Jarrett Jack News

The Indiana Pacers have landed their first free agent acquisition of the offseason.

The NBA free agent negotiating period is underway. The Indiana Pacers have made qualifying offers to guard Jarrett Jack and forward Josh McRoberts, giving the team the right to match any offers the two receive as restricted free agents.

Memphis got a steal when they selected Young with the 36th overall pick. Young joins a very talented young team but should make his impression on the team after a couple weeks into the season.

The NBA free agency period begins at midnight tonight as teams can begin negotiations as they build their rosters for the 2009-2010 season.

The Indiana Pacers extended qualifying offers to guard Jarrett Jack and forward Josh McRoberts on Tuesday, making them both restricted free agents come July 1. After three productive seasons in Portland, Jack performed well in his first year with the Pacers in 2008-09, averaging career-highs of 13.1 points and 3.4 assists while playing in all 82 ...

When I asked Tyler Hansbrough on the phone after the Pacers drafted him about the mixed reaction to him, he didn't seem fazed a bit.

The Pacers took a point guard in the second round, selecting Connecticut's AJ Price with the 52nd overall pick.

A.J. Price was in New York Thursday. Not in the City, not at the NBA draft at Madison Square Garden , but with his family in his hometown of Amityville, on Long Island .

After three sub-.500 seasons, the Indiana Pacers find themselves at what could be a crossroads.

The draft is still four weeks away and there will be plenty of rumors floating around in that time span, but early talk is that the Pacers could be looking at taking a point guard.

Interesting development -- can you call a mock draft a "development"? -- over at ESPN.com, where NBA Draft guru Chad Ford released his second mock of 2009.

As expected, the pingpong balls didn't bounce the Indiana Pacers' way in Secaucus, N.J., on Tuesday.

The NBA Draft Lottery takes place tonight at NBA TV headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The San Dova 2008-2009 NBA Season Wrap-Up Finally, Jermaine O'Neal was gone. The former MVP candidate and All-Star center/forward was given another shot at team and individual success after his last dreams of a title dwindled into the abyss with "The Brawl at The Palace" in Detroit in November 2004.

Since the debate over who is better, or who the Blazers would rather have garnered so much banter in my email inbox this morning, and on the blog comment section... who ya got? Jerryd Bayless or Jarrett Jack You tell me... post your comments.

The NBA draft is two months away, but it's never too early to start talking about potential picks by the lottery-bound Indiana Pacers.

It wasn't big news to learn Tuesday that Larry Bird isn't the least bit concerned with having his contract extended over the long term.

Addressing both immediate and long-term goals, Larry Bird said Tuesday his most pressing concern is seeing the Indiana Pacers play better defense.

INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Pacers don't believe quick fixes and knee-jerk reactions are the way back to the playoffs, so they are giving Jim O'Brien the rare chance to keep guiding an NBA team after back-to-back losing seasons.

Danny Granger scored 35 points, and the Indiana Pacers overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-108 on Wednesday night.