So spectacular a performer that he was dubbed “Baby Jordan” while still a prep star at Inglewood High, Miner has retreated into semi-seclusion, friends say.

USC would love to honor Harold Miner, its all-time scoring leader in men’s basketball. The Trojans would love to post Miner’s considerable accomplishments on the Galen Center scoreboard — All-American, 23.5-point scoring average, Sports Illustrated national player of the year, 4-2 record against UCLA — and trot him out to center court so a capacity crowd could shower him with applause.