Rarely do you see a player, at any level, go from shooting under 40 percent from the field to over 50 percent in a year. But, that’s what Isaiah Miles accomplished in college at St. Joseph’s before going overseas to play professionally the last few years.
In 2014-15 with the Hawks, Miles shot 38.9 percent from the field. The very next season, his last one at St. Joe’s, the 6-foot-7, 227-pounder shot 52.3 percent, third best in the Atlantic 10 that year.
He was also one of the top performers in Vegas at last year’s Summer League while playing for the 76ers, averaging 10.