Gordon Hayward received an invitation from USA Basketball to be part of the Olympic Team this summer but the former Brownsburg and Butler standout decided it was in his best interest to decline it with his second kid due this summer.
Hayward’s full statement via his representation, Priority Sports:
“While I am incredibly honored to have been invited to compete with Team USA in …
Larry Bird continues to be active in building a stronger team for next season.
The Pacers have traded for veteran power forward Thaddeus Young, a league source confirmed to VigilantSports.com, just five hours before tonight’s NBA Draft. In exchange, it will cost them their first-round pick: No. 20.
The trade was first reported by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
“He’s a cool dude,” one of Young’s …
Today is it, the final day as rookies for the Pacers’ Myles Turner, Joe Young, and Rakeem Christmas.
No more fetching orange soda, no more runs to the drug store for body wash, and no more breadsticks. No more rookie duties.
In his final hours as a rookie, just ahead of the 2016 NBA Draft, Turner — the Pacers’ pick last year at No. 11 …
Paul George has officially accepted an invitation to be on USA Basketball’s Olympic Team, a league sourced confirmed to VigilantSports.com.
It has long been a dream of George to represent his country and win a gold medal, and here he’ll get that chance two years after suffering a crushing injury that kept him out for all but six games during the 2014-15 NBA season.
“The …
They’re good friends. They’re neighbors, sometimes opting to carpool into work.
They were teammates for the last five seasons. They had the two middle lockers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with space separating the two stalls.
They both have “George” in their name. And they were owners of the Pacers G2 Zone.
But that is no more after Pacers President Larry Bird agreed to a deal …
The 2016 NBA Draft will be held Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. ESPN has the live television broadcasting rights and their coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. ET. [Available online here.]
But, for the first time, they’ll have real competition.
Adrian Wojnarowski’s crew over on The Vertical will have an online broadcast which is led by Woj, the league’s top reporter, and …
The Indiana Pacers have an agreement in place for three-team deal with Atlanta and Utah in which they replace The Hometown Hero with another hometown product.
In the deal, first reported by The Verical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Jeff Teague comes to Indy, George Hill goes to Utah, and Atlanta gets Utah’s first-round pick (12) in Thursday’s draft.
The deal won’t be completed in July — the …
When I first started this podcast last fall, covering all things Pacers, Tambra Brenner was one of several individuals — beyond the coaches and players — at Pacers Sports & Entertainment I thought fans would enjoy hearing from.
Brenner is the travel specialist at PS&E. Her primary responsibilities include managing the travel for the 10 scouts or so employed by the team. Most of them …