I Love Being the Enemy; A Season on the Court with the NBA's Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue
New York, N.Y. Simon & Schuster, 1995. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 282, (6) pages. Signed by Reggie Miller #31 on the front free endpaper. Includes Acknowledgments, and a Foreword by Spike Lee: Reggie & Me. Also includes 17 black and white photographs of Reggie Miller between pages 128 and 129, and an epilogue. The basketball superstar offers his views on life in the NBA, candidly describing life on the Dream Team and offering his opinions on players and coaches. Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former 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 third on the list behind Stephen Curry and Ray Allen. A five-time All-Star selection, Miller led the league in free throw percentage 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. A documentary titled Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks premiered to the public on March 14, 2010, on ESPN. This book is Reggie Miller's chronicle of the Pacers' rollercoaster 1994-95 season. With the outspoken candor that has made him the target of so much animosity in so many rival arenas, Reggie tells what life is really like behind the scenes in the NBA: what players say to each other in the heat of battle; how to work the referees, and how to know when not to; who in the league is immune to trash talk, and who lets it get under his skin; why and how the playoffs are another world from the game played in the regular season. Reggie tells us why he idolizes Michael Jordan; how he and coach Larry Brown disagree about the role he should be playing on the team; and just how his boldest statements serve to motivate and elevate his teammates' games. He also gives us an unusual window into what makes Reggie tick: The values he learned from his loving parents; the challenge he faced in making a name for himself in the basketball shadow of his Hall of Fame sister, Cheryl; the source of his cool confidence on the court that only grows as the game gets hotter and the boos rain down; and the delicious feeling of being "in the zone", that mystical place where every fake gets you free and every shot rips twine. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Miller has two claims to fame: for eight years he has been one of the stalwarts on the Indiana Pacers, the perennial bridesmaids in the Eastern Conference championships of the NBA; and he is the brother of Cheryl Miller, generally conceded to be the best female basketball player of all time. He has built a reputation not only as a top player but also as what hoopsters call a trash talker, trying to upset opponents with his on-court commentary. The book follows the Pacers through the 1994-1995 season game by game, when once again they came close but won no cigar. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Indiana Pacers, Basketball, NBA, Professional Athlete, Hall of Fame, All-Star, Three-Point, Free Throw, Olympics, Larry Brown, Eastern Conference, Spike Lee
ISBN: 0684813890
[Book #81875]
Price: $100.00