Reggie Miller, ex-Jazzmen headed to Celtics?
So, Reggie Miller is considering a comeback with the suddenly popular Boston Celtics.
According to a story in the Boston Globe Celtics blog, the 42-year-old Miller has entered into preliminary discussions with Celtic boss Danny Ainge about joining the team and chasing the championship he never won in 18 years with the Indiana Pacers.
Presumably, Miller would play a limited number of minutes behind Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, who along with newly-acquired Kevin Garnett have made the Celtics the new team de jour in the Eastern Conference.
Actually, I can see Miller giving it a try.
He always stayed in shape as a player, so that's unlikely to be a problem. I'm also quite sure he can still make a jump shot, which gives him a skill that many other players in today's NBA do not possess.
Of course, if Boston coach Doc Rivers played Miller, Allen, Pierce and Garnett at the same time, he would have four players on the floor that will start next season with a combined 50 years -- and 135,000 minutes -- of NBA experience.
If another report is true, the Celtics have talked to 50-something Dikembe Mutombo about signing on for a tour of duty aboard the Good Ship Geezer.
Talk about acting your age.
Who do these guys think they are? The Rolling Stones?
The 2007-08 Celtics won't need a locker room. They'll need a cardiac
care unit.
They won't need Gatorade. They'll need prune juice.
They won't go to strip clubs on the road. They'll go AARP meetings.
They won't have their ankles taped. They'll have the wheels on their walkers replaced.
The Globe, incidentally, caught onto the fact that the Celtics are on the verge of becoming older than Dick Bavetta.
The newspaper ran a story and poll about other veterans who might possibly be interested in joining Miller, Allen, Pierce and Garnett for a run at the title.
Yes, John Stockton and Karl Malone were listed, along with Gary Payton, Charles Barkley, Spud Webb, Dominique Wilkins, Patrick Ewing and Ainge, the former Celtic who is now their 48-year-old executive director of basketball operations.
As of Wednesday evening, Payton was the fans' choice with 38 percent of the vote, followed by Stockton (23 percent) and Malone (16 percent).
Me?
I wrote in Wilt Chamberlain, rest his soul.
-- Steve Luhm
According to a story in the Boston Globe Celtics blog, the 42-year-old Miller has entered into preliminary discussions with Celtic boss Danny Ainge about joining the team and chasing the championship he never won in 18 years with the Indiana Pacers.
Presumably, Miller would play a limited number of minutes behind Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, who along with newly-acquired Kevin Garnett have made the Celtics the new team de jour in the Eastern Conference.
Actually, I can see Miller giving it a try.
He always stayed in shape as a player, so that's unlikely to be a problem. I'm also quite sure he can still make a jump shot, which gives him a skill that many other players in today's NBA do not possess.
Of course, if Boston coach Doc Rivers played Miller, Allen, Pierce and Garnett at the same time, he would have four players on the floor that will start next season with a combined 50 years -- and 135,000 minutes -- of NBA experience.
If another report is true, the Celtics have talked to 50-something Dikembe Mutombo about signing on for a tour of duty aboard the Good Ship Geezer.
Talk about acting your age.
Who do these guys think they are? The Rolling Stones?
The 2007-08 Celtics won't need a locker room. They'll need a cardiac
care unit.
They won't need Gatorade. They'll need prune juice.
They won't go to strip clubs on the road. They'll go AARP meetings.
They won't have their ankles taped. They'll have the wheels on their walkers replaced.
The Globe, incidentally, caught onto the fact that the Celtics are on the verge of becoming older than Dick Bavetta.
The newspaper ran a story and poll about other veterans who might possibly be interested in joining Miller, Allen, Pierce and Garnett for a run at the title.
Yes, John Stockton and Karl Malone were listed, along with Gary Payton, Charles Barkley, Spud Webb, Dominique Wilkins, Patrick Ewing and Ainge, the former Celtic who is now their 48-year-old executive director of basketball operations.
As of Wednesday evening, Payton was the fans' choice with 38 percent of the vote, followed by Stockton (23 percent) and Malone (16 percent).
Me?
I wrote in Wilt Chamberlain, rest his soul.
-- Steve Luhm
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