The Nate McMillan Era with the Indiana Pacers officially began Tuesday morning at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The offseason belonged to Larry Bird, tasked with the job of drafting and acquiring players to fit the team and the system.
Now, it’s in the hands of the veteran coach who’s entering his 13th season as an NBA coach.
McMillan set the tone for the season Tuesday by …
With the NBA season around the corner, basketball fans are already talking about fantasy basketball implications. Now, I admittedly have never played but Josh Lloyd is well-informed on the subject and he asked me to join him on the Locked On Fantasy Basketball podcast.
I was happy to do so, offering my take on the Pacers’ offseason changes and how it impacts various individuals and …
Larry Bird, the Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations, is like most of us and is looking forward to another NBA season.
The Pacers finished with a 45-37 record last season, good for the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. After losing in seven games in Round 1 to the Toronto Raptors, Bird began making significant changes to the team beginning with the promotion of …
Back home in Texas for the month, Myles Turner held an inaugural basketball camp for kids of all ages. Fresh off of his rookie campaign, the Pacers’ big man wanted to give back to the place that meant so much to him.
So, Turner ran — not just held — the camp at his high school, Trinity High School, in Euless, Texas. He was born …
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings was back at Bankers Life Fieldhouse after a month away with USA Basketball, which included a two-week stretch in Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
With her 11 teammates, the USA Basketball Women’s Olympic Team won their sixth consecutive gold medal as they cruised to their 49th straight Olympic victory.
“That last game it was kind of like, …
Tamika Catchings thought she was done in London. She thought that it would be her third and final Olympics. They left with a gold medal, earning it in a dominating fashion, and she thought that it was time to turn it over to the young ones.
Later, Diana Taurasi talked her out of it.
“Yeah, we’re coming back for one more,” Taurasi, who was on the last …
Paul George’s injury and recovery to Olympic gold has been well-documented. From his awkward fall on the stanchion in Las Vegas, to surgery, a visit from Coach K, and missing out on the first 76 games of the 2014-15 season.
He returned to All-Star form last season, his first full year back. And nearly set the scoring record in the All-Star game. Led the team …
Back home in Texas this week to host his basketball camp at Trinity High School, Myles Turner is spending plenty of time with family. On Tuesday afternoon, he surprised his grandma and aunt with a brand new car.
Turner gifted them a white Chevrolet Traverse and it was presented with a giant bow on the hood, of course.
It all went down at Lushaj’s Pizza …