I’m here to help. That’s what I do. Solving problems requires two steps, identifying them and correcting those rules or systems that are their cause. The NBA is not broken. Its robust revenue generation is causing the salary cap to explode over the next two seasons. That success is so profound it is providing […]
It’s the silliest season ever for the NBA. Day one of free agency is normally filled with crazy deals struck during the initial feeding frenzy. Each year, we screech, “(Insert player’s name here) is worth (insert millions of dollars)?! No chance! Our society has gone haywire!” Today is a little different. Haywire has a new […]
What a year of hoops action Indiana basketball fans have to look forward to. So much potential for thrills and heartbreak with every shot, pass, and recruiting visit. This is why we love basketball – virtually anything can happen, and it likely will over the next 10 months. Some of the biggest stories in Indiana that […]
Dreams are granted. Dreams are crushed. That’s the NBA Draft in a nutshell. Last night’s draft was filled with fun and surprises, as were the two days prior for fans of the Indiana Pacers. A trade sent one Indy native to Utah of all places, brought home another native, filled a gaping hole at power forward, […]
One hometown hero swapped for another. It’s easy to be conflicted about this deal. We watched George Hill lift an otherwise mediocre Broad Ripple High School team to relevance a decade ago before doing the same thing with IUPUI and helping the Pacers to consecutive Eastern Conference Finals, but we also enjoyed Jeff Teague at […]
June is the time for Indiana sports fans to dream, and today we dream big. The Colts were one win away from a Super Bowl just 17 months ago, Indiana has won the Big Ten twice in the last four years, and the Pacers are coming off a nice bounce back season where they played […]
These are the doldrums for Indiana sports fans, people will say. Between the Indianapolis 500 and first Colts preseason game, those who enjoy sports hibernate a little bit in Indiana. And it’s ridiculous. You might have to look a little harder, but there is so much going on that I have to make a difficult choice […]
This is an offseason where the Pacers will show their hand as a team that believes it can contend in the East, or one committed to building a roster that might a championship in three years. Pacers president Larry Bird appears to believe that now is the time, or why would he replace the longest tenured coach […]
In 20 days, Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird will have another opportunity to look like a genius or a lunkhead. The Pacers, based upon years of scouting, private workouts, and intense interviews will cast their lot with a young man who will either prove them astute or silly with his talent and behavior. Stretch four and […]
The reason I go to press conferences is to learn something I can’t when reading a transcript, and yesterday I learned something about Larry Bird’s decision to replace Frank Vogel with Nate McMillan. Vogel is no longer the coach of the Pacers because in Bird’s opinion players were not held accountable for their behavior during practice. I’m […]
