I love watching the Pacers. They beat the Lakers last night to win their 19th game of the season, but winning is only part of the work they have done to win my heart. In the star-driven NBA where brand value often trumps success in the eyes of fans, the Pacers are an anomaly. They excel without […]
It’s opening night, so finally we get to see what Pacers president Kevin Pritchard has built. It theory, it’s pretty damn cool. In practice, take your best guess. There is no way to predict how this Indiana Pacers team will gel and compete – especially early in the season. Pritchard is trying to re-invent small […]
Kevin Pritchard can’t run the Pacers basketball operation in the same way as the other 29 guys with his job and win a championship. Many of the other teams can lure Uber-talented free agents with bright lights, branding opportunities, and championship dreams. The Pacers are a small market team without a single NBA title in its 43 seasons. […]
If you’re looking for hysterics about how the Pacers screwed up by drafting another big, you won’t find it here. Goga Bitadze is coming to the Pacers, and I don’t know what the hell that means. I assume Pacers president Kevin Pritchard and the other big brains in the front office know what they are […]
Pacers president Kevin Pritchard will utilize cap space to execute a trade that will bring a starting small forward to the team. I believe this because Pritchard used every media opportunity I witnessed or hosted to extoll the virtues of an uneven trade as the best path to bring improvement to a team that is now much closer […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling Fans assumed that David West would opt to return to a team with a healthy Paul George and whomever is selected #11 in tonight’s NBA Draft. In the weak Eastern Conference, the Pacers are seen as a threat to go to the NBA Finals, and West supposedly craves a championship. It didn’t […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz has reported that Larry Bird will return to the Indiana Pacers in his former role as president of basketball operations. Current general manager Kevin Pritchard will be the number two guy, and Donnie Walsh will slide into a role as consultant. This is good news for Pacers […]
