The Truth About Spike Lee And Reggie Miller's Feud

Getting booed, jeered, and yelled at by opposing fans could be considered an occupational hazard in professional sports. Just ask Reggie Miller, who dealt with Spike Lee's perpetual taunts. Miller said those jabs started their infamous back-and-forth. 

"Look, I will say this about Spike: God Bless him. I love him," said Miller on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in 2015. "...But he talks too much. He talks too damn much, and when you're trying to play a game, you hear the fans and you hear hecklers and guys booing you and stuff like that, but Spike takes it a little personal...so I decided to bring him onto the court and make him part of the game."

During an interview on the "Dan Patrick Show," Miller revealed some of the things that Lee would say to him, which had to do with Basketball Hall of Famer and basketball legend Cheryl Miller, Reggie's older sister. Possibly, Lee was aware that Cheryl used to always beat her brother at one-on-one when they were kids and he chose to weaponize that truth. "It started with him and the Cheryl chants and 'Cheryl was better,'" Reggie told Patrick about his beef with Lee. "That's kind of what started it, and he got everyone around him involved ... I'm like, is he really saying this?" Yes, Reggie, he really was.

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