Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that star forward Paul George has informed the Indiana Pacers that he plans to leave the franchise when he becomes a free agent in 2018.
The four-time All-Star forward provided clarity on his short-term plan Thursday before playing in a charity softball game.
George Irvine became Indiana's head coach in 1984 after three seasons as an assistant with the team. He later returned as the Pacers interim coach in 1988-89.
Kevin Pritchard, who is succeeding Larry Bird as the Pacers' president of basketball operations, says, "I want to make deals."
Larry Bird confirmed last week’s reports on Monday by resigning as the Indiana Pacers' president of basketball operations and saying simply that it was time to do something else.
Numerous media outlets are reporting that Larry Bird is resigning from his post with the Indiana Pacers after leading basketball operations for 13 out of the last 14 years.
The questions started less than an hour after the Indiana Pacers season officially ended.
Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird on Monday delivered the city’s bid to host the 2021 NBA All-Star Game to NBA executives in New York City in a specially-themed IndyCar.
The NBA All-Star Game is broadcast to 215 countries and territories in 49 languages, according to NBA officials. In China alone, nearly 40 million people watch the game and another 10 million do so in Europe.
Former WNBA standout Tamika Catchings has been named director of player programs and franchise development with Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the organization announced Monday afternoon.
More than two years after the 6-foot-5 guard left in free agency, the Pacers re-signed the talented but mercurial player on Thursday as the team struggles to make the playoffs.
The rest issue has been an even hotter-than-usual talking point in the NBA of late with teams like Golden State and Cleveland electing to rest superstars in recent nationally televised games.
CIB attorneys had sought to block the IRS from deposing former presidents Pat Early, Bob Grand and Ann Lathrop in a legal dispute stemming from a 2009 deal that transferred full ownership of the Indiana Pacers to Herb Simon.
After almost a week of speculation about Paul George's future, the Indiana Pacers decided to stand pat at the trade deadline Thursday.
With the NBA trade deadline set for 3 p.m. Thursday, four-time All-Star Paul George tried to tamp down speculation by staying focused on his job.
Three former presidents of the city’s Capital Improvement Board—Pat Early, Bob Grand and Ann Lathrop—are fighting an effort by attorneys for the IRS to depose them about what they learned about the Indiana Pacers' finances during discussions with the team.
Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb and Lt. Gov.-elect Suzanne Crouch paid for their tickets out of an “abundance of caution” for state ethics rules, a spokesman said. But there are no state rules to prohibit the people who are helping Holcomb shape his administration from taking freebies.
The team is working with a startup called WaitTime, which will use cameras and artificial intelligence to send fans to the shortest lines. If it works, the Pacers could stand to make a lot more money.
Emails appear to buttress the IRS’ case that Herb Simon received a sweetheart deal when he acquired his ailing brother Mel’s 50 percent ownership in the Indiana Pacers in early 2009.
A local marketing and technology firm is putting its name on an upscale club area that team officials expect to debut near the beginning of the upcoming season in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
