The Pacers had lost two in a row and five of their last seven games entering Saturday’s matchup against the Pistons. It was an important game, not only to get back on track but to do so before playing nine of their next 11 games on the road.
Earlier Saturday, Pacers coach Frank Vogel emphasized defensive principles during shoortaround and then then it was on …
Glenn Robinson III and Joe Young joined Rakeem Christmas in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon for a D-League game. It’s an easy two-hour trip north and gives the Pacers players a good opportunity to get game action in rather than just a practice with the Pacers.
In a 106-101 loss to Sioux Falls, Young scored a game-high 29 points — his highest total in three D-League …
Donald Sloan spent the last two NBA seasons in Indianapolis with the Pacers as the third-string point guard. There were times when he was really needed, especially last season during a run on injuries. He did his job, no questions asked, and when on the floor always looked to push it. He provided a different dynamic when he played.
After two seasons (101 games), Sloan …
He can say it’s just another game, but we know otherwise.
His smile after the game said otherwise.
Going against the Dallas Mavericks, the team Monta Ellis played for the previous two seasons and chose not to re-sign him over the summer, the Pacers’ marquee summer signee couldn’t help but smile in the locker room after Wednesday’s game.
“Yeah, they were talking (to me),” Ellis, …
Rookie Joe Young hasn’t gotten a lot of opportunities yet — about 42 minutes total through 22 games — so his agent recently suggested that he go play in a few games in the NBA’s Developmental League. So, this past weekend, Young was assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the franchise Pacers owner Herb Simon bought in September.
Young, 23, joined the Mad Ants …
Paul George was asked to invite a teammate along to a commercial shoot back held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in September for Gatorade.
George choose his fifth cousin, Joe Young, to help give the rook some exposure, he said.
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Sitting at a mock press conference, George, in a suit topped off with a bowtie, asks Young if the bowtie …
A few weeks before training camp, in mid-September, folks from Gatorade came through Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a production crew to record several commercials with Paul George.
The main one, in a mock locker room, was recorded well in advance for March Madness next spring.
Gatorade also filmed George, along with his cousin, rookie Joe Young, in a press conference setting for a spot that …
The Golden State Warriors (23-0) scored 22 unanswered in a 44-point first quarter on way to their 23rd consecutive win of the season Tuesday night, 131-123 over the Pacers in Indianapolis. It was also the Warriors’ 13th road win, now the best-ever start to a season on the road in NBA history.
Scott Agness recaps the loss, and how the Pacers tried a new defensive …