Here is the second round of our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft. Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report.
(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)
2013 NBA Mock Draft- Second Round (6/12/13)
June 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
2013 NBA Mock Draft- First Round (6/12/13)
June 11, 2013 by 14 Comments
Here is our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft. Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report and the team for a complete guide to the NBA off-season team needs page.
(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)
Indiana Pacers push Miami Heat to brink in Game 7
June 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
Having exceeded everyone’s expectations of them except their own, having pushed the defending NBA champion Miami Heat to the precipice, the Indiana Pacers find themselves with a remarkable opportunity tonight at American Airlines Arena.
One win in Miami, in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, for a trip to the franchise’s first NBA Finals since 2000.
It’s funny; the Pacers felt as if they shouldn’t have had much to prove and yet they did (as center Roy Hibbert elaborated in a post-Game 6 press conference that got him fined $75,000). Now, having knotted the Heat at three games apiece at the end of this semifinal series, the vibe is that this Pacers team has proven its mettle to the public. Indiana’s only remaining task is to prove to itself it can win tonight’s monumental matchup. [Read more...]
Pacers Roy Hibbert apologizes for “No Homo” LBJ comment
June 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I’ve never been a big fan of the “no homo” slang expression. Obviously Indiana Pacers Center Roy Hibbert feels differently. Of course, now with the trouble the “no homo” catch-phrase has gotten Roy Hibbert into, maybe he now has as much distaste for it as I do.
It’s mildly offensive; and just not funny or clever. And in today’s day and age, just unnecessary. It’s nothing to get into a big uproar about either. It’s a stupid thing to say, but nothing that should get Roy Hibbert fined.
NBA Summer League Details released
May 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Twenty-two NBA teams will participate in the 2013 NBA Summer League. This includes eight teams that feature eight of the top 10 selections in the 2013 NBA Draft. NBA Summer League will be televised live on NBA TV. The championship of NBA Summer League 2013 will be in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the NBA announced today.
Do people really believe the Pacers can beat the Heat?
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Can the Indiana Pacers upset the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals? Most people seem to think Miami will take this series and move on to the Finals versus the winner of the Memphis Grizzlies-San Antonio Spurs Western Conference Finals.
Not so fast.
Indiana played Miami tight down to the very last second of overtime in game one. On the road, the Pacers took the Heat to extra time before falling 103-102. Unfortunately, coming up short on defense in the final possession. The Pacers also had to deal with the referees swallowing their whistles in crunch time too. In the series opener, Indiana shows it has a real fighting chance in this series.
Indiana Pacers’ Lance Stephenson must be “Born Ready”
May 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Lance Stephenson went by the nickname “Born Ready” as one of the nation’s top high-school basketball players and one of the most decorated New York prep products.
Often times, during his one year at Cincinnati and his first two seasons with the Indiana Pacers, Stephenson made folks wonder if the “Born Ready” tag was purely hype and little substance amid instances of immaturity and lack of production.
However, with Danny Granger sidelined for virtually the entire 2012-13 season with a knee injury, the 6-6 Stephenson capitalized on the opportunity at starter’s minutes, and he put a huge exclamation on his remarkable improvement last Saturday with a 25-point, 10-rebound effort (including a clutch nine-point fourth quarter) to lead the Pacers to a series-clinching Game 6 victory over the New York Knicks and a date with the Miami Heat in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, which begin with today’s Game 1 at 8:30 p.m. in Miami.
That Game 6 performance suggested Stephenson indeed may have been “Born Ready.” The Pacers hope that’s the case regardless, but it very well might be key to their chances at defeating Miami and earning a trip to their first NBA Finals since 2000.
2013 NBA Draft Early Entrants
April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The 2013 NBA Draft will soon be here. The deadline for college basketball underclassmen having to decide their future has officially passed so at this point, you are either in or out. Here is an updated list of underclassmen who have declared for the 2013 NBA Draft and where they could end up being selected.
Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Draft mock.
Updated: 4/29/13
2014 NBA Mock Draft (4/22/13)
April 21, 2013 by 2 Comments
The 2014 NBA Draft class is shaping up to be way more loaded than the 2013 group. Here is an insanely early 2014 NBA Mock Draft where team needs and outstanding trades have NOT yet been taken into account. Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Mock Draft.
TNT, TBS sideline reporter Jaime Maggio photos and bio
March 21, 2013 by 5 Comments
TBS/TNT sideline reporter Jaime Maggio got a lot of attention during 2011 March Madness. During that time of year, when college basketball routinely sees an exponential growth in popularity and coverage, America creates new media stars too. Jaime Maggio is such a star.
“It sounds like the breakout performer so far in Chicago is CBS/TBS sideline reporter Jaime Maggio,” tweeted SI.com writer Stewart Mandel. “Not on the preseason depth chart.”
And her stock rose again as she covered the NBA Playoffs between the Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers. And in the 2011 MLB playoffs where Jaime Maggio garnered a ton of newfound interest on the internet, and a lot of people searched for Jaime Maggio again in the 2012 NBA playoffs. Basically, she’s covered it all.
NBA Trade Deadline winners and losers
February 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
The NBA Trade Deadline came and went without any star players changing homes. It was less entertaining than this season of American Idol… and that’s saying something. In fact, the “biggest” name to be traded was J.J. Redick who went from Orlando to Milwaukee. Ish. Here are the winners and losers of the 2013 NBA Trade Deadline.
Indiana Pacers reporter Brooke Olzendam: bio and photos
February 9, 2013 by 2 Comments
So who is Brooke Olzendam?
Pac-12 sideline reporter from the Pacific Northwest and Indiana Pacers, Fox Sports Indiana sideline reporter
A CBS College Sports Sideline Reporter, Comcast SportsNet Northwest Host and Reporter, her Twitter biography says. She might also become the next national sideline superstar, a la Erin Andrews or Jenn Brown. If you watch as much college basketball and college football as we do, it’s a name you’ll get to know very well soon.
Olzendam’s husband, former Oregon Ducks back up QB, Andy Collins, passed away on treadmill just ten days after their wedding)
Here’s more from her Comcast biography:
