Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers will retire at the end of this season, his sister, Cheryl, reported Thursday night on TNT.
``Over the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of speculation on whether or not this will be Reggie Miller's last season,'' Miller said. ``Yesterday I spoke to Reggie, and after 18 seasons with the Indiana Pacers, this will definitely be his last season.''
Miller, 39, has been one of the league's best outside shooters during a career that has included five All-Star appearances, 131 playoff games and a trip to the NBA Finals.
``Reggie said that it has been a great run, feels very positive with where the organization and the team is headed,'' Miller said during TNT's broadcast of the Lakers-Pistons game. ``He said the one thing that he can look back on in his career, barring the ugly situation in November here at Detroit; he says he has a lot of great memories.''
Two weeks ago, Miller angrily shot down another TNT reporter's story that Miller had informed his teammates of his plans to retire. Miller said if he were to make such an announcement, he'd break the news through his older sister.
Miller is averaging 11.9 points as the starting shooting guard for the Pacers, whose next game is Friday night at home against Houston.
He holds NBA records for most 3-pointers made (2,505) and attempted (6,321) and is the all-time leading scorer in Pacers history with 24,685 points.
``Reggie said, 'It's has been a great run, a lot of wonderful memories,' and the one thing he can really be proud of is that he finished his career with one team -- something we don't see a lot of in sports today,'' Cheryl Miller said.
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Sad to see one of the greats go...
theres still along way to go this year...
