The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kelly enters draft, transfer portal
Ex-Parkview High star will explore options this summer.
Georgia Tech junior guard Miles Kelly plans to enter the 2024 NBA draft and also is entering the NCAA transfer portal, ESPN reported Sunday.
Kelly (6 feet 6, 180 pounds) averaged 13.9 points per game this past season, shooting 36.9% from the field and 32.1% from 3-point range for a Tech team that finished 14-18; he averaged 14.4 points as a sophomore.
Kelly, a former Parkview High and Hargrave Military Academy standout, also tested the professional waters in the summer of 2023
before opting to return to Tech.
Kelly, an honorable mention selection on the All-ACC team, scored 1,057 points, which ranks 41st on Tech’s career scoring list. He had
a 36-point game Feb. 10 at Louisville and a 30-point outing Feb. 28, 2023, at Syracuse. Kelly had 15 games with at least 20 points in his 95 games for the Yellow Jackets.
“I’ve tried to teach him how to play the right way,” Tech coach Damon Stoudamire said Feb. 14 after Tech lost at Notre Dame. “With playing the right way, sometimes that might mean not forcing. Sometimes I think we get enamored with scoring buckets and different things, and at the end of the day, man, you got to learn how to play the game. I think that he’s done a really good job of buying into that.
“I think whatever happens to him when he leaves Georgia Tech, he’s going to be better for it. Because when he leaves here, he’s going to have to know how to play with other players that are really good. It won’t always be like this for him. I think that’s what he’s learning; he’s processing. It’s every day evolving for him.”