Expert: Borko Bariæ - 11/23/2004

Question
What ever happen to the Harold Miner, the great USC 1-man scoring machine?  I know he played for Miami for a while, but where did he go next and does he still play?  What happened to him? Did he get hurt? Was it that he didn't play defense?  Did he become disinterested and then retire?

Answer
Whoa, there's a weird question!

Harold Miner was drafted in 1992 for Miami, and immediately made an impact by winning the Slam Dunk title in 1993. After not competing in 1994 (I think he was injured), he repeated that feat in 1995. Meanwhile, the Heat obciously cooled on him (no pun intended), so he was traded to Cleveland. He played one season in Cleveland and, if I remember correctly, he was traded to Toronto following the 1995-96 season for Victor Alexander, but that trade was voided by Cleveland. After that, he was out of the league. I guess he was a pretty solid player, but nowhere nearly good enough as he was hyped (his nickname was Baby Jordan), so I guess it went into his head.
I have no idea what happened to him afterwards, did he play in some minor league or overseas. All anybody rememebers is that he is one of the rare players (D.Wilkins, M.Jordan and J.Richardson are the others) who have won 2 Slam Dunk titles. And that's not such a bad legacy, after all.