Before each Pacers home game this past season, the team invited someone special to Rev It Up just before tip-off at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Come Sunday afternoon, in front of 325,000 fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and millions more watching at home, Tyrese Haliburton will rev it up and lead the 33-car field to the green flag. The Pacers’ All-Star […]
For the second consecutive season, Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton is hosting a youth basketball camp in central Indiana. I can tell you from attending last August at the Pacers Athletic Center, Haliburton is very involved. He bounced around from group to group and mixed in a combination of instruction, playing against campers and fun. And several […]
The NBA Draft Lottery will kick off the start of an incredibly important and intriguing offseason for the Indiana Pacers. At the lottery, the team will find out where in the draft they will be selecting. They could pick anywhere between picks 1-4, as well as 7-11. They own a total of 5 draft […]
The drawing for the NBA Draft Lottery will be held Tuesday evening inside a secured room at the McCormick Convention Center in downtown Chicago. It’s the night basketball fans worldwide will be watching closely. Who will get the number one pick and be able to draft Victor Wembanyama? Before the Nuggets and Lakers tip-off the Western […]
The NBA Draft lottery is almost upon us, and for the Indiana Pacers, once again there is a lot of intrigue. Last year, the Pacers had the fifth-best lottery odds, but ended up falling to 6th overall in the draft order. Of course, the Pacers would end up being perfectly happy with how that played […]
The further we get into the 2023 NBA Playoffs the more the absence of the Pacers is felt here in Indianapolis. Perhaps it’s the memories of having Pacers playoff games in the weeks leading up to (and sometimes overlapping with) the Greatest Spectacle In Racing. There’s no question that these last few season spent in […]
After being shut out of the core seven NBA awards, the Pacers do have representation on the All-Rookie teams. But not two, as expected. Just one: Bennedict Mathurin. The Pacers’ selection at No. 6 in the 2022 NBA Draft was one of the top five rookies all season so this was likely outcome. For most of the season, he […]
Pacers GM Chad Buchanan know just how important this upcoming offseason is for his team. After all, while his team did miss the playoffs, they showed that they have many good, young pieces in place. One of the biggest pieces the Pacers have on their roster is Tyrese Haliburton, the All-Star who could be the […]
The Pacers own the rights to five selections in the upcoming NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 22 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Three of their draft picks are set: 26 (via Cleveland, Caris LeVert trade), 29 (via Boston, Malcolm Brogdon trade), 55 (via Cleveland, Victor Oladipo trade). Their top pick falls within the lottery — picks 1 through 14 — so […]
The last few years of Indianapolis sports have been filled with letdowns, whether you’re a fan of professional football or professional basketball. For the Colts, it has been an endless cycle of 1-year stints with veteran quarterbacks since Andrew Luck retired. Other than Phillip Rivers back in the 2020 season, none of these have really […]