<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh holds out hope Reggie Miller will play again -- and he'll pay Miller $6.1 million for the final season of his contract even if he doesn't. "I'm not convinced he's not going to play again," Walsh said Friday. "I'm going to check back with him. I'm waiting for him to miss it. I'll give him two weeks or a month and see how he feels." Miller will receive the salary called for in the three-year contract he signed two summers ago. The $6.1 million will count in the calculation of the Pacers' payroll but shouldn't affect their ability to sign a free agent because they will be over the salary cap anyway. Walsh said Miller won't be included on the team's 15-man roster unless he returns to play.</div> Source
I dont think Reggie will come back. He's done so much and id hate to see him lose yet another playoff series, but if i were donnie walsh i wudve done the same thing to give him an incentive to come back.
I doubt Reggie will come back but I hope he does and gives the fans one more season. If he did come back the Pacers would have a great shot at a championship with Tinsley, Miller, Artest, JONeal and Jeff Foster.
I don't want him to come back, nor should he come back. It's over, everyone has said their goodbyes. There's no reason to drag this out.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting briang8818:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't want him to come back, nor should he come back. It's over, everyone has said their goodbyes. There's no reason to drag this out.</div> Michael Jordan didn't seem to follow that trend...
MJ is an exception.. lol Seriously, he retired when he was younger than Reggie and when he was Reggie's age, he returned as a GM/player for the Wizards,, and it didn't work out too good as we all know.
If not Jordan, then John Stockton. If you recall, Stockton also had announced his retirement in 2001-2002, but he was talked out of it during the summer of 2002 and played out his contract in 2003. Reggie is just as addicted to competition as Stockton was, and I feel he has even more incentive to return, being that the championship is a very viable possibility next season, and Reggie could very well earn his first and only ring.
I dont think Reggie Will come back. I mean they already held cerimonies, gave him a car, and had a great but sad moment at the end of the Pistons Pacers series.
I hope Reggie decides to not come back. I think he should just bow out. Hats off to him though, he had one of the best careers a player could ask for.
It would be one of those big comebacks in history and I beleive that he still has more basketball in him, but no way do I see Reggie returning to the league.
I don't think Reggie will want to come back nor do I want him too. He played some incredible basketball this past season - much better than he has in the previous the last 2-3. He went out the right way leading his team to the second round of the playoffs and ending his career on a good note.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Hunter:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't think Reggie will want to come back nor do I want him too. He played some incredible basketball this past season - much better than he has in the previous the last 2-3. He went out the right way leading his team to the second round of the playoffs and ending his career on a good note.</div> Man I totally agree on that one. He really did play some good basketball. But, the Refs were letting him slide on alot of calls. What bout that Hunter call at the end of one of the games? C'Mon now he knocked him down. I respect the man very much and I have to let him to go though and go and play golf.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Fire:</div><div class="quote_post"> But, the Refs were letting him slide on alot of calls. What bout that Hunter call at the end of one of the games? </div> I agree with you however you have to realize that great players and legends get calls because refs give them the benefit of the doubt. Look at Kobe, T-Mac, Shaq, KG, Duncan.....all the great players get calls. The holds true for the college game as well as the high school scene. Great players get calls.
Although I would love to see him play for one more year, i don't think reggie wants to contradict himself and come back. He has said all year that there's not 1 % that he's coming back.
If there is any way that Indiana can bolster their lineup, I think Reggie should stay. Imagine how well they could've played with Artest? Unluckily they won't be able to sign a free agent, but if a trade works out, maybe including artest, maybe there could be incentive for reggie to return. Depends on the changes the team can make.
