fornot giving her a large enough banner, finding a way to promote their cross-town rival (and his former school) the UCLA Bruins along the way. She did make occasional appearances as Studio Analyst for the NBA games. Williams: Sitting there and seeing it live was like, "OK, this is what the fans paid to see." The real hall of fame, the one that Reggie did not get in yet, not the woman's HOF. He came and said, "Young fella, congratulations," and we took a picture holding the trophy with my friends. In 2007, Cheryl was worried about her knee injury; hence, she retired from TNT for the rest of the season. McGrady stayed in the field, though like his cousin Carter, he did little preparation for the dunk contest. Copyright 2021, All Right Reserved MARRIEDCELEB. So I said to Tracy: "Just stand here and bounce it and get the hell out the way." And everybody was just like, "What? He had barely completed the slam when he practiced it. From 1986 to 1991, she worked as an assistant coach at USC and as a television sports commentator. His older sisterCheryl may have played a rolein that. I was looking to gain about 10 pounds on the trip. Cheryl Miller is active mainly on Twitter and has an Instagram account. Status: Retired; Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall-Of-Fame in 1995; Join Turner Sports/TNT as a analyst/reporter in September 1995; Named General Manager and coach of the Phoenix Mercury on January 1997. I see his dunks every day and how creative he is. She was the best women's player before the WNBAexisted. Reggie Miller has none. Isiah Thomas (judge, 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest): I don't know what made me jump up like that. He was gonna back out! Theus: That brought the dunk contest to another level, and it was one of those moments like when Marvin Gaye sang the national anthem [before the 1983 NBA All-Star Game]. She was just an athlete that came to play every night and she played well. Hicks later changed her first name to Cardte. Stanford junior Fran Belibi has been dunking since high school. Cheryl Miller was born in Riverside, California, on January 3, 1964, the third of her four children. Later, after completing her high school career, she joined the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she studied organic chemistry and quantum physics. just four points away from breaking Cheryl Miller's record of 105, asked the Torrance coach if they could take the court just long enough for her to score three more baskets. Vince Carter: I was definitely going for a perfect night. In 1985 Sports Illustrated named her National Player of the Year. But then Vince Carter comes out with the most amazing dunks I've ever seen. I'm a Dr. J fan. Saul, Jr., the eldest son of Saul and his wife, Carrie, followed in his father's footsteps and became a sax player in the Air Force jazz band. Keep visiting Married Celeb for more celebrity content! The United States Basketball League (USBL) tried to draft Miller after her college career. And I look around, and I could just feel the energy in the building off of just the anticipation, and I was just like, "Yeah, let's go for it.". It's one of those -- almost like the Jack Buck call: "I don't believe what I just saw.". Cynthia Cooper (judge, 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest): We knew he could dunk. She led the Women of Troy to the Mideast regional finals in the NCAA tournament in the spring of 1994. Miller: Vince and I, before we even [went on] air, I was giving him a hard time. Like, "Come on, bro." "I was just someone who loved the game so very much and had a passion for sport and life." But, knowing Tammy, she aint trippin lol. After her high school career, Miller attended Riverside Poly High School and later joined Southern California University in Los Angeles. Joe Louis' and Jesse Owens' defeat of German supremacists led to white America rooting for a black man. (? How are you not going to have the slam dunk contest? Meet His Brother Torann Meet Kerry And Ronald Rankine: AFL Star Izak Rankine Golden Eagles womens basketball program at Cal State LA as the head coach. I was fired up to be there. Snow also dunked in the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game. Grunwald: You know how you go to a movie and someone says, "This is the funniest thing I've ever seen," and then you go see the movie and it was funny but not the funniest movie you've ever seen? But they didn't know he just put his whole elbow in the rim and was hanging there by his elbow. The USA team earned a silver medal in the next match after hitting the game-winning shot by the USSR team. Miller: It was like a huge tsunami in the arena. She finished the break with a one-handed slam, becoming just the third player to dunk in a womens NCAA Tournament game, joining Baylors Brittney Griner and Tennessees Candace Parker. Posey: Everybody was like, "All right, that's just a basic dunk." A four-time All-American at the University of Southern California, she was named the National Player of the Year in 1984 and 1985. Kenny Smith was going crazy, like, "That's a wrap! She could also dunk!! Miller entered the booth following his NBA career. Haggith: It was shrimp cocktail, hors d'oeuvres -- you know, fancy food befitting a private jet flight. Carter seemed destined for this stage, ever since his first slam dunk in the sixth grade, a desperate attempt on the outdoor hardtop at Ormond Beach Middle School in Florida. Vince Carter: The traffic was so bad our car didn't show. "If I know I would have won the dunk contest [with it], that would have been the time to try it." Yet they are just a few of the many animal species found in Florida. And I saw Dr. J and Michael and Dominique. In 1984 Cheryl Miller played for the United States Girls Basketball Olympic team, considered by many to be the finest collection of women basketball players ever assembled. Spike Lee. Search instead in Creative? We were on the road in San Antonio at their facility. After Stackhouse's dunk, sideline reporter Cheryl Miller asked him, "Jerry, how tough was that act to follow?" and he laughed. I'd go up there, "What about today? Inside the Oakland Arena, a frenzy unlike many others was building for the first NBA Slam Dunk Contest in nearly 36 months. It took minutes for the crowd to calm down, long enough for Stackhouse and Davis to complete their first-round dunks in relative anonymity. Reggie, in his own way, recognizes his sister's greatness as much as anyone. In Stanfords first-round rout of Montana State, Belibi had a sequence that will go down in history. Vince Carter: Right before it was my turn, I remember sitting and thinking, "What am I gonna do?" Wise: David Steele, who at the time was with the San Francisco Chronicle, has this baritone laugh. She's the greatestballerof all time with the last name Miller. It was an emphatic 50 and would have been a much bigger deal were it not for what happened next. Miller is the Golden Bears' head coach in 2021. But I'm thinking, like, "Man, there's no way I could do any of that stuff.". 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