Ex-Pacer On the Move?

Written by Josh Dhani on May 10, 2010 20:45.

After being released by the Indiana Pacers a few months ago, Travis Diener was eventually picked up by the Portland Trail Blazers.

That year for Diener was just a waste and had no point or value to it at all. First of all, he had a major toe injury that forced him to miss most of the season and lose his job with Indy.

Diener will now be a free agent on July 1st.

So far, there's three teams interested in the young point guard.

One are the New York Knicks, who need a consistent guard to run their system. The Los Angeles Lakers are another team, who needs a point guard that can cover faster players and Derek Fisher can't do that. There's also the Magic, but that's if they don't re-sign their backups.

There's also a chance of Diener going overseas to play ball in Europe.

"If something doesn't work out here, I'm not afraid at all to go overseas to play," he said. "It's a high level over there, but my first objective is to get another contract here. But you have to weigh all the options. One of the options for me is I want a chance to play and play a lot.

"We'll see what happens; there's still a lot up in the air. In a couple of months I'll know more."

Indiana Pacers: Season in Review 2009-2010

Written by Pace Miller on Apr 28, 2010 01:58.

I finally just finished an in-depth article reviewing the Indiana Pacers' 2009-2010 season, complete with team analysis and player grades.

Check it out by clicking here.

Why the Pacers Won't Be Leaving Indiana

Written by Josh Dhani on Apr 18, 2010 03:17.

Okay, seriously, I am getting tired of these rumors of the Pacers moving. I really don't think it's going to happen at all. It'll never happen. NEVER! I have so many reasons, so let's start now.

Yes, yes, Indiana has been going to financial troubles and there are those rumors of them that they might be threatened to leave town.

Financial troubles are getting so bad that if Herb Simon can't pay for the team and the building costs by June 30th, it's all over. Everything has to be done in 30-40 days, says Jim Morris.

But I just don't see it happening. I think Indy can get through this. I know they can. I mean, how can you see a professional basketball team moving from the state of Indiana!

Indiana! This is where basketball dreams are made. Indiana is probably one of the top five states for basketball. They had 1,000 people in attendance for a State Finals high school basketball game!

The Pacers have been in Indy for over 40 years! And now people are expecting them to move. Oh jeez. There's a bright future out there. We heard all the rumors. At the beginning of this season, there were rumors of them moving to Vancouver.

They were way off. And now the rumors come up again. Probably a lot of you basketball fans have read Bill Simmons' recent book. He said the basketball H.O.F. should be in Indiana. He thinks Indiana is the best state for basketball.

Which brings me to this: there is no way a professional basketball team will leave Indiana. It's just impossible. I guarantee Herb Simon and Larry Bird will find a way to fix this.

I just know they will. So you guys can just keep going on those rumors. It's not gonna happen!

Plus, if you look at this way: would you pay $15M for Conseco Fieldhouse or $150M for leaving the city and moving to another city, as Indy Cornrows points out. Take your choice. There's another reason, see?

And according to the Indiana Business Journal, the Pacers would be in $147M in debt if they were to leave the city and do all that bullcrap.

Though Indiana has been a struggle for the past few seasons and again this season, just think of what would happen here. Chaos. This team has so many good memories. From Billy Knight to Rik Smits and Reggie Miller to Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, a new future is awaited.

We are seeing a new team. Rebuilding. Next year is the best bet for the playoffs. It's possible. With a new future with building around Danny Granger, Dahntay Jones, A.J. Price, Troy Murphy, Brandon Rush, and Roy Hibbert; there's no way in hell Indy is moving.

Fans will probably help. But I know. I know, the Pacers are staying.

And they always will.

Pacers end season with loss with Wizards

Written by Pace Miller on Apr 16, 2010 03:55.

There's really not much left to say except...it can only get better next season...I hope...

Full season analysis coming soon...

Hilarious; Magic pound Pacers in home finale

Written by Pace Miller on Apr 13, 2010 22:40.

Hilarious. For weeks, with their playoff hopes gone and the lottery in waiting, the Indiana Pacers played their best basketball of the season, winning 10 of 12 games. All it did was destroy almost any hope of securing a top 5 pick in the next NBA draft (which they were in line to get before the run). Now, when it TRULY doesn't matter whether the Pacers win or lose anymore (since it won't change their position in the standings regardless), they go and get blown out by the Orlando Magic in their home finale, 118-98.

As has happened so many times this season, the game was over by the end of the first quarter, when the Magic steamrolled ahead with a 42-18 lead. What made things more depressing was that after keeping playing time sporadic during the damaging hot streak, Coach Jim O'Brien finally decided to give more playing time to AJ Price, who played 25 minutes. However, the bulk of the bench minutes were given to Mike Dunleavy and Dahntay Jones. Josh McRoberts only played 12 minutes, and Luther Head and Solomon Jones didn't play at all. Puzzling and depressing.

The Pacers finish their regular season on the road against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.