Last week, the NBA’s trade deadline finally came and went — along with plenty of worthwhile fireworks of their own — and buyout season is officially in full swing. But as franchises continue bolstering their roster ahead of the postseason (or lottery-bound future efforts), another deadline occurred recently without much fanfare. In January, the cutoff
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On Thursday, the NBA’s trade deadline hit all zeroes — along with plenty of fireworks — and now buyout season is right around the corner. But as franchises continue bolstering their roster ahead of the postseason (or lottery-bound future efforts), another deadline passed recently without much fanfare. Last month, the deadline to sign players to
When Victor Oladipo collapsed to the floor — succumbing to the toll of a ruptured quad tendon — against the Raptors two weeks ago, it cast Indiana’s entire season into uncertainty. The Pacers were 32-15, the third-best mark in the Eastern Conference, with a chance to bolster their roster ahead of the trade deadline and
Since Monday, Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin have bounced around the league, now winding up with the Indiana Pacers just before the trade deadline. With the NBA trade deadline approaching fast, trades are beginning to heat up. Tobias Harris and Nikola Mirotic have already been dealt, and basketball fans are still waiting on the edge
A surprisingly strong season from the Indiana Pacers may have been derailed by an ugly knee injury for Victor Oladipo. It’s become an increasingly, and painfully, familiar moment. A splendid athlete falls to the floor, just as they do dozens of time every game. Among the morass of bodies, you can’t see what happened or why
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – JANUARY 23: Victor Oladipo #4 of the Indiana Pacers is taken off of the court on a stretcher after being injured in the second quarter of the game against the Toronto Raptors at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on January 23, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) UFC 232 VADA test
First thing’s first: Pray for a full recovery for Victor Oladipo. The man has been one of the most inspirational stories since arriving in Indiana a year and a half ago, as he went from disappointing lottery pick to unexpected superstar. His evolution as one of the league’s top two-way guards has made him the
Back by the popular demand of pretty much only myself, it’s the second annual edition of Around the NBA in 15 Trades. We’re taking all 30 teams in the lead up to the Feb. 7 trade deadline and finding a happy middle ground for prosperous barterdom. Last night, Victor Oladipo suffered a serious knee injury. After
With the first half of the NBA season firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look toward All-Star Weekend, the looming trade deadline and, ultimately, the high-stakes playoff chase. Although most of this year’s rookie class — minus one outstanding potential exception — won’t be headed to Charlotte for anything outside of the Rising
Ever since he entered the league, it’s been understood that Kevin Durant is sui generis, a player who can score, rebound, and perhaps most significantly, distribute. But even with this skill set, it is noteable to see how his assist percentage has climbed. From 12.5 percent his rookie season in Seattle, Durant’s number headed north
It didn’t take long for Victor Oladipo to make the Indiana Pacers his team last season. He took a leap as a scorer and became an All-NBA defender, leading Indiana to the postseason. Indiana’s problem wasn’t when Oladipo was performing at peak level; it was when he wasn’t there to be the savior. Indiana was
Anyone who watched Domantas Sabonis during his rookie season with the Oklahoma City Thunder and then for some reason did not watch a single second of the Indiana Pacers last season would be absolutely flabbergasted if they switched on a Pacers game this year and saw the version of Sabonis that now shows up almost
Is there any word that excites fans more about an individual player than “potential?” Hardly anyone comes into this league a finished product. With rare exceptions like Tyreke Evans and Michael Carter-Williams, almost every player that makes it in the NBA gets better after their rookie season. Some young players need more time than others.
Trade season is fast approaching and rumors are running rampant across in the NBA. Just in the past month, we’ve had three trades executed, including two blockbuster moves that will surely make an impact on the association, regarding this year and in the future. The chatter is about to heat up, even more, this weekend.
As this season began, several NBA teams had to make huge decisions about offering extensions to players nearing the end of their rookie contracts. Twenty games later, how are those decisions looking? Before this year’s Halloween deadline for NBA teams to sign players in the fourth year of rookie contracts signed in 2015 to extensions,
On Nov. 21, the New York Knicks faced off against the Boston Celtics in what was expected to be an easy route for the green team, but it turned out be their worst loss of the season. The Celtics not only lost to their longtime division rivals, but were beaten with almost relative ease. New
After overachieving last season, the Pacers are rewarding head coach Nate McMillan with a contract extension. Nate McMillan entered the 2017-18 NBA season with a newly manufactured roster that did not contain any starpower. Expectations were low; most didn’t expect the Indiana Pacers to make the playoffs. It took some time for the Pacers to
Victor Oladipo carried the Indiana Pacers like a star player last season, but he needs another strong campaign to firm up his spot in the best of the best. This is not an indictment on Victor Oladipo. It’s important to note that upfront. Oladipo is awesome, and he was very clearly one of the best
The Indiana Pacers have been trying to move for awhile. After their mostly Paul George-less 2014-15 season had them miss the playoffs for the first time in four years, it was clear that the team had lost whatever momentum built up over the brief era of defensive dominance and pushing LeBron James to the brink.
Back in 2015, there were five big men that came off the board before Myles Turner was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the No. 11 overall pick. Very quickly, though, Turner leapfrogged a few of the players ahead of him and proved himself one of the three best bigs in the class. As a
Victor Oladipo is proving anyone who might’ve been doubting him wrong by proving he’s a legitimate NBA star. Just over three months ago this very column stated that Victor Oladipo needed to prove he’s actually a star this season. Through his Indiana Pacers’ first 14 games, that’s exactly what Oladipo has done. Indiana is currently
The Indiana Pacers have yet to be linked to Jimmy Butler, but if they did swoop in and acquire him they would shift the balance of the Eastern Conference. The Indiana Pacers traded for a dynamic two-way wing player just over one year ago, and that deal ended up working out pretty well for them.
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