[Torn Rose]

Reggie Miller and Karl Malone will both retire this year.

Reggie is my all time favorite player; I even named my cat Reggie Miller since when we got him as a 6 week old kitten he was a runt with huge ears and bad attitude.

I do not think the Pacers can make the Finals this year, and this should have been their year, but the brawl ended that hope with the over reaction of suspensions.

Only John Stockton has been with one team longer then Reggie, he had a chance to go to the Knicks 6 years ago for big $ but decided to stay in Indiana and help them to the Finals. I will never forget the 8 points he scored in 8.9 seconds vs the Knicks, the rivalry he had/has with Spike Lee and the game winning 3 pointer he made over Jordan in ’98 (the night of our first anniversary) and so many more game winning shots.

Larry Bird said if he had one player to make the final shot he would take Reggie over Jordan. Jordan has said the only player to ever get into his head was Reggie. And of course he’s the all time leading 3 point shooter.

Malone was also a favorite of mine, I was very sad to see him go to the Lakers and I wish he would go to the Spurs just to finish out with another chance to win a ring on a non Laker team.

The NBA will never be the same