Pacers Coverage
The full potential of this Indiana Pacers team is staggering. After beating the Boston Celtics Sunday night in a nail-biter one-point victory, the Blue and Gold took their first loss to Brad Stevens and company 116-111 on Tuesday. The Celtics outscored the Pacers 33-17 in the 4th quarter and Jayson Tatum dropped 27 points with […]
The Indiana Pacers are 3-0 for the first time since 2013-14. And they were not phased in their initial road-home back-to-back of the season against the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. All of this is coming with a rookie head coach and brand new offensive system. But boy did the Blue and Gold show some […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Nate Bjorkgren is certainly going to remember this Christmas. The first-time head coach got his first NBA win on Wednesday night, as the Pacers (1-0) took off in the second half and beat the Knicks, 121-107 inside of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Domantas Sabonis led Indiana with 32 points, 13 rebound and 5 assists. […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Shockingly, another NBA season is about to start. Under new head coach Nate Bjorkgren, the Pacers will begin the 2020-21 season on Wednesday when they host the New York Knicks. What are the storylines that I’ll be watching for this season? 1. Um, Victor Oladipo? For several reasons, there’s no bigger storyline for […]
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s looking more and more like Victor Oladipo will enter the 2020-21 season without a contract extension from the Pacers and uncommitted to wanting to remain in Indiana long-term. Oladipo, along with the rest of the Pacers, are back in Indiana as the start of training camp is (amazingly) here for the NBA […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers have taken care of their most important free agent of the 2020 offseason. Playing for 7 teams in his NBA career has taken Justin Holiday a lot of places, but he’s going to call Indiana home for another season. Holiday, 31, has re-signed with the Pacers on a 3-year deal reportedly […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers exited the 2020 NBA Draft on Wednesday night having selected one of the best athletes available. Duke guard Cassius Stanley (6-6, 193 pounds) is the new Pacer, after Indiana selected him with the 54th overall pick in Round Two. Stanley played just one season at Duke, averaging 12.6 points and […]
INDIANAPOLIS – From his delivery, and his thoughts, Nate Bjorkgren is definitely a change from the ‘Nate’ he is replacing as the head coach of the Indiana Pacers. At Wednesday’s (virtual) introductory press conference, Pacers president Kevin Pritchard first explained what he was looking for in a head-coaching search that saw Indiana interview around a […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The hire will have many fans asking, ‘Who?’ or ‘How do you say his name?’ Yep, it will take a little bit of learning to get the full story on new Pacers head coach Nate Bjorkgren. The 45-year-old Bjorkgren will take over the Pacers—as Shams Charania of The Athletic first reported on Tuesday—with […]
INDIANAPOLIS – So much for the vote of confidence in giving Nate McMillan a contract extension. Just two weeks after handing McMillan an extension through the 2021-22 season, the Indiana Pacers have fired their head coach. The move comes after the Pacers were just swept by the Miami Heat, a series in which they had […]