How Good Was Reggie Miller Actually?

[Trot LaRoc]

GOAT. If Reggie had a Scottie Pippen instead of Haywoode Workman, MJ woulda had at least one less ring.

Only time Miller made the Finals(post Bulls dynasty btw) was when he played Pippen to a superior player(Jalen Rose)

 

[stro]

So if Reggie had a BETTER PLAYER THAN HIM playing alongside him?

A Scottie Pippen, not THE Scottie Pippen. The closest he had was Jalen Rose.

 

[NYC Rebel]

A Scottie Pippen, not THE Scottie Pippen. The closest he had was Jalen Rose.

A Scottie Pippen was better than Reggie, period.

Jalen Rose was the MIP that season when they went to the finals and carried that team with Reggie being the number 2.

 

[stro]

Reggie was unselfish and letting the young buck cook

 

[Reece]

He wasnt. Ray could put the ball on the floor and create his own shot. You are outright wrong.

Ray made the whole second part of his career off running through screens and shooting threes.

Ray being better at creating his own shot =/= Ray was not inspired by Reggie.

They've literally been compared to each other ad nauseam over the last 20 years. Ray gave made props to Reggie at his HOF speech and even asked Reggie to do his introduction. You a weirdo to even deny this

 

[NYC Rebel]

Ray made the whole second part of his career off running through screens and shooting threes.

Ray being better at creating his own shot =/= Ray was not inspired by Reggie.

They've literally been compared to each other ad nauseam over the last 20 years. Ray gave made props to Reggie at his HOF speech and even asked Reggie to do his introduction. You a weirdo to even deny this

Yes.....the downside of his career was the Second half. In that second half of his career, teams were smart enough not to build around him.

are you making a point in saying Ray’s fall off put him on Reggies level of play?

Point is, Reggie never played to the level of Ray’s first half of his career.

 

[big bun]

One of the better players in the Eastern Conference during his time...

 

[Greenhornet]

Love Reggie

hated the pacers at the time but he is what the league needed
and always gave it all
couldnt leave him alone

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Do you think before posting? Your dumbass uses no context for the generations players played in. Reggie played in the slow paced 90's before three point shooting become a major thing and averaged nearly 40% from three at 5 attempts a game. You put him in this era and he's taking around 10 a game with likely better shooting percentages as it's more of focus these days.

Oh, the irony. You do realize that I wasn't talking about Miller at all, right? THINK before you post.

You put Jordan in this era with all the spacing provided by three point shooting and he'd never have a true shooting percentage below 60%.

Except that MJ already had great spacing via the triangle offense, a great array of shooters (Paxson, B.J., and Pippen in the first run and Kerr, Kukoc, and Pippen in the second), and the fact that he played in the man-only defense era where no one could double him off the ball or hedge towards him to plug his lanes.

You put Jordan on the average modern team, they're not going to have shooters any better than Paxson-Kerr-B.J.-Kukoc-Pippen-MJ, but the defense is going to be able to hedge into MJ's lanes and make drives and independent iso actions much more difficult for him.