The Sacramento Kings got a huge fourth quarter out of 2024 lottery pick Devin Carter Tuesday. Unfortunately, it happened in a game the Kings might have rather lost.
While much of the NBA world was captivated by Bam Adebayo’s historic performance in Miami, an 83-point explosion that ranks as the second-highest scoring game in NBA history, the Indiana Pacers were in Sacramento taking care of business against the Sacramento Kings.
The Indiana Pacers are making a real argument to be the worst team in the NBA this season. The Pacers could become the first team in the Eastern Conference to reach 50 losses this season if they don't beat the Sacramento Kings tomorrow night.
The Indiana Pacers have all the incentive in the world to lose every game they could from now until the end of the 2025-26 season, as if their 2026 first-round pick ends up within selections five to nine, they’ll be forking that over to the Los Angeles Clippers courtesy of the Ivica Zubac trade.
The 6-foot-9 wing is enjoying an outstanding freshman season at BYU and is widely projected to be a top-three pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. In fact, several draft outlets now view AJ Dybantsa as the favorite to be selected first overall.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle sounded far more supportive of the league this week when discussing the NBA’s push to curb tanking. Carlisle had criticized the league after Indiana was fined $100,000 last month for how it managed player availability, with the NBA suggesting the Pacers and Jazz were prioritizing draft position over winning.
The Indiana Pacers traveled to the Intuit Dome on Wednesday night for a matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers, but the biggest story wasn’t just the final score.
Indiana Pacers center Ivica Zubac has yet to play his first game with his new team. The Pacers traded for Zubac at the deadline from the Los Angeles Clippers, together with Kobe Brown.
Questions surrounding Ivica Zubac’s debut with the Indiana Pacers will remain unanswered for at least another game. Indiana listed Zubac as out with a left ankle sprain on its injury report Wednesday morning ahead of the team’s matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Pacers got a lift Thursday when Obi Toppin returned from foot surgery and made his season debut. Toppin, who had been sidelined since October with a fractured fifth metatarsal, received a standing ovation when introduced as a starter.
The Pacers have officially signed forward Jalen Slawson to a two-way contract, the team announced Saturday. Slawson will be eligible to be active for 13 of Indiana’s final 22 regular-season games.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The Pacers plan to sign free agent forward Jalen Slawson to the two-way contract spot previously held by Quenton Jackson, a league source tells Tony Forbes of Forbes and Circle City Spin (Twitter link).
The Pacers are giving Quenton Jackson a promotion, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports (via Twitter) that the two-way guard will be converted to a three-year standard contract.
The Indiana Pacers have a 15-44 record this season in the NBA. Indiana is projected to have one of the top picks in the 2026 NBA Draft. The Pacers a season ago were just one win away from the NBA Championship against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle stayed quiet about the NBA's $100K tanking fine for two weeks. He didn't mince words when he broke his silence Tuesday.