Larry Miller (sports executive)

In 2007, Miller was hired as President of the Portland Trail Blazers, replacing interim president Tod Leiweke.^[2] Under Miller's management, the Trail Blazers have positioned themselves to make a respectable run at an NBA title. Portland has recorded three consecutive trips to the postseason while riding a streak of 159 consecutive sellouts dating back to December 21, 2007.

Also during his tenure, the Trail Blazers have made significant strides to becoming a leader in sustainability among professional sports franchises. The team's home arena, the Rose Garden, became the first existing arena in the world to attain LEED Gold Certification.^[3] The Trail Blazers are one of the six founding members of the Green Sports Alliance,^[4] which now boasts over 80 teams, leagues and venues.^[5] Portland hosted the inaugural Green Sports Summit in August, 2011. Larry Miller resigned on July 7, 2012, as President of the Portland Trail Blazers to return to his previous role as President of the Jordan Brand.^[6]

Miller lives in Portland, Oregon, and also serves on the board of directors for Self Enhancement Inc. ("SEI"), the Oregon Business Council, Oregon Sports Authority, is a member of the Portland Mayor's Economic Development Cabinet, the NBA's Team Advisory Committee, and the NBA's Labor Relations Committee.

In an October 2021 interview with Sports Illustrated Miller admitted to the September 1965 murder of Edward White.^[7] Miller was 16 years old and in a West Philadelphia gang called Cedar Avenue. A friend who he considered "an innocent" was stabbed to death in a gang fight in September 1965. Later that month, Miller and others went out looking for anyone affiliated with 53rd and Pine and shot the first person they encountered. That person was Edward White.^[8]

Miller pleaded guilty to second degree murder and served four and a half years in a prison for young offenders.^[8] He spent most of his teens and 20s in prison or juvenile detention facilities. While in prison, he studied for an accounting degree at Temple University.^[9]