Free agency is about to be wild. More money is available than ever as the salary cap skyrockets from $70 to an estimated $94 million.
That also means some teams will have to spend just to reach the cap floor, and could end up overpaying to do so.
All this benefits a guy like Solomon Hill, who was drafted by the Indiana Pacers 23rd overall …
While it hurts that his teammate, neighbor, and close friend George Hill was traded away, Paul George says he’s comfortable with the initial changes that Pacers President Larry Bird has made to the roster.
“I like the roster,” George said Wednesday on the practice court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “Obviously saddened by losing George (Hill] but Larry’s all about trying to improve and make a …
Fresh off a media blitz earlier in the week with USA Basketball as the 12-man roster was announced, Paul George was back in Indianapolis.
The three-time NBA All-Star has about three weeks before he’ll head west to Las Vegas, on July 17, for Training Camp followed by five exhibition games.
Then, they’ll travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games (Aug. 6-21).…
The Pacers kicked off rookie/free agent camp early Tuesday evening with a practice lasting more than 130 minutes. The early observation was how they need to get in better shape.
Head coach Nate McMillan has enlisted Popeye Jones as to coach their Summer League team. Jones, meanwhile, joked that Burke had paid his dues and retired from those responsibilities.
[Bill Bayno ‘couldn’t have written a …
Bill Bayno recently rode the elevator from the Event Level to Founders Level at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and then entered the office of Larry Bird, the Pacers’ President of Basketball Operations.
“I was nervous as hell going into interview with Larry Bird,” Bayno explained Tuesday after his first official practice with the Pacers. “Nate [McMillan] is like, ‘Why?’ I go, ‘That’s Larry Bird!’ I grew …
George Niang arrived in Indianapolis on Tuesday and got right after it. He reintroduced himself to staff members, checked out the locker room again — he was part of the Pacers’ seventh and final pre-draft workout on June 17 — and picked a number.
31, which he wore for four years at Iowa State, is one of four numbers retired and hanging in the rafters. …
Georges Niang arrived in Indianapolis on Tuesday, eager to join the Pacers. Before taking part in practice No. 1 with the Summer League team, Niang, who the Pacers selected 50th overall in last week’s draft, addressed the local media.
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The Pacers released their official roster for rookie/free agent camp Tuesday afternoon. The 14-man group will go through five practices in Indianapolis, the first scheduled for Tuesday evening, before heading to Orlando on Friday.
The Orlando Summer League, held on the practice floor at the Amway Center, consists of 25 games spanning July 2nd through the 8th.
Nine NBA teams will have teams: Charlotte Hornets, …