Pacers guard Joe Young make his first career start in the NBA Wednesday night in the team’s whipping of the Phoenix Suns, 116-101.
The Pacers didn’t know until game day that usual starter Darren Collison would not be available due to personal reasons. Coach Nate McMillan wanted to keep the second unit intact, featuring a Cory Joseph and Lance Stephenson backcourt, so he decided Young …
Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 116-101 win over the Phoenix Suns Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Despite practicing for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday, the Pacers held Myles Turner out of the lineup. He is close to returning, working out on a basketball floor three times over the last 24 hours. Pacers starting point guard Darren Collison was…
Pacers second-year center Domantas Sabonis was invited to play in the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend next month. The annual game, held on the Friday (Feb. 16) of All-Star Weekend, showcases the best young players in the NBA.
Sabonis, who is averaging 12.3 points and a team-high 8.4 rebounds per game this season, is one of five sophomores named to the World Team roster …
Victor Oladipo says he hasn’t agreed to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend 2018, set for Feb. 16-18 in Los Angeles. But he is open to competing for the second time.
“I don’t know. I don’t know where those rumors came from,” Oladipo said Tuesday when he met with local reporters to discuss being named an All-Star.
“That’s funny, too. That’s crazy. …
Victor Oladipo’s phone buzzed Tuesday. It was Pacers President Kevin Pritchard, the executive who orchestrated the move that brought Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis to Indy last summer.
He had the honor of alerting Oladipo that he was voted an All-Star reserve by NBA head coaches.
For the first time in his five years as a pro, he would participate in the game showcasing the world’s …
Myles Turner rejoined the Pacers on the court for practice Tuesday and was a full participant. He’s missed the last seven games, during which the Pacers went 4-3, and is listed as questionable for Wednesday’s home game against the Phoenix Suns.
“I feel pretty good,” he said after practice. “I went through a full day of practice today. In my head I’m always ready to …
Shortly after it was announced that Pacers guard Victor Oladipo was voted into his first NBA All-Star game, many of his teammates went on Twitter to congratulate him.
See their tweets below:
Congrats brother @VicOladipo well deserved…. #EastAllStars
— THAD YOUNG (@yungsmoove21) January 24, 2018
Congratulations, Vic!! Well deserved and earned!!!! #NBAAllStar
— Damien Wilkins (@dwilkins3000) January 24, 2018
This was straight up earned right …
The Pacers recently sent an email to the other 29 head coaches in the league to state the case for them to vote Victor Oladipo into the 2018 All-Star game. He did not win the popularity contest and so he was not named a starter last week.
The Pacers’ message was simple: “Facts are facts,” Nate McMillan said earlier Tuesday. “You look at his numbers, …