{"id":742105,"date":"2026-05-23T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/742105\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:27:21","slug":"truly-painful-calls-mount-for-nbc-to-cut-ties-with-nba-legend-reggie-miller-amid-claims-of-thunder-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/742105\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Truly Painful\u2019 \u2014 Calls Mount for NBC to Cut Ties With NBA Legend Reggie Miller Amid Claims of Thunder \u2018Bias\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reggie Miller is facing backlash for his commentary during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans shared their frustration at the NBA legend over his perceived bias towards the Thunder, with some even calling for NBC to cut ties with him.<\/p>\n

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NBA World Criticizes Reggie Miller for Oklahoma City Thunder Bias<\/p>\n

After a glittering 18-year playing career in the NBA, Miller became a commentator. However, the NBA world hasn\u2019t been all too pleased with the Pacers<\/a> legend\u2019s work in the broadcast booth.<\/p>\n

Podcaster Carson Cunningham claimed that Miller\u2019s commentary has gotten worse despite being an analyst and commentator for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cReggie Miller has been calling games for 20 years and he\u2019s somehow worse than when he started. He makes these games truly painful,\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Spurs fan criticized Miller\u2019s commentary during the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI genuinely can\u2019t believe I have to listen to Reggie Miller on every broadcast,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another Spurs fan shared their annoyance at having to listen to Miller on commentary.<\/p>\n

Miller also attracted criticism for appearing biased toward the Thunder. During Game 3, he weighed in on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>\u2019s perceived reputation for flopping and baiting fouls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s somewhat of a narrative going around about SGA, how many times he falls\u2026 this OKC [Thunder] team, they\u2019re unbearable to watch, the flopping, the flailing. I love everything about SGA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It is fair to say that NBA fans did not appreciate those comments, and some even called for NBC to remove him from a series of such high importance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cReggie Miller talking like people don\u2019t think SGA is good lmao that\u2019s the whole point .. he\u2019s too good to be flopping on every shot,\u201d wrote<\/a> one fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much did they pay Reggie Miller to defend SGA\u2019s flopping?\u201d wrote another<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet Reggie Miller off the f***ing mic, wrote<\/a> another frustrated Spurs fan.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some fans claimed that Miller was biased against the Thunder.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unreal how deflated Reggie Miller sounds when a call goes the Thunder\u2019s way,\u201d claimed<\/a> one Thunder fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet him off this series, his bias is unbelievable,\u201d wrote<\/a> another Thunder fan.<\/p>\n

With NBC serving as the primary network for the Western Conference Finals, Miller will serve as the analyst for the rest of the Thunder-Spurs series alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico. He signed a multi-year deal<\/a> with NBC in February 2025 ahead of the NBA\u2019s return to the network.<\/p>\n

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The NBA Finals will be broadcast on ABC, with Mike Breen set to lead the play-by-play alongside analysts Tim Legler and Richard Jefferson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reggie Miller is facing backlash for his commentary during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,6,91581,2485,310,475,179,3966,3965,114,1279,1912,474,209,312,2474,3460],"class_list":["post-742105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-nba-world","tag-nbc","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-pacers","tag-reggie-miller","tag-richard-jefferson","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-thunder","tag-wemby","tag-western-conference-finals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116625306008609813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}