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A preseason trip to India caused Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan to withdraw from the Team USA coaching staff under Gregg Popovich. Per Scott Agness of The Athletic, Nate McMillan explained that his first priority is the Pacers. As such, once a trip to India on October 4 and 5 for a preseason game […]

Still just barely less than a month away from free agency, the market for D’Angelo Russell is already materializing. According to Shams Charania of the Athletic, the Brooklyn Nets guard is expected to garner interest from the Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Indiana Pacers, as well as his incumbent team, as a restricted […]

Aaron Holiday was taken with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. At the time of his selection, the Indiana Pacers were immediately talked about as getting one of the biggest steals of the draft. While he didn’t play a huge role early on in his rookie season, Holiday showed major progress […]

The summer of free agency is just a month away with several NBA stars looking to cash in. Whether they stay on the same team or move to another depends on the offer and opportunity. Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley is a free agent who will more than likely command a bigger salary than […]

Before he ever took the floor at Indiana University, Romeo Langford was projected as a top ten pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. And despite a tremendous freshman season in which Langford was named Second Team All-Big Ten and averaged over 16 points and five rebounds, his stock fell. For all of his scoring prowess […]

Until the Game 6 loss to the Toronto Raptors, the entire world got a good glance at an under-appreciated player that can impact the game in every way possible. This 6’5’’ combo guard was last seen using his size to bully smaller guards on his way to finishing at the rim. When he wasn’t doing […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker will reportedly receive interest from the Orlando Magic, Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers this summer, according to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders. Walker becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The All-Star guard is eligible to sign a supermax extension with the Hornets after making […]

For what seems like the umpteenth time over the last several years, Rajon Rondo is a free agent again. The mercurial point guard spent the 2018-19 campaign with the Los Angeles Lakers, but as a result of hand injuries throughout the year, he played in just 46 games. When he was on the floor, he […]

One of the better under-the-radar upcoming free agents this summer is Thaddeus Young, who has spent the past three seasons with the Indiana Pacers. While Young struggled to find his niche in his early NBA years with the Philadelphia 76ers, he has developed into a very solid piece as the game has changed to prioritize […]

Indiana Pacers small forward Thaddeus Young says Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo is the only player in the NBA he has to watch film and prepare three or four days in advance for. Antetokounmpo, who is a finalist for the MVP award this season, is one of the most unstoppable forces we have in […]

Kevin Pritchard and the Indiana Pacers are entering a crucial offseason for the future of their franchise. After being swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs to end their season, it was made clear in the season-ending press conference that the Pacers are going to swing for the fences this […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were the biggest winners of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery when they surprisingly won the first pick despite only having a six percent chance. Pelicans General Manager David Griffin is expected to select Zion Williamson from Duke University to the chagrin of the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. […]

The All-NBA team selections have been released, and while the league’s best players made it, a few curveballs were thrown: The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade, the Sacramento Kings’ Marvin Bagley III, and the Indiana Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis each got one vote to be part of All-NBA honors. These were ridiculous choices. The other vote getters: […]

Nate McMillan and the Indiana Pacers suffered through a rough and disappointing 2018-19 NBA season. After getting off to a strong start and being one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers saw Victor Oladipo go down with a season-ending torn quad. It was a brutal blow for the Pacers and they […]

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner was not pleased after being snubbed from both of the All-Defensive teams after the league released the results of the voting. Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz garnered 97 first-place votes and the closest to an unanimous vote to make the team, while Joel […]

Tobias Harris is set to hit the open free agency market this offseason and will have quite a few suitors lining up with interest in signing him. After being traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason, Harris will have a tough decision or two to make. Leaving the 76ers would […]

It’s certainly going to be a wild summer. With the NBA Conference Finals underway, the NBA offseason is just around the corner. Not since the summer of 2010 have we seen so many star talents set for free agency in the same offseason. The league will likely look vastly different than the one we saw […]

While the New Orleans Pelicans would like to try to win as many games as possible, as new executive vice president David Griffin has said, the unfortunate reality for them is they are not good enough to do so meaningfully, even with Zion Williamson set to come aboard as the No. 1 pick. Griffin also […]

The Indiana Pacers have released a statement regarding the news that combo guard Tyreke Evans has been dismissed from the NBA for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. Statement on Tyreke Evans: https://t.co/0n2WI4zN3G pic.twitter.com/F7d2tFLrD8 — Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) May 17, 2019 This is no laughing matter, as we don’t know what Evans is going through in […]

Indiana Pacers guard Tyreke Evans has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. Evans was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. The NBA has announced today that guard/forward Tyreke Evans has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of […]

The Indiana Pacers were one of the biggest tragedies in the NBA this season, as a team with real aspirations of having a deep playoff run lost its best player in Victor Oladipo for the season after a quad tear in late January. The Pacers went on to scrap together 48 wins with heart, depth […]

