Reggie Miller’s reputation in Indiana has always been tied to his shot-making, but one former teammate says the Hall of Famer’s work habits stood out just as much.
Al Harrington, who played 339 games alongside Miller with the Pacers, said on a recent episode of the “To The Baha” podcast that Miller was unlike anyone else he’s been around.
“Reggie Miller is probably the hardest worker that I've ever seen and the most superstitious player I've ever seen,” Harrington said. “When I say he did the same thing the same way every single day, like he got to the gym at the same time every single day.
He sat down the same way. He blew his nose, he'd take three pieces of tissue, and put it on his thigh like one, two, three, turn it, fold it, blow his nose, throw it away, put his socks on the same way at the same time on the clock every single day.”
Miller’s career résumé backs up the legend. He spent his entire NBA run with Indiana, made five All-Star teams and three All-NBA teams, and finished with 18.2 points per game in the regular season.
He also buried 2,560 3-pointers, which ranks seventh all time.
When the games tightened up, Miller’s numbers climbed. He averaged 20.6 points per game in the playoffs and helped push the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals, where the Los Angeles Lakers won in six games.
The honors kept piling up after his playing days, too. Miller was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. Indiana retired his No. 31 jersey in March 2006.
These days, Miller is back in the broadcast world. He is now a TV analyst for NBC Sports and officially signed on as a top color commentator beginning with the 2025-26 NBA season after a 20-year run with TNT.
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