The final set of players named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team were announced Thursday night, with TNT doing the honors. That meant the network got to personally inform some members of their team that they made it.
Reggie Miller was on commentary duty in San Francisco for TNT’s coverage of the Clippers-Warriors contest, and did a pregame hit with the “Inside the NBA” crew. Host Ernie Johnson took that opportunity to inform Miller that he was one of the selections.
Miller was genuinely caught off-guard.
The decision to let media partners do the reveal has led to some awkward leaks and confusion. The NBA was probably hoping that it would pay off with moments like this, and at least in this case, it did.
Just to be clear, Miller made the list for his exploits as a player, not a commentator. There’s no doubt he earned the honor.
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