{"id":816312,"date":"2026-05-23T06:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/816312\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:54:23","slug":"new-nba-mock-draft-has-cincinnati-forward-baba-miller-picked-in-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/816312\/","title":{"rendered":"New NBA mock draft has Cincinnati forward Baba Miller picked in second round"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWith the NBA playoffs in full swing, many teams that have been eliminated have turned their attention to next month\u2019s NBA Draft.While the Cincinnati Bearcats didn\u2019t have an NCAA Tournament-worthy season in 2025-26, one player from that roster is trending toward being picked in the two-round draft in June.A recent mock draft published by ESPN this week has forward Baba Miller being selected by the Miami Heat with the No. 41 overall pick, in the second round.Miller played one season for Cincinnati, joining the program in 2025. He averaged a team-high 13 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, blocked 1.2 shots per game and shot 52 percent from the field.A 6-foot-11 post player from Spain, Miller ranked top 10 in the Big 12 in rebounds per game, two-point field goal percentage and defensive rating. He was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.While few mock drafts foresee Miller being a first round pick when the draft begins on June 23, NBA evaluators have reportedly been impressed with what they\u2019ve seen from the former UC star.Miller and Miami (Ohio)\u2019s Peter Suder were among the players invited to the NBA Draft Combine earlier this month. As of Friday, Miller is the No. 55 overall prospect in the class, according to ESPN. That ranking could rise more when the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline passes on May 27, with a handful of projected picks potentially making the decision to return to college for another season.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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With the NBA playoffs in full swing, many teams that have been eliminated have turned their attention to next month\u2019s NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

While the Cincinnati Bearcats didn\u2019t have an NCAA Tournament-worthy season in 2025-26, one player from that roster is trending toward being picked in the two-round draft in June.<\/p>\n

A recent mock draft published by ESPN<\/a> this week has forward Baba Miller being selected by the Miami Heat with the No. 41 overall pick, in the second round.<\/p>\n

Miller played one season for Cincinnati, joining the program in 2025. He averaged a team-high 13 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, blocked 1.2 shots per game and shot 52 percent from the field.<\/p>\n

A 6-foot-11 post player from Spain, Miller ranked top 10 in the Big 12 in rebounds per game, two-point field goal percentage and defensive rating. He was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.<\/p>\n

While few mock drafts foresee Miller being a first round pick when the draft begins on June 23, NBA evaluators have reportedly been impressed with what they\u2019ve seen from the former UC star.<\/p>\n

Miller and Miami (Ohio)\u2019s Peter Suder were among the players invited to the NBA Draft Combine<\/a> earlier this month. <\/p>\n

As of Friday, Miller is the No. 55 overall prospect in the class, according to ESPN. That ranking could rise more when the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline passes on May 27, with a handful of projected picks potentially making the decision to return to college for another season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the NBA playoffs in full swing, many teams that have been eliminated have turned their attention to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":816313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[272737,10595,5723,1910,4155,3120,1260,336035,21063,471,300861,9323,24566,336033,20201,62,336034,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-816312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-baba-miller","tag-cincinnati","tag-espn","tag-game","tag-june","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-new-nba-mock-draft","tag-next-month","tag-no","tag-overall-pick","tag-player","tag-rebound","tag-recent-mock-draft","tag-second-round","tag-sports","tag-two-round-draft","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116622581214632926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}