<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-player-shock-nba-breakout-2024-25-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers player who will shock NBA with breakout 2024-25 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-player-who-will-shock-NBA-with-breakout-2024-25-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers player who will shock NBA with breakout 2024-25 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T21:51:12-07:00">October 13th, 9:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T22:05:28-07:00">October 13th, 10:05pm</time><address><a>Brian Buyawe</a>Brian Buyawe is an NBA, NFL, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball writer for ClutchPoints. His advanced knowledge of basketball, football, and Formula One started at an early age, allowing him to provide in-depth analysis.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Preseason is underway for NBA teams. Stars are shaking off the summertime rust. Coaches are in the latter stages of roster evaluation. And of course, role players are doing their best to show out and earn rotation spots. It’s definitely a period of excitement for basketball fans, considering how close the actual season is. For the Indiana Pacers, the preparation period is crucial. Making the Eastern Conference Finals last season only points to one thing: More eyes will be on the team compared to years prior.</p><p>The good news is that Rick Carlisle will be fielding the same core players, meaning that the potential for another fruitful campaign is there. However, the road won’t be any easier. With all the offseason tweaks that have occurred in the East (<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-signing-receives-huge-acclaim-from-nba-gm-survey">Paul George to the 76ers</a>, Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks, etc.), it’s going to be even more of a slugfest within the conference.</p><p>Regardless, Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam might just get more from their supporting cast this season. This isn’t to say that they lacked production last season, no. In fact, a big reason why Indiana made the ECF was because many of the team’s role players stepped up. The point being made here is that a couple of names in the supporting cast are due for even brighter seasons individually. Many signs point to it: James Wiseman’s healthy status. Jarace Walker’s stellar Summer League performances. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-myles-turner-issues-3-word-warning-after-bennedict-mathurin-eruption">Benedict Matthurin’s 25-point outing</a> on Thursday.</p><p>But among everyone on the roster, one specific player is poised to have the biggest breakout season: Andrew Nembhard.</p><h2><b>Andrew Nembhard’s growth</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Andrew-Nembhard-looks-to-shoot-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If there’s a glimpse of what Nembhard is capable of doing this year, one has to look no further than last season’s playoffs. In 17 games, the two-way guard averaged 14.9 points and 5.5 assists on 56% shooting from the floor. He was also efficient from downtown, making 48.3% of his attempts from beyond the arc. Nembhard made headlines during Game 3 of the Pacers’ second-round series when <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1789108041260118258" rel="noopener">he hit the game-sealing step-back three</a> to give Indiana their first win against the New York Knicks.</p><p>Compare that to his regular season stats of 9.2 points and 4.1 assists per game (49.8% FG) and it’s clear that he took it up a notch during the postseason. Adding in the fact that he attempted an average of three more shots per game in the playoffs makes his 7.7% increase in FG efficiency even more impressive.</p><p>Moreover, there was already an indication of the 24-year-old’s development even during the regular season. His 49.8% shooting from the floor was a boost compared to his field goal average as a rookie (44.1%). To put it another way before things get more confusing, Nembhard’s field goal percentage showed growth spurts from his rookie season (44.1%) to the 2023 regular season (49.8%) and to the recent playoffs (56%).</p><p>While it remains to be seen if he can keep that kind of efficiency — as well as his increased PPG average — throughout an 82-game span, things look promising for the Canadian guard. Following the Pacers’ playoff elimination, there was no rest for Nembhard. He immediately suited up for the Great White North in the Olympics, playing a key bench role behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and RJ Barrett.</p><p>And looking at how <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-andrew-nembhard-59-million-contract-extension">the Pacers just inked him to a three-year contract extension</a>, there’s no doubt that Nemhard will reprise his role as Halibruton’s backcourt mate this coming season. His playstyle is perfect for the team. He fits seamlessly in the Pacers’ fast-paced offense, establishing himself as the team’s secondary playmaker at the guard spot. He’s a stingy defender as well, something that’s greatly needed for an Indiana squad that finished with a 117.6 defensive rating (24th) last season.</p><p>The pieces of the puzzle are in place. All Andrew Nembhard has to do is to make his playoff form the norm.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers player who will shock NBA with breakout 2024-25 season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-news-cleveland-without-six-rotation-players-preseason-against-pacers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs without seven players in preseason action against Pacers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cleveland-without-seven-players-in-preseason-action-against-Pacers.