It should be a very interesting offseason for the Indiana Pacers, a team that has plenty of cap room and could very well make a big splash through free agency… or trade. According to Sean Deveney of The Sporting News, the Pacers have expressed interest in trading for Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley, whom […]

The Indiana Pacers are showing interest in a local product, according to J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star. Indiana will meet with New Albany native and Indiana University standout Romeo Langford this weekend in Chicago: The @Pacers will meet with Romeo Langford of @IndianaMBB on Friday, I’m told, at the #NBADraftCombine in Chicago. He’s expected […]

The Indiana Pacers ended their 2018-19 NBA season in extremely disappointing fashion. After suffering through the heartbreaking season-ending injury that Victor Oladipo suffered, the Pacers were still able to win the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Unfortunately, the Boston Celtics ended up sweeping them in the first round. Following that disappointment, general […]

With the NBA offseason approaching, we are hearing about all of the usual suspects as far as teams that will be most involved in the free-agent market. The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers will all have substantial cap space this summer, so, naturally, they are all hot topics of discussion […]

Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio is set to be a free agent this summer, and while he certainly isn’t one of the top free agents on the market, he will definitely draw some interest and should be able to help a team next season. But, in a league where traditional point guards are being […]

The 2018-19 NBA season was an up-and-down affair for the Oklahoma City Thunder, featuring MVP-caliber performances from Paul George and Russell Westbrook as well as frustrating inefficiencies and a rather shallow supporting cast. Most notably, however, the season ended in similar fashion: a first-round playoff exit. Oklahoma City had no answer for an unconscious Damian […]

One of the Indiana Pacers’ offseason priorities is re-signing unrestricted free agent power forward Thaddeus Young. The 30-year old Young concluded his third year in Indianapolis. He averaged 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game in the 2018-19 NBA season. He also earned $13.7 million. Young is one of six Pacers whose contracts […]

The Indiana Pacers are coming off a respectable season that featured earning the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference but ended in being swept by the Boston Celtics. Not having Victor Oladipo was obviously going to make it arguably impossible for the Pacers to be able to defeat a talented team like the Celtics, they […]

Entering a contract year, many believed that Bojan Bogdanovic of the Indiana Pacers was primed for a big season. However, few might have predicted that he was going to be this good. In his fifth year in the league, the 6-foot-8 wing was able to put up career-high numbers across the board as he ended […]

Aaron Holiday of the Indiana Pacers looked back on his rookie season, particularly on what he has learned playing at the highest level of basketball. Holiday, the 23rd overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, played a total of 50 regular season games for the Pacers. In 12.9 minutes per game, he averaged 5.9 points […]

The Indiana Pacers are in a rather awkward position as a franchise at the moment. Two members of their core play the same position and their lone All-Star is coming off a season-ending injury that will likely neutralize his impact next season when he eventually returns to the lineup. There is a common belief that […]

The pressure will be on the Indiana Pacers to make big moves this summer. They’ve been promoting the fact that they have so much cap space for the free agency in 2019 since trading away former franchise-player Paul George. The fact that the Pacers are projected to have nearly $43 million in salary cap space […]

The Indiana Pacers were one of the most surprising teams this season. Despite losing star guar Victor Oladipo, they still managed to make the playoffs and showed their potential. Now, they will look to build from their decent performance, as they are eyeing to become strong players in free agency this summer. Pacers president of […]

The Indiana Pacers season seemed to hang by a thread when star shooting guard Victor Oladipo went down holding his right knee on Jan. 23 in a game against the Toronto Raptors. When X-rays found that Oladipo had suffered a ruptured quad tendon and would miss the rest of the season, things looked extremely bleak […]

Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan wants his team to play faster and shoot more 3-pointers next season. The Pacers averaged 25.4 3’s per game this season. That was 29th in the NBA. Indiana only made 9.5 3’s per contest. That was also 29th in the league. McMillan: "We were 29th in attempts in 3pt […]

The Indiana Pacers were eliminated early in the playoffs, so they are looking at this offseason as an opportunity to improve their roster. They will have Victor Oladipo back at some point next season, but the front office needs to make sure they surround him with enough talent in order for the team to be […]

The Indiana Pacers had some hard luck this year, as Victor Oladipo was knocked out for the season after suffering a ruptured quadriceps tendon in late January. The Pacers went on to win 48 games and fought the Boston Celtics admirably in the first round of the playoffs, but they ended up getting swept. The […]

The Indiana Pacers saw their 2018-19 campaign come to a disappointing end, as they were swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Despite that fact, the Pacers had several bright spots along the way, including the emergence of Domantas Sabonis. Sabonis, now 22 years of age, became an […]