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 Not quite sure which I enjoy writing about more – bad hires made by the arrogant or great hires made by those passionate about making a positive difference. Yesterday was a day with two of the latter as the Indianapolis Star announced that Gregg Doyel will fill the big shoes left behind […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling Free agents have come off the board one by one, and now Lance Stephenson is among the best remaining along with Phoenix Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe and Detroit Pistons big Greg Monroe. Too much has been made of Stephenson’s antics – the blowing in LeBron James’ ear, the collapse on the […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling A perfect friendship, marriage, or business partnership involves an elevation of both sides because of their involvement with the other. That describes nicely the mutually beneficial relationship between the Indiana Pacers and unrestricted free agent Lance Stephenson that has flourished over the past four years. Nowhere would Stephenson have been allowed to […]