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs without seven players in preseason action against Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T15:29:27-07:00">October 10th, 3:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T15:29:27-07:00">October 10th, 3:29pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without several players when they host the Indiana Pacers for <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers" rel="noopener">their second preseason contest</a>. Before the game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-kenny-atkinsons-tactics-ahead-of-competition">Cleveland head coach</a> Kenny Atkinson <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-rotation-decisions-facing-kenny-atkinson">said the Cavs would be without</a> Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Max Strus, Evan Mobley, and Caris LeVert. Soon after Atkinson left and exited the podium, Sam Merrill was also ruled out. Thankfully, Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, and LeVert aren’t dealing with any injuries. So, any Cavs fans who got PTSD from last season’s injury woes can breathe a bit easier.</p><p>Instead, Atkinson shared that those four players are sidelined against Indiana so that they can rest. NBA seasons aren’t sprints; they’re marathons. Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, and LeVert are vital for Cleveland’s long-term success. So, whenever teams can find chances to rest players without facing penalties from the NBA, the Cavs have to take advantage of it.</p><p>“We really want to take a look at the whole roster,” said Atkinson. “(We want to) give them a fair shot and minutes, get a good evaluation of them, and look at different lineups.”</p><p>According to Atkinson, Cleveland’s planned night off will be the only time the Cavs do this during the preseason. Atkinson wants to start ramping up his team’s core players leading up to the start of the regular season. So, the next time fans see Garland, Mitchell, Mobley, and LeVert, it will be when the Cavs hit the road to face the Detroit Pistons. Atkinson said that their minutes will be similar to what they played against the Bulls, meaning they’ll likely play early into the second half of their last two preseason games.</p><p>The Cavs will start Ty Jerome, Jaylon Tyson, Isaac Okoro, Dean Wade, and Jarrett Allen against the Pacers.</p><h2><b>Who is injured for the Cavs against the Pacers?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sam-Merrill-celebrates-three-pointer.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Strus, Merrill, and two-way forward Emoni Bates are among Cleveland’s injured players. Bates’s absence shouldn’t surprise anyone. The two-way forward recently had arthroscopic surgery to treat a torn meniscus in his right knee. Bates will be re-evaluated in approximately one month, and his status and return to basketball activities will be updated as appropriate.</p><p>Strus, meanwhile, remains day-to-day after he suffered a hip injury against the Bulls. Atkinson shared that Strus was evaluated, and everything came back clean. There is logic behind sitting Strus beyond that game, considering there isn’t much to play for in the preseason. Hip injuries can be tricky, especially if Strus suffered a bruise from an inadvertent elbow. So, with Strus designated as day-to-day going forward, he might be shut down for the remainder of Cleveland’s preseason.</p><p>The big surprise was the Cavs sitting Merrill against the Pacers with a sore wrist. There is no indication that Merrill is in danger of missing any regular-season action, but his wrist soreness will hold him out of Thursday’s contest. It’s unknown if it’s the same right wrist that Merrill injured last season, which caused him to miss two games.</p><p>Merrill’s next chance to suit up is Wednesday’s preseason matchup with Detroit. Bates and Strus, meanwhile, likely won’t play. Atkinson wants to try to get a feel for everyone on his roster. So, if Merrill can go, it makes it easier to understand his roster and what rotations he can utilize when the games start to matter most.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs without seven players in preseason action against Pacers

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The career of Indiana Pacers star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-face-puma-new-deal">Tyrese Haliburton is on a rapid ascent</a>. His stock as a player is at an all-time high after leading the Pacers all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and then he proceeded to have himself an exceptional summer, being a part of the 12-man Team USA roster that won gold during the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p><p>However, Haliburton wasn’t always this successful. Thus, he’s not letting everything he accomplished this past season to get to his head. In fact, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5829693/2024/10/09/tyrese-haliburton-interview-pacers-shoe-puma/" rel="noopener">a question hurled at him</a> last year during the 2023 FIBA World Cup by Team USA coach/director of scouting Jeff Van Gundy continues to reverberate in his head, and he’s still using that as fuel to continue succeeding in his Pacers career.</p><p>“Van Gundy was a big part of my motivation going into this last year because with the (2023 FIBA) World Cup team, he just kept challenging me. Like, ‘Why haven’t you won yet?’ And I could come up with all of these excuses as to why I haven’t won, but the fact of the matter was I hadn’t won. So all I could think about all year was how much Van Gundy pissed me off,” Haliburton shared in an interview with James Boyd of The Athletic.