Eric Gordon earned another piece of hardware Monday night, accepting the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in New York at the league’s inaugural NBA Awards Show.
Although it came two and half months after the end of the regular season, the awards show was a successful, both entertaining and funny during the over two-hour show.
For Gordon, this only adds to the successful …
Lavoy Allen’s time in Indy is complete.
As we reported on Friday (June 23), the Pacers declined to pick up the team option on the third and final year of Allen’s contract that he signed back in 2015. It would have paid out a reasonable $4 million.
It was no secret that Allen was expecting the Pacers to move on. He changed his Twitter bio …
The incredible rookie journey for Yogi Ferrell got even better Monday when the NBA announced that he was named to the All-Rookie Second Team.
Even better, the four others players on the second team were first-round selections, whereas Ferrell did not hear his name called during the 2016 NBA Draft.
Ferrell, a product of Park Tudor and Indiana University, signed a training camp deal with …
Once more the Indiana Fever celebrated the career of Tamika Catchings. Saturday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, they retired her number (24) and raised a banner to the rafters.
Before Catchings spoke — getting choked up because of the significance of something of this magnitude, being the first player in Fever history to have her jersey retired — Pacers Sports & Entertainment President Rick Fuson …
Colts linebacker has gotten to know Paul George over the last several years. Not only is Mathis a big-time Pacers fan, frequently sitting courtside for home games, but also for the last three summers the two have teamed up to host the successful Caroline Symmes Celebrity Softball Challenge at Victory Field. George took over co-hosting duties from Roy Hibbert, after he was traded to the …
In his first player decision as Pacers president of basketball operations, Kevin Pritchard selected forward T.J. Leaf out of UCLA at No. 18.
Leaf was the top-ranked forward on their draft board when the Pacers were on the clock. Just 20, Leaf is entering the pros after just one season at UCLA. He led the 31-5 Bruins with 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.…
T.J. Leaf, the Pacers’ first-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, arrived in Indianapolis on Friday.
He toured around Bankers Life Fieldhouse with Kevin Pritchard, the Pacers’ president of basketball operations, and then answered questions from media at an introductory press conference.
Watch his comments from that, and a breakout session, below:
VIDEO: Kevin Pritchard on Leaf
First reaction: Pacers coach Nate McMillan on Leaf…
The Pacers will not exercise the team option of $4 million on the final year of Lavoy Allen’s contract, according to his representatives at ASM Sports.
This move was expected as the Pacers continue to seek a deal enticing enough to trade Paul George, thus signaling a rebuild. The had until June 26 to finalize their decision.
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