| No Plans To Add Reggie To Front Office Authored by Andrew Perna - January 30, 2009 - 12:18 pm
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Danny Ainge (Boston), John Paxson (Chicago), Danny Ferry (Cleveland), Joe Dumars (Detroit), Chris Mullin (Golden State), Larry Bird (Indiana), Kevin McHale (Minnesota), and Steve Kerr (Phoenix) are just some of more prominent names that have made the transition from the court to the executive suite.
A majority had some kind of ties with the organization they joined, either having starred for the team or grown up within miles of the club. As a group they have had mixed results. Ainge and Dumars have led the Celtics and Pistons to titles, respectively, while the remainder of the guys I mentioned above have struggled to keep their city happy at times.
The Bulls, Pacers, Timberwolves and Warriors all missed the playoffs last season, but that doesn't mean teams will stop filling front office jobs with the people that know the game well because of their hands-on experience.
Indiana has struggled since the retirement of Reggie Miller, who spent nearly two decades with the franchise, posting a record of 130-162 with just one first round playoff exit since #31 hung up his jump shot.
The Pacers' struggles haven't been self-induced, a myriad of injuries and the very necessary trades of big names like Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal have forced an unplanned rebuild.
Regardless, wouldn't bringing Miller back to Indiana make sense from both a public relations and morale point of view?
According to general manager David Morway, it hasn't even been discussed.
"You know, we haven't," Morway told RealGM on Thursday night. "You never know, though, there might come a time when he has an interest, and I'm sure we would discuss it, but he's always going to be a huge part of this franchise."
Contenders like the Celtics and Cavaliers have made it known that they'd welcome Miller with open arms as a player should he decide to come out of retirement, but at 43 years of age that is appearing more and more unlikely as each day passes.
The NBA's all-time leader in three-point shots made is also very content with his current gig as an analyst for TNT.
"I think Reggie is happy doing what he is doing right now. He's very, very good at what he does," Morway added. "He's really, really good, and I know Reggie does a lot of other things in his life as well."
It appears unlikely that Miller with make the transition from player-to-analyst-to-executive in the near future, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that he'll follow the same route as Kerr, a TNT alum himself.
--ALLEN CLOSING IN ON MILLER
Miller retired after the 2004-05 season with a wide lead as the NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers made. More than three seasons later, Boston's Ray Allen is starting to breathe down his neck.
Allen has 2,213 three-pointers made through Jan. 29's action, which puts him within striking distance of Miller (2,560 made). Allen has made roughly 2.5 threes per game for the Celtics, which means that he'll need to play in 139 more games in order to surpass Miller at his current pace.
Boston has 35 games left this season, and Allen is under contract through the 2009-10 campaign. That's a maximum of 107 games, leaving him short of mark barring an unbelievable up tick in threes per contest.
However, Allen will only be 35 when his contract expires, and it seems very possible that he'll agree to another short pact, especially if the Celtics are still in contention for a title.
That likely means that Miller's record only has another couple of years left of life.
Andrew Perna is Deputy Editor of RealGM.com and co-host of RealGM’s Radio Show. Please feel free to contact him with comments or questions via e-mail: Andrew.Perna@RealGM.com |
