December 16, 2021
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by Kent Sterling “In 49 states, it’s just basketball – but this is Indiana!” “In 29 cities, the 2014 NBA Draft holds promise for improvement, but this is Indiana!” Of the 30 NBA franchises, the Indiana Pacers will wait in line behind all but the five teams without any picks at all for their chance […]
by Kent Sterling The details are arduous to plow through, and the clauses dealing with the potential death of team owner Herb Simon a little darkly pragmatic, but the important takeaway from the deal between the Pacers and Capital Improvement Board is that come hell, high water, or financial collapse, the Indiana Pacers will be […]
by Kent Sterling New Years Eve and Day are traditional times for reflection, dreaming, and beginning a quest to be better people that might last as long as three days. Rather than fail miserably at my own resolution, my first order of business is to project resolutions onto others, so they become responsible not only […]
by Kent Sterling Each week, we try to find a way to top the previous week’s efforts to entertain and inform sports fans, and again this week we have done it. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter “Ahead of the Curve” will air tomorrow morning on 1070 the Fan and 107.5 FM in central […]
by Kent Sterling With David West’s deal done earlier this week, the Indiana Pacers turned their attention to improving their bench, and the signing of former Knicks small forward Chris Copeland will do that. The Pacers got the 29-year-old rookie for two years and $6.1 million, according to multiple news reports. The Knicks, who have […]
by Kent Sterling With all the crap that passes as wisdom during press conferences in sports today, it’s a pleasure to watch Indiana Pacers Re-President Larry Bird tell the truth for awhile, even when he divulges very little. When Bird is asked a question, he answers honestly, even when he doesn’t want to answer the […]
by Kent Sterling The Bird/Simon summit has ended and the status quo has been deemed good enough moving forward for the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers announced this afternoon that Larry Bird will return as the president of basketball operations, but no contract extension was announced. David Morway will be back as well in the general […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Pacers president Larry Legend will duke it out today with owner/mall magnate Herb Simon near Los Angeles to chart the course of Indiana’s favorite NBA franchise. It’s not exactly Ali/Frazier, but this will do. Simon, who was furious at the performance Larry gave in the season postmortem press conference, will try […]