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A former NBA player will spend a year in county jail for pistol-whipping a man in April. Oliver J. Miller, the 22nd pick in the 1992 draft, pleaded guilty in Anne Arundel County court in Annapolis last fall to one count each of first- degree assault and illegal possession of a handgun. He was sentenced yesterday by Circuit Judge Paul A. Hackner. The Capital

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His attorney, Paul Mack, called the sentence reasonable. He asked Hackner to consider a motion to reconsider the sentence and order probation before judgment in two years. Hackner did not oppose, but did not promise anything. Prosecutors say at least three people saw Miller, known as "The Big O" during his nine-season NBA career, at-tack his girlfriend's brother, Worley, in front of the victim's home on Birchcrest Court in Arnold on April 17. The Capital

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Former NBA player Oliver J. Miller is scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon, after he admitted last year that he pistol-whipped his girlfriend's brother after an argument at a cookout in Arnold. Miller, 41, pleaded guilty last fall in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to first-degree assault and carrying a handgun. The allegations stemmed from a family argument at a cookout last April, and prosecutors said Miller was seen hitting his girlfriend's brother in the head and face with a handgun after he left the gathering. Baltimore Sun

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Former professional basketball player Oliver Miller has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend's brother after a cookout in Maryland. Miller, who played for the Phoenix Suns and other teams in the 1990s, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and carrying a handgun Tuesday in court in Anne Arundel County. According to prosecutors, Miller and his girlfriend's brother argued at the cookout in April and Miller later hit him repeatedly in the head with a gun. The man required 11 staples to close his wounds. ESPN.com

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Oliver Miller, 41, of Edgewater, was arrested after police were called out to a barbecue in Arnold, Md., for a report of an assault with a handgun, police said. Miller wasn't at the Birchrest Court home Sunday, when police arrived to the call. Police say they tracked him down based on eye witness accounts and a 9MM GLOCK magazine that was left behind at the scene. "Miller is charged with First and Second Degree Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Having a Handgun on Person, Using a Handgun in a Violent Crime, Possessing a Handgun in a Vehicle, Disorderly Conduct and other related charges," police said. Sports Network

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