</p><p>To be fair to Haliburton and the Pacers, it’s not as if he’s feeling immense pressure to already deliver a championship for his team. He only has two seasons of experience as the Pacers’ lead guy, and throughout his stint in Indianapolis, the team has improved dramatically.</p><p>The 2022-23 season, of course, was a disappointment for the Pacers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-is-tyrese-haliburton-playing-vs-raptors">Haliburton’s injury</a> doomed their playoff hopes in 2023, and they were still in the middle of retooling their roster after bottoming out in 2022.</p><p>But while Haliburton has taken Van Gundy’s question to heart, he expressed his gratefulness towards the veteran coach for keeping it real and for lighting a fire underneath him that is impossible to extinguish.</p><p>“But it was real, though, and that’s why I love JVG. That was a real challenge that he had for me. (It’s) why I’m thankful for that guy and why we have a great relationship,” Haliburton added.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers continue on in their ascent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton-during-2024-Eastern-Conference-Finals.jpg"></figure><p>Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers may have had themselves a successful 2023-24 season, but they know that they have not achieved anything yet in the league. Sure, making it to the Eastern Conference Finals is a commendable accomplishment, but rarely, if ever, are runners-up ever remembered in the annals of NBA history.</p><p>The makings are there for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-pacers-record-2024-25-season-schedule-release">Pacers to become more than</a> just a footnote in the playoff run of the eventual champion. They are building something sustainable in Indianapolis, and Haliburton certainly has the talent and the drive to be the best player on a championship-winning team.</p><p>It’s Haliburton’s unselfishness and ability to take over when required that makes him suited to take on a lead role for the Pacers. But Haliburton need not do it by his lonesome. The Pacers have assembled a stacked roster, with NBA champion Pascal Siakam leading the team’s cast of talented role players across multiple positions.</p><p>The Eastern Conference may be loaded at the top, but the Pacers have built for themselves the requisite confidence level that could take them over the hump.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals Jeff Van Gundy question that ‘pissed him off’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rick-carlisle-wife-donna-nobile');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rick Carlisle’s wife Donna Nobile');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rick-Carlisle_s-wife-Donna-Nobile-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Rick Carlisle’s wife Donna Nobile</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-08T13:30:51-07:00">October 8th, 1:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-08T13:33:47-07:00">October 8th, 1:33pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rick Carlisle successfully transitioned from being an NBA player to a successful head coach. In fact, after winning an NBA championship as a player, Carlisle went on to win a championship as the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. He was also once crowned NBA Coach of the Year. Now he’s the head coach for the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>But while Carlisle would go on to become the Dallas Mavericks’ winningest coach in history, there’s no question that the NBA champion coach also has it all figured out in his personal life, stemming from a great family and marriage. In fact, Rick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rick-carlisle-net-worth" rel="noopener">Carlisle has a net worth</a> of $8 million. Let’s get to know more about Rick Carlisle’s wife Donna Nobile.</p><h2><b>Who is Donna Nobile?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rick-Carlisle_s-wife-Donna-Nobile-2.jpg"></figure><p>Rick Carlisle’s wife is Donna Nobile. Given that the Carlisle family likes to keep their personal lives private, little to information is known about Donna Nobile.</p><p>However, we do know that Nobile was born in 1966. She currently resides in Indianapolis. Nobile attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, where <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/world/2011/05/01/family-stirs-mavericks-coach-rick-carlisle-s-softer-side/" rel="noopener">she attended graduate school</a> and finished medicine school.</p><h2><b>Donna Nubile’s career as a doctor</b></h2><p>Opting to pursue a career as a doctor, Nobile would go on to <a href="https://health.usnews.com/doctors/donna-nobile-540670" rel="noopener">complete her residency</a> at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia from 1992 to 1995 while specializing in pediatrics. Based on Sportskeeda, Nobile is <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/rick-carlisle-wife" rel="noopener">currently working</a> at Riley Hospital Indianapolis.</p><p>As a doctor, Nobile specializes in pediatric infectious disease. Furthermore, it’s worth noting that <a href="https://abtc.ng/who-is-rick-carlisles-wife-donna-nobile/" rel="noopener">she has served</a> in the health sector for about three decades.</p><h2><b>Donna Nubile’s marriage with Rick Carlisle</b></h2><p>While little to no information is known about their relationship, there’s no question that Nobile supports Carlisle’s NBA coaching career like no other. According to a report by ESPN, Carlisle and Nobile <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/news/2000/0721/645073.html" rel="noopener">met during the former’s playing days</a> in the NBA.