Miller Time!

            
           The greatest Indiana Pacer of all time may be returning to the Hoosier State, but not as a player unfortunately. A recent Yahoo Sports report says that Pacers owner, Herb Simon, has been asking people around the league how Reggie Miller would fare with a front-office job.

            
            Larry Bird, the current team president, is taking the job “one year at a time”. I, and many others, expect Bird to leave after this year or at the latest after next year. He seems to have finally gotten the team back on the track to winning and making the playoffs. Bird had considered retiring before this season but met with Herb Simon in May and decided to stay.

            
            Reggie Miller played for the Pacers for 18 seasons and is one of the best 3-point shooters ever. He has been a NBA analyst for TNT for the past six years. Miller said recently, “It would be an unbelievable opportunity to be able to go home.” He would obviously accept the jobs if the position was open. I would love nothing more to see Miller be the head of the Pacers, but he would need some time to adjust to the position.

            
            Former Pacers president, Donnie Walsh, has also been brought up as a possible candidate. He is currently the president of the New York Knicks. If anything, he could come back to Indy and help Miller become accustomed to the ins and outs of being a team president.

             
            This is all assuming there is a 2011 NBA season. There is still a lockout for the NBA and as it is now there will be no basketball in the fall.

Miller in the 1995 Playoffs gesturing towards New York Knicks fan, Spike Lee.