Pacers guard Victor Oladipo will participate in the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend next month, the league announced Thursday.
This will be Oladipo’s second time in the featured event on All-Star Saturday. He last participated in 2015, representing the Orlando Magic, and finished in second behind Zach LaVine, now with the Chicago Bulls.
His competition: Aaron Gordon (Magic), Larry Nance Jr. (Lakers), …
The next step in Glenn Robinson III’s rehabilitation of his left ankle took him two hours north on Interstate 69, to Fort Wayne on Thursday, where he suited up for the Mad Ants of the G League for just the second time.
Robinson III played 28 minutes and finished with 12 points (5 of 14 from the field, 1 of 4 from range), two rebounds, …
Determined to finish the season on an NBA roster, Damien Wilkins has returned to the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League, the team announced Thursday.
It was with the Swarm last season, averaging 14.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 31.5 minutes per game in 2016-17, where the Pacers took notice of Wilkins’ play. Especially Chad Buchanan, the Pacers’ general manager who then …
Old hat.
That was one of Rasual Butler’s nickname in the Pacers locker room. He was with the team for just one season (2013-14), a 34-year-old vet who had earned a spot via summer league and training camp, and ended up having a significant impact on every single person in the locker room.
Four years later, just one player remains from that roster: Lance Stephenson, …
Pacers head coach Nate McMillan will be away from the team for the next two days and won’t travel to Charlotte for Friday’s game against the Hornets.
Longtime assistant coach Dan Burke, on staff with Indiana since 1997, will coach the team Friday.
“Coach Burke will be taking over practice (Thursday) and I will be missing the game in Charlotte,” McMillan said after they squeaked …
Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle, tragically passed away Wednesday morning in a single-car crash in Los Angeles. The NBA is a tight family and so even though he spent one of his 14 NBA seasons in Indianapolis with the Pacers, the franchise held a moment of silence to remember both of them Wednesday night.
Prior to tip-off between the Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies, …
Former Pacers forward Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle, passed away in a one-car accident early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
They were pronounced dead at the scene, FOX LA reported. “The vehicle crashed into several fixed objects. … Video from the scene showed the vehicle had crashed into and damaged a Marshalls store. Police said the vehicle was a new …
Victor Oladipo will be joined by more of his Pacers family in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star Weekend.
Josh Corbeil, the Pacers’ Senior Director of Medical Operations and Head Athletic Trainer, and Carl Eaton, the Associate Head Athletic Trainer, will serve as the trainers for Team LeBron at the 67th NBA All-Star game, VigilantSports.com has learned.
Corbeil, who sits at the front of the Pacers’ …