More Miller Time?

Thank god. Argueably, the dryest offseason in NBA that I've seen in the last decade is inching every-so-slowly to an end. The only primetime news was Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics and even that was nearly 4 weeks ago. The massive 7-for-1 swap with the T-Wolves gave Danny Ainge one last chance to salvage his position.

With a trio of KG, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce the Celtics are (theoratically) in position to make a championship run. Shaq is past his prime and Wade cannot carry the team on his own. No other noteworthy contenders in the East except Le Bron and Co. down in Cleveland. The Suns, Mavericks and Spurs probably have more talent than the entire Eastern Conference combined - so it is not hard to imagine the Celts at least re-living their glory days during the season. What happens in the post-season is too early to predict at least methodically.

One last move that I hope Celtics do is to convince Reggie Miller to come out of retirement and guide most of these selfish players to win a championship. Yes, it is no secret that Miller remains my all-time favorite player. The fearless attitude and his ability to cause mental wrecks for his opponents was a joy to watch. His leaning into opponents while taking his threes, or endlessly running around screens to lift that jumper while his defender would helplessly chase him was simply fun. In a recent interview during Dirk Nowitzki's charity Bowling game Miller said he was undecided as to whether he wants to return for one more season to chase the NBA championship that eluded him for his 18 seasons in the NBA.

If you don't know much about Reggie Miller, here's a small list of his accomplishments (with quite a few of them against the Knicks):

• Ranks 13th in the NBA for All-Time Points Scored



• Ranks 1st in the NBA for All-Time 3-Pointers Made



• Scored 25 points in the 4th Quarter against Knicks in 1994. At the Garden.



• Scored 8 points in 8.9 seconds in 1995. At the Garden. Including the game-winner.



• Game-turning - and eventually series-turning 3-Pointer against the Knicks (again!) in 1998.



• Finishing off Knicks with 17 in the 4th yet again to advance to the NBA Finals.



• Reggie Miller is one of only five members of the 50-40-90 club along with Larry Bird, Mark Price, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki. This club is for players who during the course of a season shot 50% or better from the field, 40% or better from three-point range, and 90% or better from the free throw line. [Thank you Wikipidea for this one!]

What more can I say about Reggie? If your game is on the line, I can guarantee that over 90% of coaches in the league would go to either Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. Now that's a fair comany to be in.

Come back Reggie - one more time - show us how Basketball is meant to be played in these showbiz days of dunks, alley-oops, and crossovers. Show these little punks running around making millions what it was like to play to win.