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NBA 2021Draft Lottery Odds

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Brandon King

The hope that fuels every NBA offseason will commence with Tuesday night’s NBA Draft Lottery. The new anti-tanking rules mean that at most, a team has only a 14% chance of snagging the number 1 pick. Probabilities of getting the #1 overall pick in tonight’s lottery Team. #1 Odds Percentage HOU 14.0 DET 14.0 ORL 14.0 OKC 12.5 CLE 10.5 MIN 9.0 TOR 7.5 CHI 6.0 SAC 4.5 NOP 3.0 CHO 2.0 SAS 1.5 IND 1.0 GSW 0.5 Other pick possibilities to track: Houston Rockets: If pick falls outside top…

Nate Bjorkgren out as Pacers head coach

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Brandon King

For the second time in less than a year, the Indiana Pacers are on the market for a head coach. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Pacers have fired head coach Nate Bjorkgren. While it seems like a quick hook to run a head coach after just one year, this doesn’t come as a shock to many within and close to the organization. Bjorkgren’s abrasive and problematic communication style rubbed many in the Pacers organization and caused him to completely lose the locker room. This disconnect translated into the suboptimal…

Saturday’s Suns and Pacers game postponed

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Staff

From the nba: NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association game scheduled for Sat., Jan. 16 between the Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns at Phoenix Suns Arena has been postponed in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols. Because of ongoing contact tracing within the Suns, the team does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with Saturday’s game against the Pacers.

Indianapolis’ NBA All-Star Weekend postponed to 2024

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Brandon King

From nba.com: NEW YORK — The NBA and the Indiana Pacers announced today that NBA All-Star in Indianapolis, which was originally scheduled for Feb. 12-14, 2021, will now be held Feb. 16-18, 2024. Public health conditions prevented the Pacers, the NBA All-Star Host Committee and the NBA from appropriately planning and executing fan-focused All-Star activities in Indianapolis that were envisioned for this February. The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will take place at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers, on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Plans for a revised NBA All-Star 2021 will…

Indiana Pacers to hire Nate Bjorkgren as new head coach

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Staff

from nba.com: The Indiana Pacers have hired Nate Bjorkgren to be their next head coach, per multiple reports. Bjorkgren was an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors.

Pacers could be zeroing in on Pelicans assistant for head coach

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Brandon King

As the Indiana Pacers are conducting their head coaching search following the highly questionable firing of Nate McMillan, according to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, a candidate may have separated himself from the pack. O’Connor reports that New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Chris Finch has emerged as the front runner for the job. Finch was the former head coach of the D-League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers, which included leading the team to a championship in 2009-10. Following that Finch served as assistant with the Houston Rockets (2011-16) and the Denver…

Pacers break off Nate McMillan

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Brandon King

Tuesday morning the Indiana Pacers announced the firing of head coach Nate McMillan. “On behalf of the Simon family and the Pacers organization, I’d like to thank Nate for his years with the team. This was a very hard decision for us to make; but we feel it’s in the best interest of the organization to move in a different direction. Nate and I have been through the good times and the bad times; and it was an honor to work with him for those 11 years (in Indiana and…

Domantas Sabonis leaves NBA campus with foot injury

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Brandon King

Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis is leaving the NBA campus in Orlando to deal with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The made the announcement Friday afternoon. There is no timetable for Sabonis’ return. The son of basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis, Domantis was enjoying a career year, averaging 18.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists per contest and made his first All-Star team.

Victor Oladipo will not join team in Orlando

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Brandon King

When the Indiana Pacers take the court to resume the season on August 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers, Victor Oladipo will not amongst their ranks. The All-Star guard told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Friday that he would not be participate in the resumed season . Oladipo had been reticent in his commitment to take part in the games, citing concerns over reinjuring his quadriceps tendon. At the end of the day, it takes time for your body to heal. … We’ve had an extensive period of time off and to go…

Malcolm Brogdon: “week-to-week” with torn quad

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Brandon King

Indiana Pacers point guard Malcolm Brogdon has been listed week-to-week by the team with a torn left rectus femoris (quadriceps). The injury happened Wednesday night in the second quarter of the club’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Brogdon is averaging 16.3 points, 7.1 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game. In his absence Victor Oladipo may be on ball more, and Aaron Holiday may also see his minutes increase.