By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Indiana Pacers open a new season this evening on Halloween, it’s worth pausing to consider what a frightening position the franchise once occupied. When Donnie Walsh left in 2008, a steady degradation of the roster left Mike Dunleavy Jr. as the second-best player on the team. The ghosts […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent After a season of stunning success, the Pacers spent money like a super PAC on steroids this summer. Huge contracts landed on the doorsteps of Roy Hibbert and George Hill, and no expense was spared in overhauling the bench. It was Indiana’s most lavish offseason in nearly a decade. Clearly, […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Not since 2004, coming off a 61-win campaign in which Jermaine O’Neal finished third in MVP voting and Ron Artest was named Defensive Player of the Year, have the Indiana Pacers anticipated a season as much as they do this one. Back then, Donnie Walsh said Indy had a legitimate […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Pacers fans are accustomed to scrappy second half play from a Hansbrough. In Friday’s 96-91 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ben Hansbrough showed Bankers Life Fieldhouse that his brother Tyler isn’t the only one who can make a difference. Ben scored five points and dished five assists in […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Frank Vogel has enough talent to match up with anyone. Over the past two offseasons, Larry Bird and Donnie Walsh have maneuvered the roster into a position where Indiana can reasonably expect to win 50 to 53 games. It’s up to Vogel to decide how to utilize the players and […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – A trying stretch of six years without a playoff series victory ended last season. Now, the Indiana Pacers want more, and they believe major changes to the bench will help them advance even further in the postseason. At the team’s annual media day, Indiana spoke boldly and often about […]
From the Indiana Pacers INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time in franchise history, all 82 Indiana Pacers regular-season games will be televised this season as FOX Sports Indiana will carry 77 of those games along with two preseason games. The remaining five games will be televised by either TNT or ESPN. The FOX Sports Indiana […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent New addition Sam Young’s deal with the Pacers is for one year and only partially guaranteed, Young’s agent told IndySportsLegends Monday. Young and agent Joel Bell had maintained a steady dialogue with Indiana after free agency opened July 1. The Pacers announced Young’s signing Sept. 6. He thought it was […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Ok, we’ve talked about Paul George’s dunks before. This is on a new level. George’s spinning, between-the-legs dunk in Shanghai was even better than the stuff he showed at last season’s slam dunk contest. LeBron was even impressed. Thanks to KZ15220 for posting. Here are two dynamic dunks. The second one […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Indiana’s offseason began, not at 12:01 a.m. on July 11, but shortly before 10 p.m. on May 24. That’s when Pacers coach Frank Vogel turned to his bench to close the third quarter in a must-win Game 6. Down 68-66 to the Miami Heat with a mere 183 seconds on […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor First-round pick Miles Plumlee debuted in the Knox Indy Pro-Am on Tuesday and had his moments as his red team dropped an 86-83 decision to the Royal Blue squad. Plumlee had a particularly nice reverse windmill dunk that left the crowd a bit stunned. He finished with 14 points and six […]
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