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Pacers Fan · 05-21-2005, 10:32 AM

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Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh holds out hope Reggie Miller will play again -- and he'll pay Miller $6.1 million for the final season of his contract even if he doesn't.

"I'm not convinced he's not going to play again," Walsh said Friday. "I'm going to check back with him. I'm waiting for him to miss it. I'll give him two weeks or a month and see how he feels."

Miller will receive the salary called for in the three-year contract he signed two summers ago. The $6.1 million will count in the calculation of the Pacers' payroll but shouldn't affect their ability to sign a free agent because they will be over the salary cap anyway.

Walsh said Miller won't be included on the team's 15-man roster unless he returns to play.

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Walsh said the team would have "a big-time celebration" to retire Miller's No. 31 jersey next season if he does not return.

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Miller said after Thursday's final playoff game against Detroit that he plans to rest for about a month and then begin working out again -- but not in preparation for another season.

"You can't just stop," he said. "I'm still going to run the canyons and the beaches (near his home in Malibu, Calif.,), but I'll do it for myself. I won't have training camp to lure me."

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"I had 18 years to try," he said. "I didn't do it. It's their turn. If they can do it, God bless them."

Miller already has begun work on a new career, forming a film company, Boom Baby Productions. He has a project in the works called "Beautiful Ohio," starring Laura Dern. Oscar-winning actor Hillary Swank and her husband, Chad Lowe, are co-producing the film, and Lowe will direct.

Miller said he hoped to become involved in various aspects of film production, including casting and editing, but has no desire to act.

He also hopes to work as a broadcaster. He said he was not aware of rumors that he will serve as Dan Patrick's co-host on ESPN's national radio show. His ideal position in television, he said, would be as a studio host, similar to TNT's Charles Barkley.

"He doesn't talk about stats, he just rips on the players, which I'd love to do, too," Miller said with a smile. "I could talk trash about all of them, and the commissioner (David Stern), too, all at once."

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"I'm sure he'll show up unexpectedly from time to time," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "But then again, knowing him, he's going to keep his distance and be respectful of the fact it's a new situation without him and the fact he's really not a member of the team."

Unless, of course . . .

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...TS04/505210494

**Box Man** · 05-21-2005, 03:16 PM

Jordan said the same thing, he'll miss the NBA and come back... Who would turn down 6.1 million and the good possibility of a ring?

Pacers Fan · 05-21-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Legend

Jordan said the same thing, he'll miss the NBA and come back... Who would turn down 6.1 million and the good possibility of a ring?

A man with pride in his word.

PacersguyUSA · 05-21-2005, 05:23 PM

Why's he getting paid the $6.1 million if he's not playing?

Pacers Fan · 05-21-2005, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by PacersguyUSA

Why's he getting paid the $6.1 million if he's not playing?

So if he doesn't come back at the start of the year, he can come back for a high salary near the end.

**StephenJackson** · 05-21-2005, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PacersguyUSA

Why's he getting paid the $6.1 million if he's not playing?

Because he still technically has year left on his contract.

**Turkish Delight** · 05-22-2005, 08:04 AM

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Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh holds out hope Reggie Miller will play again -- and he'll pay Miller $6.1 million for the final season of his contract even if he doesn't.

"I'm not convinced he's not going to play again," Walsh said Friday. "I'm going to check back with him. I'm waiting for him to miss it. I'll give him two weeks or a month and see how he feels."

Miller will receive the salary called for in the three-year contract he signed two summers ago. The $6.1 million will count in the calculation of the Pacers' payroll but shouldn't affect their ability to sign a free agent because they will be over the salary cap anyway.

Walsh said Miller won't be included on the team's 15-man roster unless he returns to play.

Miller, who scored 27 points Thursday as the Pacers were eliminated from the playoffs by Detroit at Conseco Fieldhouse, said after the game that his retirement is "absolutely, positively, 100 percent" final.

He attended a brief team meeting Friday morning and then met with privately with Walsh. Walsh said Miller gave no indication that he might rethink his retirement.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...73208836363484

Pacers Fan · 05-22-2005, 08:06 AM

Already posted under "Reggie Article".

**Turkish Delight** · 05-22-2005, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Pacers Fan

Already posted under "Reggie Article".

Err damn it.
Merge please.

**spongyfungy** · 05-22-2005, 07:52 PM

Walsh will pay Reggie next season even if he doesn't play

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Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh holds out hope Reggie Miller will play again -- and he'll pay Miller $6.1 million for the final season of his contract even if he doesn't.

"I'm not convinced he's not going to play again," Walsh said Friday. "I'm going to check back with him. I'm waiting for him to miss it. I'll give him two weeks or a month and see how he feels."

Miller will receive the salary called for in the three-year contract he signed two summers ago. The $6.1 million will count in the calculation of the Pacers' payroll but shouldn't affect their ability to sign a free agent because they will be over the salary cap anyway.

Walsh said Miller won't be included on the team's 15-man roster unless he returns to play.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...94/1004/SPORTS

There will be some rumblings to bring back Reggie out of retirement if a) Pacers make a run for a championship b) an injury occurs to a guard

**StephenJackson** · 05-22-2005, 08:17 PM

Heh heh, 3rd time this has been made into a thread. Time to merge again

**Turkish Delight** · 05-22-2005, 08:33 PM

This article has an optimistic feel to it, as if there actually is a decent chance that Reggie might come back. However whenever Reggie has been asked this question, he's come out straight away and said no, this is his decision and it's final. He really hasn't left any doubts about his future, and I'm having a tough time believing that he will change his mind.
Hopefully I can be proven wrong, but right now I just don't see it hapenning.

Pacers Fan · 05-22-2005, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Turkish Delight

This article has an optimistic feel to it, as if there actually is a decent chance that Reggie might come back. However whenever Reggie has been asked this question, he's come out straight away and said no, this is his decision and it's final. He really hasn't left any doubts about his future, and I'm having a tough time believing that he will change his mind.
Hopefully I can be proven wrong, but right now I just don't see it hapenning.

That's how I feel about it now. It's over, he's gone, and you just have to accept it. He's not coming back, but hopefully he can work for TNT later on.

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