by Kent Sterling There will be those in Indiana who are compelled to campaign for the return of Player X – the queen bee who started the mess that nearly destroyed the Indiana Pacers with his erratic behavior – now that he has been released by the Los Angeles Lakers. Click here to follow Kent […]
by Kent Sterling Pacers President Larry Bird is a man disinterested sharing platitudes. What he says, he means, so when he told the media Wednesday about why David West was re-signed, he didn’t mince words. “David has done more for this franchise than he can imagine.” Talking to West, there is little question what Bird […]
by Kent Sterling Pacers President Larry Bird says what he feels with incredible consistency, so when he introduced David West at the press conference this afternoon to welcome him back, his effusiveness was almost touching. “David has done more for this franchise than he can imagine,” Bird said. He also used words and phrases like […]
by Kent Sterling This morning I wrote about the Indiana Basketball program, and how it needed to cover its ears to protect itself from the silent song of the one-and-done player quick fix. Dante Exum is a gifted basketball player from Australia who is considering an offer from Crean to join the Hoosiers next season […]
by Kent Sterling Former Syracuse point guard Jonny Flynn starts his work today in the NBA’s Summer League in Orlando trying to resurrect a career that started very well as the #6 pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2009 NBA Draft, but spent last year playing in Australia. Click here to follow Kent on […]
by Kent Sterling Today on Ahead of the Curve – 1070 the Fan/107.5FM – 11a-1p – www.1070thefan.com (if you are outside of Indiana) Self-immersed athletes are a pox on whatever team they play for, and Dwight Howard has shown that he’s one of the most egomaniacal of our time. Houston gets what they deserve for […]
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 On December 10, 2011, Indiana University forward Christian Watford knocked down a three-pointer at the buzzer to beat the top ranked University of Kentucky in a game that announced to the college basketball world that the Hoosiers were back. Today at a practice for the Indiana Pacers Summer League team, in an […]
by Kent Sterling The qualifying offer to former Indiana Pacers back-up power forward Tyler Hansbrough was, as was suspected, an insurance policy in case someone pulled a Brink’s Truck up to David West’s front door with too much cash for the Pacers to match. So the 2010 first round pick is now free to negotiate with […]
by Kent Sterling David West returning to the Indiana Pacers is good news. Paying him $12 million to do it isn’t necessarily bad news, but it walks right up to the edge. How Pacers owner Herb Simon chooses to spend his vast reservoir of cash is his business. If he wants to buy DVD boxed […]
