Miller in 2010
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Born |
Riverside, California |
August 24, 1965 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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High school |
Riverside Polytechnic (Riverside, California) |
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College | UCLA (1983–1987) | ||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Indiana Pacers | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1987–2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
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1987–2005 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
Points | 25,279 (18.2 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||
3-Pointers | 2,560 (2nd all-time) | ||||||||||||||||||
Assists | 4,141 (3.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||
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Reginald Wayne "Reggie" Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notably against the New York Knicks, for which he earned the nickname "Knick Killer". When he retired, he held the record for most career 3-point field goals made. He is currently second on the list behind Ray Allen. A five-time All-Star selection, Miller led the league in free throw accuracy five times and won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Miller is widely considered the Pacers' greatest player of all-time. His No. 31 was retired by the team in 2006. Currently, he works as an NBA commentator for TNT. On September 7, 2012, Miller was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Miller was born in Riverside, California. He was born with hip deformities, which caused an inability to walk correctly. After a few years of continuously wearing braces on both legs, his leg strength grew enough to compensate. One of five siblings, he comes from an athletic family. His brother Darrell is a former Major League Baseball player (catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim); his sister Tammy played volleyball at Cal State Fullerton; and his older sister Cheryl is a Hall of Fame basketball player. Cheryl was a member of the 1984 U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic basketball team and is currently an analyst for Turner Sports. One of the family anecdotes Reggie liked to recall was when Cheryl used to beat him in games of 1-on-1 prior to his professional career. According to Reggie, they quit playing when he was finally able to block Cheryl's shot. Miller claims that his unorthodox shooting style was developed to arc his shot over his sister's constant shot blocking. The Millers also had a son Saul, Jr. who became a musician and followed his father in military service.