by Kent Sterling Talk to a coach of a losing team, and you hear about talent and measurables. Coaches and GMs who win recruit to a culture first and talent/measurables second. That so many continue to covet the talented but flawed player is one of the strange paradoxes of professional and college sports because they […]
by Kent Sterling NBA Basketball is a weird game. Paying close attention is sometimes difficult. My mind wanders when it appears that the minds of the players wander. Last night, I watched the Indiana Pacers beat the New Orleans Pelicans from start to finish because they appeared to be engaged for the full 48 minutes. […]
by Kent Sterling Watching Rodney Stuckey ring up 20 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists in a dominating win against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers last night hammered home the notion that trading with the Charlotte Hornets to bring Lance Stephenson back to Indiana is silly. The Pacers have an improved version of […]
by Kent Sterling Yesterday, I posted a list of 12 coaches of Indiana teams who stand about the rest. People expressed outrage, frustration, disappointment, and occasional agreement that their favorites were omitted. Some of the names – Knute Rockne, Doc Councilman, Hobie Billingsley, Frank Leahy, Lin Dunn, Muffet McGraw, and even Notre Dame fencing master […]
by Kent Sterling It was tough to get a great read on the Indiana Pacers in last night’s opening night 103-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers We knew that would be the case before the tip. Both teams were missing key pieces to their roster, and the first of 82 regular season games was not […]
by Kent Sterling What in the hell goes on in the minds of young men with 895,000 twitter followers when they decide to tweet whatever idiocy pops into their minds early in the morning. Indiana Pacers forward Paul George decided to weigh in on the Ray Rice issue this morning, has pulled the offensive tweets, […]
by Bert Beiswanger As off-seasons go, the Indiana Pacers current one is about as bad as it gets for Pacers fans. The team has gone from championship contender to who knows what in the span of a couple of weeks. Whatever who knows what is, it is way below championship contender. The latest injury to […]
by Kent Sterling Prior to the horrific injury that will sufficiently rob Indiana Pacers forward Paul George of enough strength and mobility to render him useless for the entire 2014-2015 NBA season, a trip to the NBA Finals appeared a reasonable hope for the two-time NBA Central Division champs. After George’s lower leg snapped like […]
by Kent Sterling Choosing words correctly while being interviewed is very important, as NFL senior vice President Adolpho Birch discovered Monday in his debacle of an interview with Mike & Mike on ESPN Radio. Indiana Pacers consultant and former president Donnie Walsh spent some time on NBA Radio, and said he was “surprised” by Lance […]
by Kent Sterling There is weirdness afoot in the camp of former Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson, who passed on five years and $44 million to stay with the Pacers in favor of three years and $27 million to bounce to Charlotte. Oh, and there is a team option for the third year. I understand […]