Old hat.
That was one of Rasual Butler’s nickname in the Pacers locker room. He was with the team for just one season (2013-14), a 34-year-old vet who had earned a spot via summer league and training camp, and ended up having a significant impact on every single person in the locker room.
Four years later, just one player remains from that roster: Lance Stephenson, …
Pacers head coach Nate McMillan will be away from the team for the next two days and won’t travel to Charlotte for Friday’s game against the Hornets.
Longtime assistant coach Dan Burke, on staff with Indiana since 1997, will coach the team Friday.
“Coach Burke will be taking over practice (Thursday) and I will be missing the game in Charlotte,” McMillan said after they squeaked …
Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle, tragically passed away Wednesday morning in a single-car crash in Los Angeles. The NBA is a tight family and so even though he spent one of his 14 NBA seasons in Indianapolis with the Pacers, the franchise held a moment of silence to remember both of them Wednesday night.
Prior to tip-off between the Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies, …
Former Pacers forward Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle, passed away in a one-car accident early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
They were pronounced dead at the scene, FOX LA reported. “The vehicle crashed into several fixed objects. … Video from the scene showed the vehicle had crashed into and damaged a Marshalls store. Police said the vehicle was a new …
Victor Oladipo will be joined by more of his Pacers family in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star Weekend.
Josh Corbeil, the Pacers’ Senior Director of Medical Operations and Head Athletic Trainer, and Carl Eaton, the Associate Head Athletic Trainer, will serve as the trainers for Team LeBron at the 67th NBA All-Star game, VigilantSports.com has learned.
Corbeil, who sits at the front of the Pacers’ …
Cody Zeller played two seasons with Victor Oladipo at Indiana University — where those two constantly pushed one another. In the locker room, weight room, or on the court, there was always a challenge to be won.
They both left IU in 2013, Zeller after his sophomore season and Oladipo after his junior year. At the annual draft combine that year, they pushed one another …
Victor Oladipo never had his senior day festivities inside Assembly Hall in Bloomington. He left after his junior year, drafted by the Orlando Magic with the second overall pick in 2013.
So Oladipo had his moment Sunday afternoon prior to Indiana’s rivalry game against Purdue. The first 3,000 fans received a commemorative poster of the Pacers guard who is an All-Star while in his first …
Victor Oladipo will be back in Bloomington Sunday to take in the in-state rivalry between IU and Purdue basketball. It will be his first game back since 2013, when he turned pro after his junior season — and graduating.
Doors at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall will open at 1:30 pm ET, two hours before tip-off against 20-2 Boilermakers. The first 3,000 fans will receive a …