PODCAST: The pros and cons for Phil Jackson in considering Knicks job
Phil Jackson can run the New York Knicks if he wants to. That is the word on the street this morning, although he will NOT become their next head coach. For insight into the reasons why, check out this...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: Frank Vogel Reassigned, Larry Bird To Coach Pacers
Tuesday, not just any normal day, nor the typical Tuesday. This is April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day—the day renowned for pranks. Amid many breaking news stories, like Tiger Woods...
View ArticleBernucca: Have Pacers Lost Belief in Themselves?
Believe it or not, there’s someone out there who doesn’t think the Indiana Pacers are coming apart at the seams. “Everybody goes through this,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said last week after San Antonio...
View ArticleMay: Frank Vogel is Glad He Is Not a New Jersey Devil
Back on April Fools Day, Mike Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser, the hosts of ESPN’s popular ‘Pardon The Interruption,’ opened the show with a segment speculating that Larry Bird was about to come down and...
View ArticleScotto: Brooklyn Nets are Legit Contenders After Sweeping LeBron
No team has done what the Nets have done. And going into the playoffs, what they’ve done should not be dismissed. On Tuesday, the Brooklyn Nets became the first team ever to post a 4-0 season series...
View ArticlePacers-Hawks Playoff Preview: Five Key Factors
Do they have to play this series? Do we really have to watch it and pay close attention? Look, we all know how bad the Leastern Conference was this season, and we all knew that there would be at least...
View ArticleSH Blog: Will Pacers bench Hibbert? Kerr and Knicks in deep talks; Popovich...
Innovation must come from experimentation at the edge, not just from ideas generated by the center. For Frank Vogel and the Indiana Pacers, this is a mantra that must be embraced if they want to turn...
View ArticleSH Blog: Durant defiant about Tony Allen’s defense, Parsons says he’s better...
Kevin Durant has had one of the most prolific seasons we have ever seen, and he will run away with the MVP award for his efforts in 2014. Part of what has made him so great is the efficient way in...
View ArticleSH Blog: Jackson will meet with Kerr next week, Big O thinks Anthony should...
By now, we all know that Phil Jackson is looking to make some major changes within the New York Knicks organization. He has fired Mike Woodson and his coaching staff, is making internal changes (or at...
View ArticlePODCAST: Time for Luis Scola to Start Over Roy Hibbert
At a certain point, the Indiana Pacers need to give up on Roy Hibbert as their starting center. That point is now. The All-Star center (can you believe we have to call him that?) laid another egg...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: Pacers Performance Spawns Funny Memes, Startling Numbers
The Indiana Pacers, now down 2-1 in their series with the Atlanta Hawks after a 98-85 loss in Game 3 in Atlanta Thursday night, have been the talk of the postseason. Even amidst their late-season...
View ArticleFrom Feverish To Faint: The Atlanta Hawks Home Playoff Experience
On Thursday night, Philips Arena opened its doors for the Atlanta Hawks first home playoff game of the 2014 NBA postseason. After having stolen home court advantage, the air in Atlanta was heavy, of...
View ArticleWizards from 3, Nets in the paint, Spurs’ depth lead key NBA postseason trends
Each of the eight teams remaining in the NBA playoffs have played a game in this second round, and some interesting trends have emerged that could be harbingers of things to come over the next two...
View ArticleThe Three-Man Weave: George’s Whining, Vogel’s Future, Ibaka’s Impact
We have decided to bring back the Three-Man Weave, which we did for a while back in the day before the guest authors turned their answers into SAT essays. While emphasizing no extra page clicks and...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day- Is Frank Vogel coaching for his job?
You’ve heard the whispers. The Indiana Pacers, slumping since March and on the verge of being ousted by the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight year, could let go of...
View ArticleSprung: Why can’t the Pacers beat the Heat?
We waited all season for an Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers. Yet when the time came for the two talented teams to finally meet in late May, only Miami showed...
View ArticleSH Blog: Vogel staying with Pacers; Stephenson might not
After last night’s debacle, the Pacers’ season is mercifully put to rest. What started out with them looking like the first serious contenders to the Heat’s throne atop the East in years turned...
View ArticleTweet of the Night: Paul George Answers Fans
Everyone on the internet loves A.M.A.s (“Ask Me Anything” question-and-answer sessions). Who doesn’t want to get to know more about their favorite celebrities? Indiana Pacers All-Star forward Paul...
View ArticleSH Blog: GMs see Dallas/Parsons contract helping more restricted free agents...
Could the unique contract structure arranged by the Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban to pry Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets become a template for freeing future restricted free agents?...
View ArticleFive Things To Watch: Indiana Pacers
Although the departure of Lance Stephenson has been seen as a crucial loss for the Indiana Pacers, the team was prepared to move forward without him. Was the five-year, $44 million deal scoffed at by...
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