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Should LeBron James Join the Pacers?

LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers

In the first round of the NBA Playoffs, the Indiana Pacers gave LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers all that they could handle. While the Cavaliers won the series in seven games, Indiana had their chances to win the series and send LeBron home early. With that in mind, it is worth asking whether or not James should consider joining the Pacers should he leave …

Notes and quotes from the Pacers’ end-of-season press conference

Kevin Pritchard, Nate McMillan, Pacers

The Indiana Pacers’ 2017-18 season ended in dramatic fashion, down to a seventh and final game of a first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but LeBron James’ sheer brilliance was too much, again.

So with just six players brought back from last year’s roster, the Pacers won 51 games, including the postseason, earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, and was prominently shown on …

PHOTO: Pacers Gaming unveils court

Pacers Gaming, NBA 2K League

Pacers Gaming’s first season begins Friday at the NBA 2K League’s first tournament as the league makes its debut in New York City. They are one of 17 franchises consisting of six players each.

The team arrived in The Big Apple on Tuesday as pool play takes place May 1-4 at the NBA 2K League Studio Powered by Intel. Pacers Gaming, however, has all of …

Oladipo, Gordon thrilled to see Romeo Langford commit to Indiana

2018 Indiana Mr. Basketball Romeo Langford made his college choice Monday evening, committing to play at Indiana University for head coach Archie Miller next season.

Langford announced his decision at a ceremony held on the gymnasium floor at New Albany High School in front of approximately 3,000 fans — and tens of thousands more online.

When I informed Victor Oladipo, a 2013 IU graduate, of …

LeBron blocks Pacers’ path, ending special season

Victor Oladipo, LeBron James, Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, 2018 NBA Playoffs

It took seven games and a third 40-plus point performance from LeBron James for the Cleveland Cavaliers to finally dispose of the Pacers. But he did it, just like he did the previous four times that he has faced the Pacers in the playoffs over the last seven years – and they’ve almost always been competitive series.

It took a major trial from Cavs coach …

Victor Oladipo is already thinking about offseason training

Victor Oladipo, David Alexander, Pacers

16 minutes after his season came to an end in the biggest game that he’s ever played, Victor Oladipo was already thinking about getting better.

Who needs time off?

“I don’t know how to take time off,” Oladipo said a short while after the Pacers’ 105-101 Game 7 loss in Cleveland. He finished with a team-high 30 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists in 42 …

The sibling rivalry inside Pacers-Cavaliers

Steve Gansey, Mike Gansey, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, G League, Cleveland Cavaliers

As the Pacers drew the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs, the Gansey household perked up. It meant Steve and Mike’s teams would square off.

Steve Gansey, 32, just completed his third year as head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ G League affiliate. They went 29-21 and finished second of 13 teams in the Eastern Conference.…

VIDEO: Victor Oladipo, Nate McMillan look forward to Game 7

Pacers, St. Vincent Center

The Pacers practiced at the St. Vincent Center Saturday before catching their charter flight to Cleveland for Game 7.

You can throw out the first six games and forget that it’s a series. It all comes down to the game Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. If the Pacers handle their business, it is nothing more than a layover to Toronto, where the Raptors await their …