It took 82 games, until the final regular season game of the season for Pacers rookie Edmond Sumner to make his NBA debut. For the 22-year-old who spent most of the season recovering from a torn ACL, it was a sweet reward for everything he’s gone through over the last 14 months.
With 2:10 left in the Pacers’ home loss to the Charlotte Hornets Tuesday …
With their playoff spot locked up for the 2018 NBA Playoffs, Victor Oladipo was held out of Tuesday’s regular-season finale, along with Thad Young and Bojan Bogdanovic.
Oladipo does have a sore right toe after he stubbed it Sunday in Charlotte. However, Sunday was more about giving him a much-deserved game off and to ensure he is healthy for the postseason which begins this weekend, …
Victor Oladipo is almost as popular off the court as he is on. The Pacers are winless without him. He’s helped the team to 45 wins with a half-dozen games left.
Vic recently filmed a PSA for taking ownership in — Our City — Indianapolis. Now he’s appearing in one for a league-wide initiative pushing for gender equality in the workplace. Appearing in the 30-second …
Victor Oladipo’s on-court game this season has made his brand stronger than ever. As he became an All-Star and helped the Pacers qualify for the NBA Playoffs, he has all kinds of suitors reaching out for possible partnerships and endorsement deals.
And thus far, Oladipo has deliberately been patient and selective.
The Pacers’ star has teamed up with Mayor Joe Hogsett to push a campaign …
The Pacers are officially a playoff team, clinching one of eight spots in the Eastern Conference Sunday night by beating the Miami Heat, 113-107. But it took an extra session.
After the game, the players were happy to accomplish the feat, especially with eight games remaining on their regular-season slate. Proud was the other word.
Proud of how they came together. Proud of checking this …
Domantas Sabonis will not return Sunday as originally planned. He participated in the team’s pre-game walk through on the floor at Bankers Life Fieldhouse more than two hours before the game. He looked fine and ready to go, according to two staffers who were present.
However, about an hour later, an hour and 22 minutes before tip-off, Sabonis’ left ankle landed on the foot of …
Slick Leonard has been stuck at home for most of the last three months after he slipped on ice in his church parking lot. He fractured a hip, was hospitalized, and has been resting at home with his wife, Nancy.
On Sunday, he made his much-anticipated return to Bankers Life Fieldhouse — for the first time in 2018. It’s one of the first times that …
From 1999-2003, Lakers head coach Luke Walton played basketball alongside Jason Gardner at the University of Arizona. Gardner, a 1999 IHSAA State Champion at North Central High School and Indiana’s Mr. Basketball his senior season, is now the head coach at IUPUI.
Speaking after shootaround Monday as the Lakers prepared to face the Pacers, I asked coach Walton if he had any good stories about …