By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A grimace adorned the face of the Brooklyn-born guard when he trudged to the locker room midway through the fourth quarter, an expression reflecting both the physical ache of a twisted leg and the mental anguish of knowing the Atlanta Hawks were mounting a ferocious comeback. Pain never gets to [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent THE SCOOP: Pacers forward Danny Granger is out for the season, the team announced Thursday prior to a game in Dallas. He will undergo surgery on his left knee. The longtime franchise mainstay had played in only five games this season, scoring as many as 12 points on Feb. 28 [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I know, this is a bit late for a look back at the Top 10 Indiana athletes of 2012. Forgive me, I was enjoying the ocean, margaritas and 70-degree heat in Key West through the New Year and decided to put this off a bit. There were many worthy athletes [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent With a 3-1 series lead and Dwight Howard schmoozing with his chiropractor, the game should have been anticlimactic. The Indiana Pacers were going to defeat the Orlando Magic. They inevitably would seize their first playoff series victory since 2005. And they would move on to bigger things, advance to face [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent With 2012 winding down, it’s worth a look back at the year that was. This is the point on the calendar when media types step back and attempt to weave a bunch of tiny threads into a larger quilt. In terms of the Indiana Pacers, no need to overthink it. [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Touted by the Pacers as much more than a quality backup, D.J. Augustin hasn’t even been that. He’s been a major negative, and it’s easy to see why he’s relegated to Frank Vogel’s doghouse. He can’t make any shots, his turnover rate is high, and his defense is a joke. [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers have contacted representatives for free agent swingman Mickael Pietrus, his agent confirmed to IndySportsLegends.com Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the team announced that Danny Granger was expected to be out as long as three months with patellar tendinosis in his left knee. Should Indiana decide to bolster its [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent By the time the Indiana Pacers return home Saturday, they will have flown a rough triangle across the middle of the United States “ from Indianapolis down to San Antonio, over to Atlanta and then back up to Minneapolis. They will have faced a pair of opponents who traditionally spell [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor If money doesn’t grow on trees, why is there a giant redwood with dollars all over it standing in front of Paul George? That tree sprouted quickly, right about the time the Indiana Pacers released a statement saying Danny Granger would be out indefinitely with continued soreness in his left knee. One man’s [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Indiana Pacers open a new season this evening on Halloween, it’s worth pausing to consider what a frightening position the franchise once occupied. When Donnie Walsh left in 2008, a steady degradation of the roster left Mike Dunleavy Jr. as the second-best player on the team. The ghosts [...]
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