The free-agent frenzy has slowed after the first day of when nearly $1 billion in contracts were handed out. Like other star players in previous years, the hold-up is an All-Star still pondering his next move.
That player is Brownsburg native Gordon Hayward, who became an unrestricted free agent one year earlier than Paul George, for example, because the Jazz matched the Charlotte Hornets’ offer …
Rakeem Christmas and Georges Niang are missing quality game action as the Pacers take part in the Orlando Summer League.
Through two (of five) games, Rakeem Christmas has not yet played due to a sprained left ankle sustained in practice on Thursday. He’s with the team in Orlando, but coach Popeye Jones has kept him off of the court.
Niang, meanwhile, was injured 87 seconds …
Myles Turner understood that his bosses were in a tough spot, having to trade Paul George after he made his desire to play in Los Angeles public. That also meant the Pacers would change their immediate focus.
Down in Orlando to support the Pacers’ summer league team, Turner joined NBA TV’s Matt Winer and Grant Hill at intermission. It were the first public comments made …
In addition to hiring Chad Buchanan as General Manager, Pacers President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard promoted one of his key aides.
Peter Dinwiddie, the Pacers’ Vice President of Basketball Operations for the past five years, becomes the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations. His job shouldn’t change, but his title and (almost certainly) his compensation has been elevated.
“Peter’s expertise in all areas related …
Reggie Miller spent all 18 years of his NBA career in one city, Indianapolis. He was selected 11th overall by Donnie Walsh in the 1987 draft and called it a career in 2005.
Over that stretch, he was part of a 28-win team in 1989, which was the last time the franchise has finished with less than 32 wins in a season. He was also …
When Paul George’s agent, Aaron Mintz, dialed up Kevin Pritchard the weekend before the 2017 NBA Draft, he informed the Pacers’ president of basketball operations that George did not plan to exercise his player option — negotiated by Mintz in 2013 by taking a lower percentage of the salary cap — following the 2017-18 season and would move elsewhere in free agency.
Los Angeles being …
When news broke on Twitter that the Pacers were dealing Paul George, the face of the franchise, to Oklahoma City, his former teammates were as surprised as everyone else.
It was a trade that surprised the entire league, basketball community, and of course his ex-teammates.
After they saw the news on Twitter, several Pacers then shared their thoughts on what went down.
[Paul George says …
Hours after news broke that the Pacers agreed to trade Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, Paul George went on Instagram to say goodbye to Indiana after seven years.
View this post on InstagramMinutes later, he sent out the following post – clearly looking forward to playing alongside …