Kelli Towles is in her 24th year with the Indiana Pacers heading up the community relations department. She is in charge of community outreach, and involving the players to positively impact Central Indiana.
There are NBA initiatives, such as Jr. NBA Week and Hoops For Troops, and then there are dozen of events unique to the Pacers.
Towles and her team — which includes Darnell …
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Victor Oladipo wouldn’t commit to singing the United States’ national anthem before a Pacers game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but he isn’t ruling it out.
“Maybe one day, we’ll see,” he said with a big grin.
Oladipo is beloved in Indiana for what he did down in Bloomington while at IU, and for what he has already done in his short time with the Pacers. …
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Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 105-97 win over the Orlando Magic Monday night at the Amway Center
I expect Victor Oladipo to have himself a nice game. He didn’t feel appreciate in Orlando, where he spent his first three seasons, or in Oklahoma City last year. He didn’t feel like they were invested in him – not like the Pacers have been.…
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The Indiana Pacers will need a new home for the summer league play next July.
The Orlando Magic will no longer be hosting teams to Florida, according to Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel, something they had done annually since 2002.
Most of the league, 24 teams in all, spend nearly two weeks in Las Vegas in what has become the official site of summer …
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A lot happens each week with the Pacers and it’s not easy to stay on top of it. Introducing a new weekly feature, Pacers Last Week, which should help keep you up-to-date on all things Pacers.
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
Rookie Edmond Sumner made it back to Xavier on Monday to see his former squad beat Rider, 101-75.
A group of 17…
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Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 120-95 win over the Miami Heat Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
The home team has been dominant in this series. The Pacers have won the last 10 in Indy, and lost six straight in Miami.
Ike Anigbogu is not with the team; he was assigned to the Mad Ants of the G League and had 13 points and…
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Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 116-113 win over the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday night at FedEx Forum.
No Mike Conley for the Grizzlies. The Lawrence North High School product is dealing with a left Achilles injury, something that has bothered him for a while, and it caused him to miss his second game this year. Mario Chalmers made his second start of the…
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Ike Anigbogu has been assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the G League. This timing is ideal as the Mad Ants have a four-game homestand over the next dozen days.
Anigbogu is the first Pacer to be assigned to the Mad Ants this season. Alex Poythress and Edmond Sumner, both of whom are on a two-way deal, have yet to suit up for …
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