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I am choosing to believe the rumors on Adam Miller coming back to Champaign to play his final season in Orange and Blue. Highly connected Trilly Donovan on Twitter and Derek Piper both reported that there is serious buzz about Miller entering the transfer portal and returning to Illinois. Surely enough, he entered the transfer portal this morning.

There has been no new news since Miller entered the portal, but Illini Nation seems like they would be willing to welcome him back with open arms. The Peoria native played for the 2020-21 Illinois team that won the Big 10 Tournament and earned a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament. His experience in college basketball alone, makes a homecoming worth it.

Miller’s numbers over the past four seasons do not jump off the page but his experience and scoring ability off the bench would be valuable. He is 23 years old and will turn 24 in January, which gives Illinois an experienced guard they desperately needed last year. He shot a career best 42.9 percent from three-point land with an average of 1.9 makes per game last season on Arizona State.

The way I see Adam Miller excelling during his second stint in Champaign is being a backup guard and a scorer off the bench. He has potential to be a Big 10 6^th man of the year type player, but he would have to be willing to accept that role.