</p><p>Carlisle did once tell of his first date with Nobile, which was <a href="https://ipacers.com/2024/05/27/rick-carlisle-shares-how-bill-walton-gave-him-an-unbelievable-first-date-with-his-wife/" rel="noopener">highlighted by backstage passes</a> to a Grateful Dead concert thanks to Carlisle’s former Boston Celtics teammate Bill Walton. They were even able to meet and talk to lead singer Jerry Garcia after the concert, which surely impressed Carlisle’s future wife.</p><p>During their relationship, Nobile was seen in Carlisle’s games and even during press conferences. The couple eventually shared their vows in 2000, the same time Carlisle wrapped up his first coaching stint with the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>During the press conference of his departure from Indiana, Carlisle thanked the front office, while revealing that marriage was his next biggest focus.</p><blockquote>In a report by Dallas News, Carlisle <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/world/2011/05/01/family-stirs-mavericks-coach-rick-carlisle-s-softer-side/" rel="noopener">revealed about marrying</a> Nobile “It was a long road, but I was lucky because she was definitely worth the wait.”</blockquote><p>Although Carlisle left Indiana after 2000, he would eventually return for two more stints with the franchise. In fact, Carlisle currently serves as the head coach of the Pacers. The coaching job should make it easier for him to see his wife, who also works in Indiana.</p><h2><b>Donna Nobile and Rick Carlisle starting a family together</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rick-Carlisle_s-wife-Donna-Nobile-3.jpg"></figure><p>After tying the knot, the Carlisle family welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Abby. Abby was <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/3152638/who-is-indiana-pacers-coach-rick-carlisle/" rel="noopener">born on May 7, 2004</a>. With Abby, there’s no question that Carlisle and Nobile’s marriage only got more colorful. In fact, the parents of the current Pacers head coach would agree.</p><blockquote>In an interview with Dallas News, Preston Carlisle, the grandfather of Abby, said “Thank God for Abby. She’s been wonderful for him and for Donna and us. She’s developing into such a remarkable young lady, it’s astonishing.”</blockquote><p>During her younger days, Abby could be seen in attendance during Carlisle’s games. Furthermore, at one point, she was also invited by her father to be beside him during a postgame conference, which made headlines.</p><p>However, Carlisle did reveal that he agreed with his wife to stop putting their daughter in the spotlight, despite the pleasure of seeing their daughter gain admiration from the public.</p><blockquote>In the same report by Dallas News, Carlisle revealed the agreement with his wife, “It was entertaining beyond belief. But afterward, Donna and I felt that it might be time to put the brakes on that.”</blockquote><p>Fast-forward to today, it seems that Abby is now a teenager. But despite being all grown up, the Pacers head coach and his wife continue to love and to feel the same way towards their daughter.</p><blockquote>In a <a href="https://www.fieldhousefiles.com/p/rick-carlisle-not-with-team-in-dc" rel="noopener">conversation</a> with Fieldhouse Flies, Carlisle confessed “The people that held her in their arms when she was one, two, three years old aren’t going to believe how she’s grown up. She’s 17 years old and has been driving for a year now. When you talk about family, Indiana has been a really big part of our journey as a family.”</blockquote><p>Now all grown up, Carlisle once in a while <a href="https://www.nba.com/pacers/videos/indiana-pacers-head-coach-rick-carlisle-vlog-daughter-joins-new-orleans-road-trip" rel="noopener">takes his daughter with him</a> on the Pacers’ road trips. Nevertheless, this is all the information that we have on Rick Carlisle’s wife Donna Nobile.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rick Carlisle’s wife Donna Nobile

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/magic-news-why-goga-bitadze-feels-indebted-to-orlando-after-pacers-stint');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Goga Bitadze feels ‘indebted’ to Magic after ‘hard’ Pacers stint');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Magic-news-Why-Goga-Bitadze-feels-indebted-to-Orlando-after-hard-Pacers-stint.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Goga Bitadze feels ‘indebted’ to Magic after ‘hard’ Pacers stint</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-08T09:42:22-07:00">October 8th, 9:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-08T09:42:22-07:00">October 8th, 9:42am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze recently opened up about his decision to return to the team, expressing deep gratitude toward the franchise after a difficult stint with the Indiana Pacers. The 25-year-old big man <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/magic-news-orlando-spends-39-million-2-key-players-nba-free-agency">re-signed with the Magic this past summer</a> on a three-year, $25 million contract, solidifying his place on a team where he feels valued.</p><p>Originally selected by the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-us-senator-todd-young-helped-goga-bitadze-visa">Pacers as the 18th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft</a>, Bitadze faced a rocky start to his NBA career. Splitting minutes between the NBA and the G League during his time in Indiana, the Georgian center struggled to find consistent playing time. Early last year, the Pacers waived him, ending his four-year stint with the organization. Just days later, the Orlando Magic signed Bitadze, a move he now credits as a turning point in his career.