Tyler Hansbrough News

While this will largely be about Jeff Pendergraph , the late season rotation big for the Indiana Pacers , it's worth beginning the note on a few players who didn't get the playing time to warrant actually covering them on their own.

The Pacers don't have a lot of options when it comes to improving the club for next year, but there are a few interesting possibilities.

The Pacers were one game away from advancing to the NBA Finals this season. Now as they head toward the off season, it's time to consider the moves they can make to help reach their goal of winning a championship next season while also evaluating how such moves would impact their future of the franchise going forward.

When a college or NBA player was speaking at a camp, Tyler Hansbrough made it a point to attend as a kid.

Hog hunting isn't exactly high on Chris Andersen's priority list these days. Maybe later in the summer, when he returns to the deep woods of Texas, but not now.

The Indiana Pacers are only about a week off their Game 7 loss to the Miami Heat and are getting ready to get into the 2013 off-season.

The Pacers know they need outside shooting help and would love to add Kyle Korver or J.J. Redick, both of whom will be free agents on July 1. Indiana's other free agents are Tyler Hansbrough and D.J. Augustin, either of whom is expendable.

The Indiana Pacers have a couple of weeks to look over the players available for the draft, and a chance to really pick up one or two guys that can actually contribute to next season.

Another battle of big men occurs on the frontcourt side of the bracket. Who will advance on to face Gorgui Dieng in round two of the Indy Cornrows 23rd Pick Tournament? Will it be Mason Plumlee or Kelly Olynyk getting your vote? More versatile big men invade the tournament as we have another matchup of that in the first round.

The first priority of the off season is to get David West resigned and coming back for the Indiana Pacers.

Who knows what might've happened if Indiana Pacers ' head coach Frank Vogel left Roy Hibbert on the floor at the end of Game 1? Maybe the Pacers go on to take the series in six or seven games.

Jun 3, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra celebrates after game 7 of the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at American Airlines Arena.

From cushioned seats in the lower bowl, the Pacers brain trust -- owner Herb Simon, president Donnie Walsh and general manager Kevin Pritchard -- watched solemnly as the worst-case scenario unfolded.

It has been a decade since the Pacers were on the verge of the NBA Finals and Pacers fans will be watching Monday night to see how Game 7 plays out in Miami.

Although the Indiana Pacers have a qualifying offer option on power forward Tyler Hansbrough, signing him would fill a position of need for the Washington Wizards.

Roy Hibbert of the Pacers was fined $75k for dropping MF on the media and saying "no homo" Saturday night after the Pacers beat the Heat.

Headline: Fight To The Finish Byline: Shaun Powell, Sports on Earth Excerpt: Anyway, Game 7 isn't about Indiana, not really.

Chris "Birdman" Anderson was sorely missed in game six of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night.

Roy Hibbert did everything but pull out the boxing gloves in Game 6, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and continually contesting Miami's shots to help Indiana stave off elimination with an emphatic 91-77 victory over the defending champs.

Birdman and Tyler Hansbrough talking tough and pushing each other around during the Heat-Pacers series? With all the tension in this defense-oriented, physical series, is it really a surprise that some of these guys really don't like each other? And yet, here we are, a few days later, discussing whether this has a place in the NBA.