0 comments by Bart D on 5/6/2016
Much like any good horror movie, the first one of the group to die off is usually the one that has the least power in the group and is thus deemed the most easily replaceable. The NBA works much the same. The Pacers’ extinguishing of Frank Vogel from the franchise via the ole passive aggressive […]
Frank Vogel — patient architect of the Pacers’ rise whose players couldn’t handle pressure last season, or young, in-over-his-head coach who should have been able to guide his roster through the past season with a steadier hand? That’s not an easy question to answer. How the Pacers perform in the coming season could very well prove to be decisive for Vogel’s coaching career, for better or worse. The roster Larry Bird gives him should factor into subsequent assessments of his coaching acumen, 12 months from now.
0 comments by Bart D on 5/3/2016
If the Indiana Pacers were a relationship conversation, it’d be the ole lukewarm, “I don’t really like you that much anymore, but I haven’t yet figured out quite how to tell you.” I have no knowledge of Larry Bird and Frank Vogel’s texting habits, but on the outside, it feels like Frank is in the zone […]
0 comments by Bart D on 3/30/2016
The Chicago Bulls were dead to rights Tuesday night. Losers of four straight, including two to the languishing Knicks and one to the perpetually awful Orlando Magic, they trailed the Indiana Pacers in their home gym late in spite of easily putting in more physical effort over the course of the game. At three games […]
Kevin Durant is not going to play for this man, and even if he’s fired at the end of the season, that will surely be much too late to change KD’s mind. No star player is going to look at Scott’s handling of D’Angelo Russell and conclude that the Lakers are a good place to chase championships.
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman on 11/5/2015
Los Angeles Laker head coach Byron Scott makes himself an easy target. He did so once again when speaking with the media on Wednesday, as his team gets set to head out on a five-game road trip. Lakers HC Byron Scott on young players: “I’m not always thinking about necessarily developing them. I’m always thinking […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 27: Darius Morris #1 of the Los Angeles Lakers attempts a shot in front of Roy Hibbert #55 of the Indiana Pacers during a 79-77 Pacers win at Staples Center on November 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 10/6/2015
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – OCTOBER 30: Paul George and Roy Hibbert #55 of the Indiana Pacers react after taking the lead against the New Orleans Pelicans at the New Orleans Arena on October 30, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 9/28/2015
Getting ready for the 2015-’16 season? I’m asking 50 questions before things get under way. Have an important question for the upcoming NBA season you want answered? Find me on Twitter (
0 comments by Bart D on 7/2/2015
Hit us up on Twitter @CrossoverNBA The 2015 NBA free agent pool was a little polluted or at worst, someone tinkled in the deep end and didn’t tell anyone. If it was missing one thing in particular, it was a host of “go get it” guys. The Indiana Pacers may have just scored the best […]
0 comments by Bart D on 6/24/2015
Tip us in on Twitter @CrossoverNBA Someone buy David West’s agent a round. He might need it here sometime before the end of the night. In a move that mostly went under the radar amidst more entertaining stuff like “WHO WILL MY TEAM DRAFT!?!?”, West opted out of his final contract year with the Indiana […]
Can the Nets turn things around in Chicago? Photo by Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 3/23/2015
Oh Brook! Against the Pacers, the Nets’ Brook Lopez found himself one-on-one on the offensive side of the court against the Pacers’ Roy Hibbert. Lopez sized Hibbert up, did a few fake moves with the ball and… tripped up on the floor, got his head stuck in Roy’s crotch, turned the ball over and even […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 1/2/2015
Sooooooooooo when do the Suns and Pacers play next? Phoenix guard Goran Dragic decided to give Indy’s Roy Hibbert some locker room material by calling him out and saying he is the easiest player to shoot over when he gets to the rim. BOOM! Hibbert does have a rep as being a player who fizzles and […]
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0 comments by Robert Judin on 10/10/2014
There is nothing wrong with average, is there? A lot of people believe being average is a good thing. After all, it is better to be average than below it. Stop asking yourself, “where is he going with this?” I am getting there. Ironically, the Atlanta Hawks aren’t going anywhere. Atlanta has been a team lost in space, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/31/2014
On the next to last night of May, every NBA writer is cranking out an obituary for the Indiana Pacers. You will read, in some form or fashion, the first of many words about this team, words such as “unpredictable,” “volatile,” “erratic,” “immature,” and “unprepared.” You’re going to read about a team that reached Game […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/21/2014
The Indiana Pacers are climbing the Mount Everest of the NBA. The first several thousand feet in Game 1 were easy, but as soon as the ascent became more challenging, the surrounding atmosphere unleashed the indiscriminating fury of Mother Nature. Some winds picked up and blew right in the faces of the Pacers, blurring David […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/20/2014
After squeaking by the No. 8 seed Atlanta Hawks in the first round and shakily dispatching the No. 5 seed Washington Wizards in the second round, the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Indiana Pacers are up against the back-to-back defending champion Miami Heat. And you know what, after just one game they are playing pretty darn well […]
With David West now nursing an injury, the Pacers need more from Roy Hibbert. Photo by Pat Lovell-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/18/2014
Well, here we are again. The long road to the conference finals has brought us the two teams we thought we would see anywhere. It was not easy for the Pacers, that is for sure, but they got everything they wanted. Home court against the Heat in the conference finals. Last year’s seven-game classic seems […]