</p><p>Since joining the Magic, Bitadze has found a steady role and has been given more opportunities to showcase his skills. Last season, he played in 62 games, starting in 33 of them. He averaged five points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists while <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4348700/goga-bitadze" rel="noopener">shooting a career-high</a> 60.3% from the field. His performance played a key part in the Magic’s impressive nine-game winning streak, tying the franchise record for most consecutive wins.</p><p>Reflecting on his time with the Pacers and his journey with the Magic, Bitadze didn’t shy away from <a href="https://www.nba.com/magic/videos/goga-bitadze-orlando-magic-media-day-interview-20240930" rel="noopener">acknowledging the contrast</a> between the two experiences.</p><p>“I still feel like I’m indebted with this team [with] how much they have done for me and my family,” Bitadze said. “Obviously, money is good and it helps in life but when you’re not happy somewhere, where you feel like nobody wants you to be there, it changes your whole life.”</p><h2><b>Goga Bitadze reflects on emotional toll of Pacers stint and finds a home with Magic</b></h2><p>His comments highlight the difficult time he endured with the Pacers, often struggling to secure meaningful minutes. While he wasn’t angry about how things ended in Indiana, he acknowledged the emotional toll it took on him.</p><p>“Not that I was ok with it but I wasn’t mad either because I tried so hard for 3.5 years and then I got waived,” Bitadze said. “Now, I sign a three-year deal with the Orlando Magic. Sometimes I was questioning, ‘How is it going to happen?’ and I made this happen.”</p><p>Bitadze emphasized that his connection with the Magic goes beyond basketball. For him, it’s about being in an environment where he feels valued and supported. He admitted that he could have potentially earned more money elsewhere but chose to remain in Orlando because it feels like home.</p><p>“You [can] get paid a little bit more somewhere else, but this is like home,” Bitadze said. “How much this team has done for me, I feel like I still got to give it back so I’m just super excited to be back.”</p><h2><b>Magic center embraces versatile role as team builds toward deeper playoff push</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Goga-Bitadze-35-blocks-a-shot-by-Detroit-Pistons-guard-Alec-Burks.jpg"><figcaption>© Mike Watters-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Entering his second full season with the Magic, Goga Bitadze is ready to play a significant role, whether starting or coming off the bench. He understands the importance of staying flexible and contributing however the team needs.</p><p>“I’ve proven that I can start the games, I can come off the bench and everybody knows that. It’s a matter of when we’re going to need my game. Whatever the team needs [from] me, this is not about just playing.”</p><p>Bitadze also expressed optimism about the direction of the team, stating that the Magic are building toward something meaningful, not just coasting through the season.</p><p>“We’re not trying to just go through the motions and go through the season,” Bitadze said. “We’re trying to build something here.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-magics-record-after-2024-25-season-schedule-release">Orlando Magic enter the 2024-25 season</a> counting on Bitadze’s return and commitment as key components in their pursuit of success in the Eastern Conference. His transition from a difficult stint with the Pacers to a valued role with the Magic highlights his resilience and determination to seize every opportunity.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Goga Bitadze feels ‘indebted’ to Magic after ‘hard’ Pacers stint

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Myles Turner is entering Year 10 of his career, and yet here he remains as a member of the Indiana Pacers. Turner, for what feels like his entire career, has been at the forefront of trade rumors aplenty, but he appears to be off the market for now with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/indiana-pacers-bold-predictions-2024-25-season-schedule-release">Pacers having blossomed</a> into one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>Starting centers who can space the floor and protect the rim are worth their weight in gold, and Turner no longer has the pressure on him to be anything more than that now that Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam have taken the reigns for the Pacers on offense. But his lengthy stay on the trade block has left such a mark on him that <a href="https://hoopshype.com/rumor/3195922/" rel="noopener">he still doesn’t feel</a> like he has a long-term future in Indiana.</p><p>“I can’t help but laugh. I’m gonna keep it a stack. Every year at Indiana has been a contract year at this point, whether you’re fighting rumors or staying true to your grind and what not. I don’t really feel too much different,” Turner said, per Indystar (subscription required) via HoopsHype.</p><p>Turner is in the middle of another <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/17839/myles-turner" rel="noopener">literal contract year</a>, so once again, there is pressure for him to play his role for the Pacers to a T. Regardless, he has become less expendable now that the Pacers are winning again, and it makes total sense for Indiana to come to terms to an extension with him sooner than later.</p><p>Still only 28 years old, Turner should have plenty of productive years in front of him. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-myles-turner-first-take-skepticism-rick-carlisle">The Pacers don’t exactly have</a> a ready-made replacement for him in the event of a trade or a departure from him in free agency, so expect Indiana to lock Turner up to a long-term contract extension within the upcoming season.