Pacers Coverage
INDIANAPOLIS – The drama appears to be over on whether or not Victor Oladipo will play in the NBA bubble re-start. Following the Pacers final practice on Friday before their regular season re-start, Oladipo said he is ‘optimistic’ about playing in the regular season re-start, which begins this Saturday night for Indiana, as they take […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Alright, it’s time to play games that are going to count again. The Pacers wrapped up their third, and final, Orlando scrimmage on Tuesday evening—a 118-111 loss to the Spurs. For the first time in the scrimmages, Nate McMillan played his (new) starting lineup into the fourth quarter. That meant […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Another win in scrimmage action from the Pacers included some much better moments from their lead guards. After some expected early rust in Thursday’s first scrimmage, the Pacers main backcourt duo of Malcolm Brogdon and Victor Oladipo looked much more in sync on Sunday. That offensive punch led to the Pacers winning a […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The lone All-Star of the 2019-20 Indiana Pacers is leaving the Orlando bubble due to injury. When, or if, Domantas Sabonis returns to the bubble will have massive implications on if the Pacers can have any notable success in the NBA’s re-start. On Friday afternoon, the Pacers announced that Sabonis will […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Thursday saw the Indiana Pacers play a basketball game against another team. That was the most important thing from Thursday’s 40-minute scrimmage between the Pacers and Trailblazers. It was the Pacers, with their bench aiding things, ‘beating’ the Trailblazers, 91-86. Victor Oladipo started, and played three separate stretches, in each of the first […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers expect Victor Oladipo to play in at least a couple of games in Orlando. Although, for now, these are just scrimmages. Nate McMillan said on Monday that he expects Oladipo to play in the scrimmages that Indiana will have over the next week. “I do,” McMillan said when asked specifically about […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The saga and mixed messaging is reminiscent of an episode of The Bachelor. Well, do not take that rose off the Orlando table for Victor Oladipo just yet. After ruling himself out for the NBA bubble restart a few weeks back, Oladipo now says he’s back in-line to possibly play, as the league […]
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s time to enter the bubble. As long as Malcolm Brogdon tests negative for COVID-19, the Pacers will have their entire roster on the team plane Thursday as they head to Orlando to finish the 2019-20 season. How long the Pacers will be in Florida remains to be seen? On Wednesday, head coach […]
INDIANAPOLIS – If the Indiana Pacers are going to win their first playoff series in 5 seasons, it will have to be done without their All-Star shooting guard. Victor Oladipo has chosen to sit out the remainder of the 2019-20 NBA season, which means the constant lineup shuffling dance Nate McMillan had to take part […]
INDIANAPOLIS – More than four weeks away from the Pacers re-starting the NBA season in Orlando, they’ve learned the fate of if they’ll have Victor Oladipo playing. He won’t be suiting it up. Oladipo shared that news with the The Athletic on Friday afternoon, pointing to the risk of injury, particularly a soft tissue injury, […]