Former NBA heart Oliver Miller died on the age of 54, the Phoenix Suns introduced on Wednesday.
Eddie Johnson, a former NBAer and the longtime TV analyst for the Suns, initially revealed the information through social media put up.
“I’m so unhappy to report we’ve misplaced one other @NBA Fraternity member! 9 12 months veteran Oliver Miller has handed away at age 54! Going to overlook you Huge O,” Johnson wrote.
In a post of his own back in late February, Miller had introduced that he was battling most cancers.
Miller was affectionately known as “The Huge O” and performed 9 years within the NBA with Phoenix, Toronto, Detroit, Minnesota, Dallas and Sacramento.
He spent 4 years on the College of Arkansas enjoying for Naismith Corridor of Fame coach Nolan Richardson, the place he helped lead the Razorbacks to a few straight SEC common season and event titles. He and Arkansas reached the Closing 4 in 1990, the place it misplaced to Duke.
In a statement, the varsity’s males’s basketball crew stated it was “saddened” by Miller’s passing and that he was “a real embodiment of the Razorback spirit.”
Miller was taken twenty second general within the 1992 NBA Draft by the Suns and was a member of the squad that reached the NBA Finals through the 1992-93 season, solely to run into Michael Jordan and the Bulls.
“Relaxation in Peace, Huge O,” the Suns wrote in tribute in a put up on X.
He had been an inaugural member of the Raptors franchise in 1995.
“The Toronto Raptors are saddened to be taught of the passing of Oliver Miller, who spent three seasons with our group,” they wrote in a statement. “He holds a particular place in our historical past as a member of our inaugural crew in 1995, and we’re so grateful for all his contributions. We ship our deepest condolences to the Miller household.”
Miller averaged 7.4 factors, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per recreation throughout his NBA profession and performed for abroad and semipro groups following the 1999-2000 NBA season.
He returned to the NBA for one last season in 2003-04.