</p><h2><b>Myles Turner is a crucial member of the Pacers’ pace-and-space roster</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pacers-center-Myles-Turner-33-celebrates-a-made-basket.jpg"></figure><p>Myles Turner has never been a typical big man for the Pacers. He’s not quite adept at holding his own at the boards, while he’s not the most physical big man when it comes to scoring in the post. But he opens up a five-out offense for the Pacers; as one would recall, Indiana was running on a historically-great offensive pace to begin the 2023-24 season, with Turner playing a huge part in that.</p><p>The Pacers’ playoff starting lineup (Turner, Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, and Aaron Nesmith) had an impressive net rating of <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/advanced?slug=advanced&amp;SeasonType=Playoffs&amp;TeamID=1610612754" rel="noopener">+14.1 in 288 minutes</a> played against tough teams such as the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Milwaukee Bucks. That five-man combination has the right blend of playmaking, tough-shot making off the bounce, as well as speed, allowing them to go out and play at a breakneck pace to spread the opposition thin.</p><p>Behind Turner, the Pacers do have some solid center depth, but it’s not as if they can replicate what the 28-year-old brings to the table. Isaiah Jackson is more in the mold of a traditional rim-running center, and he provides no floor-spacing value whatsoever. Obi Toppin can run some small-ball five, but he’s not the rim protector Turner is. James Wiseman is a versatile scoring option at the five, but his all-around defense is suspect.</p><p>Simply put, Turner’s importance to the team cannot be matched by his competitors for minutes, which should make his place on the Pacers roster safe — at least for now.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Myles Turner makes brutally honest admission on endless trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-physical-nba-changes');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers coach Rick Carlisle teases ‘more physical’ NBA changes that fans will love');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rick-Carlisle-teases-more-physical-NBA-changes-that-fans-will-love.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers coach Rick Carlisle teases ‘more physical’ NBA changes that fans will love</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-03T14:51:14-07:00">October 3rd, 2:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-03T14:51:14-07:00">October 3rd, 2:51pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-gets-real-indianas-finals-hopes-after-ecf-run">Pascal Siakam is hoping</a> to help lead his Indiana Pacers back on another deep playoff run in 2024-25 after the team surprised many by reaching the conference finals last year. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-indiana-adds-ex-76ers-no-3-pick">The Pacers have been busy making moves</a> this offseason but have largely kept the core foundation of the team the same, setting the stage for the most anticipated season of basketball in Indiana since the early 2010s.</p><p>The Pacers’ calling card last season was their high-paced, frenetic style of basketball that called for rapid ball movement on the offensive end of the floor and a high pressure defense designed to force turnovers on the opposition.</p><p>Head coach Rick Carlisle recently spoke on <a href="https://x.com/C2_Cooper/status/1841838221908422956" rel="noopener">a change he anticipates</a> in the NBA this upcoming season that could bode well for the Pacers’ chances of success.</p><p>“It’s going to be much more physical this year,” said Carlisle, per The Wake Up Call with KB and Andy, via Caitlin Cooper on X, formerly Twitter. “Games are going to look a lot more like FIBA than the old, freedom of movement NBA.”</p><p>The NBA has long been criticized for essentially legislating defense out of the game in recent decades, and if Carlisle’s prediction is correct, we may finally see the unbelievable scoring numbers of the last few years start to take a downward turn.</p><h2><b>Can the Pacers capitalize on last year’s success?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Carlisle-coaches-the-Pacers.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Pacers’ run to the conference finals last season unfortunately did not win them many fans in the basketball pundit world. Most viewed Indiana’s postseason push as a product of injuries to their opponents, with both the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks having to power through truly unbelievable amounts of setbacks in those respective series.</p><p>However, the Pacers still have a very talented young squad led by Tyrese Haliburton, who established himself as an All-Star starter last year and overcame a rough start to put together an overall solid first playoff showing.</p><p>Meanwhile, it should be noted that the Pacers were dealing with an injury of their own in the playoffs last year in the form of Benedict Mathurin, who missed the home stretch of the season and the postseason but is expected to be back for 2024-25.</p><p>With these pieces intact, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Indiana could make another deep foray into the playoffs.</p><p>In any case, the Pacers’ season is set to begin on October 23 vs the Detroit Pistons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle teases ‘more physical’ NBA changes that fans will love

