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Reggie Miller: "I will never ever. I love when players get the ultimate goal. I love the organization. This has I am so happy for Patrick Ewing and John Starks and all. You know how many battles I had with these dudes, right? And for them to be rewarded, seeing their faces, that is great for me. I just don't like hearing it from Knicks fans that I hate on them. I don't hate. Some of y'all can be idiots, that was on full display, too, in the playoffs."
NBC is committed long-term to its lead NBA analysts Reggie Miller and Jamal Crawford, Sports Media Watch has learned. The pair, which called last year’s seven-game Spurs-Thunder Western Conference Finals alongside Mike Tirico, will continue as the network’s lead team this season and beyond. “They’re our lead team, Mike, Reggie and Jamal,” Sam Flood, EP/president of production for NBC Sports, told Sports Media Watch on Monday. “As long as they’re here, they’re our lead dogs. They’ve earned it, and they work so well together.”
Reggie Miller weighed in on the ongoing contract situation between the Knicks and star Karl-Anthony Towns, warning that their hopes of repeating as champions aren’t helped by the drama. “You hope behind closed doors the contract stuff doesn’t become an issue,” Miller said during an NBC media event in Stamford, according to Newsday.
“If they want to be successful and they want to have a chance to repeat,” Miller said, “you’re going to need a healthy KAT mentally. You don’t want him being a malcontent, worrying about his contract behind closed doors. Because when KAT is at his best and on board, they’re hard to beat. … I think a deal will get done. It’s going to be between the 200 and the 277 [million dollars]. So meet in the middle, sign it, and let’s move on.”
Tyrese Haliburton: "Did you ever think the choke would live on for so long?" Reggie Miller: "No, I didn't. Because when I did it to our good friend Spike Lee, I didn't think it was going to have the longevity that it did all these years. I didn't think the cameras were really rolling because it was a free throw that was going on, and he and I were having our banter back and forth. But I didn't think it was going to have the legs that it did all these years. And I thought it was dead until someone had to bring it back."
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Draymond Green Show: Draymond reacts to fans saying Klay Thompson couldn't be a number 1 option & Klay signing with the Heat "You mean to tell me if Klay Thompson left the Warriors, he couldn't be a number 1 option but Reggie Miller could?... Highly likely that after the 2019 playoffs, Klay Thompson was gonna leave the Warriors and go be a number 1 option somewhere, highly f**king likely and then he got hurt...When they said 'Klay going to Miami' and I was like 'oh that Heat culture thing' I don't know how that's gonna work... let's stop acting like 2017 Klay is going to Miami... I wish sports media would speak to it more like when Ray Allen went to Miami."
Heat Central: Klay Thompson says he LOVES the 2013 Ray Allen comparison: “Of course I like those comparisons. I love Ray Allen. Are you kidding me? Him and Reggie were the blueprint for my whole off ball formula. — it gives me chills I’m even in the same sentence as Ray because if you told me this my rookie season, I would’ve never believed you. Ray has one of the greatest shots in history and I still practice that back pedal drill he did in game 6 of 2013. I love those comparisons.” (Via ESPN South Florida)
Al Harrington: ‘Reggie Miller is probably the hardest worker that I've ever seen and most superstitious player I've ever seen. When I say he did the same thing the same way every single day, like he got to the gym at the same time every single day. He sat down the same way. He blew his nose, he'd take three pieces of tissue, and put it on his thigh like one, two, three, turn it, fold it, blow his nose, throw it away, put his socks on the same way at the same time on the clock every single day.’
NBA Courtside: Al Harrington on Reggie Miller work ethic: “Reggie Miller is probably the hardest workers that I’ve ever seen. And most superstitious player I’ve ever seen too. When I say he did the same thing the same way every single day. Like, he got to the gym at the same time every single day, he sat down the same way, he fu*king blew his nose I will never forget because I used to watch him he would take three napkins or three pieces of tissue and put it on his thigh like, one, two, three turn it fold it blow his nose throw it away. Put his socks on the same way at the same time on the clock every single day. Bro was amazing just to watch him.”
Several celebrity Knicks fans were in attendance to watch the team win the championship, including Spike Lee. After the game, Lee's former adversary, Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, took to Instagram to congratulate Lee on the team's championship. “This may shock MANY, but I have to give my Brotha @officialspikelee his flowers, he’s been around for the Good-Bad-Ugly.. Congrats Spike.. ” wrote Miller.
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Just as Curry was an evolution of him, Reggie Miller sees Wembanyama as an evolution of the bigs that came before. Miller now hopes that, as part of the NBC revival in his second career as a broadcaster, the players who leave their mark will remember that he was a part of the journey, too. “I’m honored that — something I’m going to tell my kids — I called Victor Wembanayama’s first playoff game,” Miller says. “What’s going to be cool is some of my best moments as a basketball player were on NBC. I hope that five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, when I’m long gone from my broadcasting days, Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, those guys will remember their first game on NBC and hopefully they’ll be like, ‘Oh s—, Reggie Miller was calling our game!’ I hope I have that type of longevity.”
But in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show ahead of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, Miller suggested that the controversy around SGA’s style of play was overblown by “podcasters” and not based in reality. “I understand we’ve got to have this conversation, but … people have way too much time, because it’s SGA’s job to play the game of basketball,” Miller said. “He’s not playing the game and officiating the game. So be more upset at the officials and how they have called it. He’s not blowing the whistle for himself.”
Jorge Sierra: Jayson Tatum (age 28) has passed NBA legends Reggie Miller and Clyde Drexler in playoff scoring. Jrue Holiday moved ahead of Anthony Davis. Also: Scottie Pippen is now closer to Michael Jordan in playoff scoring than MJ is to LeBron James. Pippen is No. 20 all-time.
Whoop said the latest funding round will advance its global expansion. It was led by Collaborative Fund and also included 2PointZero Group, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Mubadala Investment Company, Abbott and 10 other firms. Other celebrities in the round were Reggie Miller, Niall Horan, Karen Wazen, Virgil van Dijk, Mathieu van der Poel and Shane Lowry. Whoop has raised more than $900 million in venture capital and is moving towards an IPO. The company said it has 2.5 million global members, and bookings grew 103%. Last year, Whoop was cash flow positive and had a run rate of $1.1 billion by year-end.