Tag Archives: Lance Stephenson

Lance Stephenson lights the fire that burned the @Pacers last night
April 21, 2017

Two rules in life I never break – never invite crazy to the party and never poke the bear. The Indiana Pacers violated the second of those rules last night because they violated the first on March 30th. Pacers president Larry Bird invited crazy to the party when he signed Lance Stephenson to rejoin his […]

Lance Stephenson makes Pacers fun to watch again with predictable passion
April 5, 2017

Sometimes the monotony gets to be too much in the NBA. Eighty-two games with the same steady eddies can make an NBA team appear dull and uninspired.  Through 76 games, the Indiana Pacers were as lifeless as a stagnant pond. And then Lance Stephenson came home. A wake up call was provided to the Indiana […]

Top 10 reasons to hang on to Frank Vogel as Indiana Pacers coach
May 2, 2016

Last night, the Indiana Pacers season came to an end, and with it the curtain may be ready to fall on the longest coaching stint in franchise history. Frank Vogel has been the coach of the Indiana Pacers more than 100 games longer than anyone in the team’s NBA history, and he has the second best […]

Indy’s Daily Sports List – Top 10 things athletes/coaches should never do
January 29, 2016

Wednesday night, Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman cross-checked a linesman to the ice on his way to the bench.  He has since been suspended by the NHL pending an investigation. That overt violent act against a professional official brought to mind a series of things athletes and coaches should never do on and off the […]

Indy Morning Sports List – the top 10 things I love about the new Pacers
November 16, 2015

Ten games into the season, the Pacers are 6-4.  Projected over the entire season, that equates to 48-49 wins. The Pacers play the Chicago Bulls on the road tonight in what will be an early referendum on their progress in reconfiguring their roster and offensive concepts. Tweet

A Pacers Off-Season to Forget
August 9, 2014

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 […]

The Indiana Pacers Need Lance Stephenson
July 9, 2014

by Bert Beiswanger So what do the Pacers and team president Larry Bird do with Lance “Born Ready” Stephenson? It seems everyone in Indianapolis has had an opinion on this the last few days, and I have mine. I don’t see that the Pacers have much of a choice but to re-sign Lance Stephenson. I […]