<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Tonight, barring miracles, the Indiana Pacer guard will make his last appearance in Los Angeles in the game against the Lakers. He announced his retirement three weeks ago. In the nicest compliment a 39-year-old player can get, the question everyone asks is: Why? "I don't know," Pacer President Donnie Walsh said. "It's Reggie. I mean, he's got it in his head he wants to do that. "The day after he told everybody he was retiring, he got 36 points. So, I mean, how many guys are going to come in this league the next five years, can score 36 points?" Reggie being Reggie, the question won't be answered for the moment, or ever. He's walking away from a $6-million contract and a last shot at a title when Ron Artest returns next season. The team hopes he changes his mind. Given his dedication and rare shooting ability, he probably could play until he was 50 if he wanted to. "I could but I'm not going to," he says. "It's time to go." Why? "Time to move on. I think this team is in a good place. This organization is in a good place. Time to move on." The interview lasts two minutes before Miller clasps the writer, who covered him at UCLA, on the shoulder affectionately and, sure enough, moves on. No, he isn't like anyone else, either as showman or basketball player. "The only thing big on him is his ears," teammate Sam Perkins once said. "Other than that, the man just comes with a big attitude and a big heart. He's very different from everybody else in the league."</div> Source
