by Kent Sterling If Indiana Pacers guard George Hill can’t post a small motivational tweet without angering radio hosts and their callers, our society is in big trouble. Hill’s message was simple – that for every true fan, there are five waiting for him to fail. That’s a bleak assessment that reflects the level at […]
by Kent Sterling We all need different things to motivate us, and some hear only the cheers and others focus on the boos. Whatever gets you up in the morning working hard is fine by me. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on Twitter Indiana Pacers guard George Hill tweeted this morning about how more […]
by Kent Sterling The San Antonio Spurs played as close to perfect basketball on the road against a great team during the first 16 minutes of Game Three of the NBA Finals last night as I have ever seen. In the Spurs first 31 possessions, they scored 55 points. That has never happened in an […]
by Kent Sterling There is something strange about LeBron James. His public persona appears forced, and sports fans don’t care for guys who try to put on a happy face away from competition while being a killer during it. Isiah Thomas’s smile is another contradiction that we never embraced. There was no doubt what Isiah […]
by Kent Sterling Everyone reported yesterday what only made sense – that Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel will return for his fourth full season as coach. It wasn’t news, but a fait accompli. After two straight appearances in the NBA’s Final Four, it would have been an act of petulance to fire the mostly […]
by Kent Sterling Last night was not the way Pacers fans wanted the supposed dream season to end. Beating the Miami Heat to force a Game Seven in Bankers Life Fieldhouse would have made for a sweet finale to a series against a hated rival, but the Pacers never competed at a level that threatened […]
by Kent Sterling Looking back on this death march of a Game Six that sent the Indiana Pacers to their long dirt nap, I can’t imagine that at one point the Indiana Pacers led 9-2. For several brief moments there was hope, but it flew out the window and vanished with stunning speed. Trailing a […]
by Kent Sterling For nearly the entire season, I’ve been undecided about whether Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson should be back next year and beyond, but when the team rallied behind his defensive intensity in the third quarter of Game Five against Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, he showed exactly how important he is. […]
by Kent Sterling With two more wins against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals this discussion becomes academic, but the Indiana Pacers have earned the opportunity to take a swing at winning the first NBA title in franchise history. And that means signing Lance Stephenson to a longterm deal that will make him […]
by Kent Sterling With the Indiana Pacers playing passive basketball on both ends of the floor in last night’s win-or-die Game Five, the Miami Heat enjoyed a 50-43 with 5:48 remaining in the third quarter. Then, Lance Stephenson awakened. Not sure the cause, but the first sign of life was a Stephenson foul on Dwyane […]