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/fever-news-caitlin-clark-receives-messages-pacers-stars-after-rookie-of-the-year-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Fever’s Caitlin Clark receives messages from Pacers stars after Rookie of the Year win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Fevers-Caitlin-Clark-receives-messages-from-Pacers-stars-after-Rookie-of-the-Year-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Fever’s Caitlin Clark receives messages from Pacers stars after Rookie of the Year win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-03T12:11:43-07:00">October 3rd, 12:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-03T12:53:36-07:00">October 3rd, 12:53pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Caitlin Clark effect was in full force in the 2024 WNBA season, with the Indiana Fever star making an immediate impact in her first campaign. By no surprise, the former Iowa standout <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba-news-caitlin-clark-aja-wilson-win-rookie-year-mvp-awards">was also named the Rookie of the Year</a>, finishing just one vote off being the unanimous winner. Angel Reese received only one vote.</p><p>Following the announcement, Indiana Pacers stars Tyrese Haliburton, Obi Toppin, and Myles Turner <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1841907653397610840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1841907653397610840%7Ctwgr%5E10a569ec954dfca5d8c2a0b3cd1a5e801eff3426%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php" rel="noopener">gave Clark credit</a> for her historic season:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“It’s been a pleasure watching you play…The best is yet to come.”</p><p>Myles Turner, Tyrese Haliburton, and Obi Toppin congratulate Caitlin Clark on winning WNBA Rookie of the Year 🙌</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a>)<a href="https://t.co/4STYMrBg8a">pic.twitter.com/4STYMrBg8a</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1841907653397610840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Clark broke numerous records in Year 1 and is already the most popular player in the WNBA. She’s brought more eyes to the league and the best is still yet to come from the guard.</p><p>Turner, Toppin, and Haliburton all took in the action many times this season since the Fever also play at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. They know just how talented Caitlin Clark really is, along with the entire sports world.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-airs-major-frustration-wnba-playoffs-loss-sun">The rookie took the Fever to the playoffs</a> for the first time since 2016 and although they lost in the first round, Clark’s presence was felt all year. She finished ’24 with averages of 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 5.7 rebounds on 41.7% shooting from the field.</p><p>Here’s a glimpse into <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40665563/caitlin-clark-wnba-records-professional-honors-know" rel="noopener">some of the records she broke</a>, via ESPN:</p><p><i>▪︎ Most points by a point guard in a season in WNBA history.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ Most double-doubles by a rookie guard in WNBA history.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ Most points by a rookie in WNBA history.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ Most assists by a rookie in WNBA history.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ First WNBA rookie to record two triple-doubles.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ First triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history and first triple-double in Fever history.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ 1st player in WNBA history to be named Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month in the same month.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ 1st player in WNBA history with 20+ points, 15+ assists and 5+ rebounds in a game.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ 4x WNBA Rookie of the Month.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ 3x Eastern Conference Player of the Week.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA rookie single-season scoring record.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA single-season record for assists.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA single-season rookie record for assists.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA single-season rookie record for three-pointers.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA single-season turnover record.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ WNBA single-game record for assists (19).</i></p><p><i>▪︎ Set franchise record for most double-doubles in a season with Indiana Fever.</i></p><p><i>▪︎ Set franchise record for most three-pointers in a season with Indiana Fever.</i></p><p>You get the point. Caitlin Clark is a generational talent and is evidently going to have a Hall of Fame career. Lots of reasons to be an Indiana basketball fan right now with two quality teams in the Fever and Pacers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Fever’s Caitlin Clark receives messages from Pacers stars after Rookie of the Year win

