Boston
Celtics May Get Reggie Miller Out of Retirement
Reggie Miller is
coming out of retirement and he's heading to the
Boston Celtics. Stranger things have happened,
such as the worst team in the NBA this past season
potentially winning the championship next year.
This is Carrie Stroup
reporting for Sports911.com.
The Boston Celtics,
already a favorite to win the NBA Eastern Conference
in 2007/2008 with the acquisitions of Kevin Garnett
and Ray Allen, might have made things just a little
more interesting.
ESPN.com reported
today that the Boston Celtics contacted Reggie
Miller about joining their team in a reserve role.
The report said Miller, who turns 42 this month, is
seeking advice from friends and he considers a
return. He retired in 2005 after spending 18 seasons
with the Indiana Pacers. He is the franchise's
all-time leading scorer with 25,279 points.
"I'm surprised he didn't call us first," Pacers CEO
Donnie Walsh said today. "This is the first I've
heard of it."
Walsh said he
"wouldn't bet against Reggie in anything.
"I know he can still shoot," Walsh said. "That I
know. Other than that, I don't know."
Knicks killer Reggie
Miller may be back, this time joining the Knicks
most hated rival
Boston was already
turned into the 3 to 1 early favorite to win the
2008 Eastern Conference Championship at
Sportsbook.com
following the acquisitions of Garnett and Allen.
Additionally, they were listed with impressive
6 to 1 odds of winning the NBA
championship.
The 2006-07 season was
a gloomy one for the franchise. The season began
with the death of Red Auerbach at the age of 89.
Auerbach was one of the few remaining people who had
been a part of the NBA since its inception in 1946.
The Celtics went
2-22 from late December 2006 through early February
2007 after losing Paul Pierce to injury, the result
of a stress reaction in his left foot. At first, the
Celtics received a much needed boost from guard Tony
Allen but he tore his ACL on a dunk attempt in a
game vs. the Indiana Pacers on January 10, 2007.
The Celtics
recorded a record of 24-58, second-worst in the NBA,
including a franchise record 18-game losing streak
that lasted from January 5 to February 14.
During the off
season, the team promoted COO Rich Gotham to
President.
By
adding Garnett to All-Stars Paul Pierce and Ray
Allen it is widely believed that the trade will
bring a new era of relevancy to the long struggling
franchise.
Boston
Celtics May Get Reggie Miller Out of Retirement