Archive for the ‘Indiana Pacers’ Category
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Last Tuesday, a buddy and I decide last second to go to the Indiana Pacers game. It's Super Bowl Week and it's an excuse to go downtown for some SBXLVI ambiance. Plus, the tickets are $2 on StubHub, which is pretty much the norm for Pacers games these days.
Midway through ...
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
While a ton of attention has been paid to Isiah Thomas and his Will-He-Or-Won’t-He “Assist” the New York Knicks saga, one of Zeke’s ‘80s glory day rivals and fellow futile front office man, Larry Bird actually made a shrewd business move Tuesday.
In a four-team deal, the Pacers landed Darren Collison ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Apparently the NBA Draft is Thursday night - though you wouldn’t know it with all the attention being paid to the LeBron Sweepstakes, which gets underway officially July 1.
Folks in Washington and Philadelphia are excited about the draft. They’re getting John Wall and Evan Turner, respectively. As for everyone else? ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
For the fourth consecutive season, the Indiana Pacers are guaranteed a losing record. But despite their recent failings, the Pacers annually manage to win meaningless games late in the season, assuring themselves of a low-end lottery pick.
It drives Pacers fans mad. I should know, I live in Indy.
In fact, Indiana ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, Jim O'Brien, NBA, NBA Draft, NBA Draft Lottery, Rik Smits, Thurl Bailey, Utah Jazz | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Indiana is a basketball proud state. There's a lot of tradition around between high school basketball and IU's multiple national championships.
Purdue has been impressive at times in the past and now has the most impressive college basketball program in the state. Butler is very good. Even Notre Dame has its ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Mel Simon, the co-owner of the Indiana Pacers and the founder of Simon Property Group, died Wednesday at the age of 82.
Simon, who bought the Pacers in 1983, made his fortune in commercial real estate, building malls across the country along with his brother Herb.
Mel belonged to my synagogue in ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Last week, we touched on the Indiana Pacers', and more specifically Larry Bird's affinity for an endangered species - the caucasian American professional basketball player.
A month ago, Bird drafted North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough to bring the team's white count to a league-leading six. (Jeff Foster, Troy Murphy, Travis Diener, Josh ...
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