Over the last year we’ve had Indy West (Utah Jazz) and Pacers South (Orlando Magic).
Now, the Pacers are Blazers East.
The Portland Trail Blazers are in Indy for their only visit this season, and there are more than a dozen connections between to the two teams.
[Myles Turner doubtful to play due to sore neck]
For the Pacers: President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard,…
The first game of the season is always fun. There’s excitement, curiosity, and relief from players that they are finally playing for real. Enough with the warm-up games, they said.
Wednesday was no different as the Pacers modeled their new roster, new uniforms, and new attitude against the Brooklyn Nets. The Pacers, with only six players returning from last season, ran downhill and scored in …
As a new Pacers season gets underway, Nate McMillan plans to use a nine-man rotation.
“My focus will be really a nine-man rotation,” he said entering his second year as Pacers head coach. “Damien [Wilkins] will see some minutes. With Glenn [Robinson III] being out I’ll go to more of a nine (pause) … and a half man rotation.” [laughs]
There are just two starters …
Tuesday was opening night in the NBA so all eyes were on TNT and two marquee matchups, first in the Eastern Conference and then out west, and the reigning champion Golden State Warriors.
Less than six minutes in, though, Brownsburg native Gordon Hayward got caught up in the air and then landed hard on his left ankle, dislocating it into an unnatural position. The Cavaliers’ …
The Pacers players voted Thad Young and Myles Turner as team captains for the 2017-18 season.
The vote came over the last week ahead of opening night. It was up to the players to cast their vote for who was most deserving.
“That’s all about your team watching you,” said Nate McMillan, who was voted captain during his rookie season in Seattle (1986).
“And they’ve …
The Pacers moved into a new practice facility, the St. Vincent Center, over the summer. It has everything a team needs … and then some.
Two practice courts with 24-7 availability, cold and hot tubs, a resting area, a barber shop, and the return of a player’s lounge.
The Pacers made it easy for players to look forward to going to work, and not want …
The G League unveiled its new uniforms for the 2017-18 season on Monday. Just as the NBA switched to Nike from Adidas as the official uniform and apparel supplier, the G League and WNBA did as well.
Uniforms worn by the 26 teams are outfitted with their individual logo and team colors, but the outline is very similar. Over the summer, the Mad Ants ditched …
Jarrod Uthoff doesn’t have much to say, he’d rather show you.
The trouble was that the Pacers found it difficult to play the second-year forward any meaningful minutes during their four-game preseason. The 24-year-old out of the University of Iowa appeared in two games, but did not log enough minutes to make thoughtful conclusions about his game at this level.
“Coming in and playing the …