Reggie Miller Considers Adding Embarassing Asterisk To Hall Of Fame Career

Looking to add an awkward and anticlimactic end to what many consider a Hall of Fame-caliber 18-year career, former Indiana Pacer All-Star Reggie Miller is considering a return to the NBA. According to sources out of Boston, the Celtics are currently in discussion with the retired shooting guard about returning to the court this upcoming season.

Out of the league since 2005, Miller has spent the past few seasons as an analyst for TNT, and had apparently been planning to continue in that capacity until being contacted by Celtics' GM Danny Ainge and head coach Doc Rivers. The duo proposed that Miller join the overhauled Celtics' roster in a reserve role, playing around 15 minutes a game.

"Well, to be honest, I had been really happy with the way my career came to a close," explained Miller, who turns 42 later this month, in a Wednesday interview. "But, you know, the more I thought about it, who wants to go out a hero in the town he spent his entire career in when he has a chance to play an embarrassingly reduced role as an insignificant hired gone for a conference foe?"

Though the Celtics have not yet officially coaxed the sharpshooter out of retirement, rumors are already beginning to swirl that Ainge and Rivers might not be done wheeling and dealing. They have apparently contacted former Detroit Pistons Bad Boys Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn about leaving their WNBA coaching positions to help alleviate the team's frontcourt depth concerns, and are also reportedly in pursuit of former Lakers forward James Worthy to sparingly play a handful of minutes at the end of assured victories.

When asked by a group of reporters whether the team is attempting to construct some sort of novelty act akin to the Harlem Globetrotters, Ainge appeared overcome with a look of epiphany before saying, "Globetrotters! Yes! I wonder if Curly Neal would be willing to sign a 15-day contract?"