The Inevitability of NBA Tanking
by Skip Alford As we enter into the home stretch of the 2013-14 NBA season, a few things have been made clear. 1) The Pacers may be limping to the finish line, but they’re certainly among the favorites to win it all. 2) This upcoming draft class is truly special, and may go down as […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers have 14 games left in what fans hope will end in June with the franchise’s first NBA Championship, and while that is still a possibility, with every game since January 20th it has looked less likely. That was the date the Pacers last played a game where they appeared […]
by Kent Sterling In an 82-game regular season, championships are not won based upon the level of play in game 67 against a team trying to avoid losing its 21st straight. There was no way the Pacers were going to lose last night’s game against the woefully inept Philadelphia 76ers, but after coming back from […]
by Kent Sterling So far, so good. The resurrection of Andrew Bynum’s career as an Indiana Pacer got off to a very good start last night as the sometimes laconic center posted eight points and ten rebounds in 16 minutes. If Bynum can find a way to put up a 48-minute average of 24 points […]
by Kent Sterling How soon fans forget. Sure this four game losing streak is the first in two years, but how many of you remember the end of the regular season in 2013? It was the last time the Pacers lost five-of-six. Nothing more was wrong then than is wrong today, and they took the […]
by Bert Beiswanger After the Pacers’ latest humiliating performance Saturday in Houston, a 112-86 loss to the Rockets, I was left thinking this team is a mess right now. If that performance surprised you, you aren’t paying attention. I didn’t need to watch this game, though I tried to as hard as it was. I […]
by Kent Sterling After the Pacers lackluster win against the Milwaukee Bucks last night, I wanted to interview the bounty reaped for Danny Granger, so I asked a few questions of Evan Turner for tomorrow’s “Ahead of the Curve” (11a-1p) on 1070 the Fan. When the microphone was turned off, I asked him about playing […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers have fortified its roster for a run toward a championship, and the Indiana Hoosiers have unraveled on and off the floor to become a challenger for the bottom spot in the Big Ten. One year ago, the Hoosiers hoped to win a sixth NCAA championship, while the Pacers would […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers have been oddly active in trying to upgrade their roster over the past few weeks for a team that had the best record in the NBA for a significant portion of the season. Coach Frank Vogel’s challenge is quickly getting the new guys up to speed and comfortable on […]
by Kent Sterling The NFL Combine is a media orgy unlike anything else in sports. There is no event that is available to cover, but there are still hundreds of people who cover the NFL wandering Lucas Oil Stadium looking for someone to talk to, and so that is exactly what Fox 59 sports director […]
