After going 42-40 during the 2016-17 season, the Pacers have picks 18 and 47 in the 2017 NBA Draft, set for Thursday (June 22) in Brooklyn.
When the 18th pick — and perhaps another selection or two, should they complete a trade by draft night for the second straight year — steps onto the stage at the Barclays Center, he’ll put on the team’s official …
Lake Central High School welcomed one of its one back to the school’s gym in St. John, Indiana this week. Glenn Robinson III, a 2012 graduate who then went on to play two years at the University of Michigan prior to being selected 40th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft.
For the second straight year, Robinson III, who is 23 and coming off his best …
When you think of Harry Giles, you think about potential. That’s what a draft is about more than anything, in some cases, right?
Giles is 6-foot-10, 232 pounds and incredibly skinny. The concern with him is his health. He’s had multiple knee surgeries already, and he’s just 19. So he understands the importance of availability.
After one underwhelming year at Duke, where he was sidelined …
If he’s still available at 18, when the Pacers are on the clock, John Collins would fill a need and be a guy the Indianapolis community would embrace.
Collins, a 6-9, 225-pound forward, puts his nose on the ball with a great rebounding instinct. It’s hard to teach that. He averaged 9.8 rebounds per game during his sophomore year at Wake Forest, up from 3.9 …
James Blackmon Jr. completed his final pre-draft workout Saturday morning for his hometown team, the Indiana Pacers. He estimated that it was his 14th or 15th workout. It’s easy to lose count during the process, and when he worked out for six different teams over the last six days.
“I just tried to bring the same energy, the same effort, and just show how competitive …
Donovan Mitchell will be in the Green Room for the upcoming 2017 NBA Draft. He’s fired up about that.
Even more so, he’s looking forward to the next chapter in his basketball career. Mitchell is first-round talent, coming out of a great Louisville basketball program. He praised coach Rick Pitino for the program, his intensity and level of detail at which they operated.
[Donovan Mitchell …
Justin Jackson opted to forego his final year in Chapel Hill to enter the NBA Draft one year earlier. The 22-year-old is an intriguing option.
He stands 6-foot-8 and has plenty of pounds of muscle to be gained, currently at 201. He averaged 18.3 points and 4.7 rebounds last season with North Carolina en route to 2017 NCAA Championship.
One characteristic Jackson has is a …
Pacers guard Monta Ellis has been suspended five games without pay for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, the league announced Friday afternoon.
“Monta’s suspension is a very serious matter to our franchise and it will be dealt with accordingly,” Pacers President Kevin Pritchard said in a statement.
Ellis is eligible to participate in preseason play. The suspension begins in the regular season …