The 2018 NBA Draft was less than four weeks ago and he already suited up in five summer league games for the Indiana Pacers.
But Monday was a memorable day for Alize Johnson, the Pacers’ second-round pick (50th) out of Missouri State, because he signed his first NBA contract.
He becomes the 14th player under contract, leaving the franchise with one open roster spot.
The …
Troy Williams was waived Monday by the New York Knicks, the team announced. The 23-year-old Indiana University product was on a non-guaranteed deal and the Knicks needed to make one move to trim their roster to 15, the league maximum, by the start of the season.
They added Kevin Knox (ninth) and Mitchell Robinson (36th) in the 2018 NBA Draft.
Williams spent part of the …
LAS VEGAS — The Pacers’ third and final pool game of the 2018 Summer League in Las Vegas was highlighted by a matchup of two top first-round point guards: Indiana’s Aaron Holiday (23rd) vs Cleveland’s Collin Sexton (8th).
This was the first real challenge for Holiday since he became a Pacer officially on July 1. It was obvious that they were going to go at …
LAS VEGAS — Kyle O’Quinn put ink to paper Monday morning at the St. Vincent Center in Indianapolis. He made his one-year deal with the Pacers, worth $4.5 million, official and then told reporters how he looked forward to joining a winning culture.
O’Quinn, a 28-year-old center, can expect to be the Pacers’ fifth big. That was the role of Al Jefferson in each of …
LAS VEGAS — Unless you have a multi-year guaranteed contract, there’s always uncertainty in NBA — and in sports for that matter. And just because you have a guaranteed contract, it doesn’t mean you’ll be where you had planned.
For coaches, they can be fired. For players, they can get moved or waived.
The latter occurred for Pacers forward Alex Poythress, officially on Friday while …
LAS VEGAS — For the second straight summer, Ike Anigbogu is not participating in summer league due to injury. That’s why he was left off the 13-man rookie/free-agent camp roster, as I reported back on June 29th.
The Pacers’ 2017 second-round draft pick (47th overall) sat out of summer league last year in Orlando after tweaking his right knee during his pre-draft workout with the …
LAS VEGAS — With the Pacers’ summer league game Saturday airing on ESPN2, this 13-player squad has appeared on national television as many times as the Pacers did during the 2017-18 regular season.
This time they were on the big stage to open Saturday’s slate of games at the Thomas & Mack Center, and they were coming off a three-point loss to Houston. The Summer …
LAS VEGAS — Al Jefferson quickly found a new employer, but he is having to go overseas. The 33-year-old center has reportedly agreed to a deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Their roster last year included American Darius Adams, Andray Blatche, and Zhou Qi of the Houston Rockets.
This comes less than a week after the Pacers officially waived …