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He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-jahlil-okafor-former-top-draft-pick-new-team">signed Jahlil Okafor</a> to a <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1840173410179043549" rel="noopener">training camp deal</a>, according to NBA insider Shams Charania. The former No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft last played in the NBA in 2021 for the Detroit Pistons. After beginning his NBA career with the Sixers from 2015 to 2017, Okafor finished the 2017-18 season with the Brooklyn Nets. He was with the New Orleans Pelicans for the following two seasons before landing in Detroit.</p><p>Since leaving the league, he played for the Zhejiang Lions in 2022, a professional team in the Chinese Basketball Association. Later that year, his G League rights were acquired by the Mexico City Capitanes, a team in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, a basketball league in Mexico.</p><p>In February of 2023, he was traded to the Delaware Blue Coats, an NBA G League team, though he never played for Delaware. In July 2023, Okafor signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB, an Argentinian basketball league. In February of this year, he signed with Capitanes de Arecibo, a Puerto Rican professional team in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.</p><h2><b>Pacers seeking frontcourt depth with Jahlil Okafor </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jahlil-Okafor-bringing-up-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>Raj Mehta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Pacers inability to control the game through rebounding and inside the paint was a problem all season long. Indiana finished third-worst in defensive rebounding with just 31.4 per game. Center Myles Turner averaged just 6.9 boards per contest and injuries to PF Pascal Siakam (7.8 rebounds per game in 41 games played) left the frontcourt thin all year.</p><p>Isaiah Jackson has been an important player off the bench to provide a spark on defense (averages 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1.3 blocks in only 14.8 minutes) but often plays out of position. Okafor could push a player like Jackson for a roster spot, or at the very least his place in the rotation.</p><p>The journeyman showed promise as a rebounder in his rookie season. He finished as a member of the NBA’s All-Rookie first team. While he doesn’t have the jump shot to stretch the floor, he can post up and has above-average footwork to create scoring opportunities down low.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers add ex-76ers No. 3 overall pick

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pacers-move-shooter-40-3-fg');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers pull off lowkey move on shooter who once shot 40 3FG%'); 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He shot 46.2% from the field and 37.4% from three-point range over 94 games.</p><p>He scored a total of 1,074 points, which places him 30th on the school’s all-time scoring list. He also ranks seventh in career 3-pointers made at Nebraska with 178.</p><p>A two-time All-Big Ten selection, he had his best season in 2023-24, averaging 15.1 points per game and achieving career highs in nearly every offensive statistic, earning second-team All-Big Ten recognition.</p><p>Tominaga’s 76 three-pointers in 2023-24 placed him eighth on Nebraska’s single-season leaderboard, and he ranked sixth in the Big Ten for three-pointers made per game.</p><p>He recorded a career-high 31 points against Illinois, marking one of three games where he scored 30 or more points as a Husker. His contributions were instrumental in leading Nebraska to a 23-11 record, a third-place finish in the Big Ten, and the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014.</p><p>The Japanese guard was also part of the G-League United during the offseason.</p><h2><b>The Pacers betting on Keisei Tominaga with an Exhibit-10 contract</b></h2><p>An Exhibit 10 contract is a non-guaranteed minimum-salary agreement that has no effect on a team’s salary cap unless the player makes the regular season roster. This contract can either be changed into a two-way deal before the season begins or enable the player to receive a bonus of up to $77.5K if waived and remains with the team’s G League affiliate for at least 60 days.</p><p>Tominaga has secured a one-year, non-guaranteed contract at the league minimum, allowing him to compete for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the team’s G-League affiliate. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-indiana-makes-interesting-move-for-the-japanese-stephen-curry">Known as the “Japanese Steph Curry,”</a> he previously signed a 10-day contract with the Pacers in July and recently showcased his skills with the Japan senior national team at the 2024 Olympics.</p><p>Tominaga becomes the second undrafted rookie to sign an Exhibit 10 deal with the Pacers, who are also adding Tennessee basketball’s Josiah-Jordan James to their roster.<br>The Pacers will kick off their 2024-25 NBA season on October 23, facing Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons in Michigan. Last season, they made a significant run to the Eastern Conference Finals, marking their first appearance in that round since 2014.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers pull off lowkey move on shooter who once shot 40 3FG%

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-message-caitlin-clark-fever-lose-sun-playoffs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburtons-message-after-Caitlin-Clark-Fever-lose-to-Sun-in-playoffs.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-26T09:21:26-07:00">September 26th, 9:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T09:21:26-07:00">September 26th, 9:21am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-accomplishes-michael-jordan-like-feat-despite-playoff-loss">Fever’s playoff run was ended after the Connecticut Sun</a> defeated them in Game 2 on Sept. 25. During the second half of the season, rookie Caitlin Clark elevated her game and helped the team get into the position, and many saw what’s to come for their future. Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton was one of the people who continued to support the Fever throughout the season, and after their last game, he sent them a <a href="https://x.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1839120498464010269" rel="noopener">nice message</a> on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“Helluva season [IndianaFever],” Haliburton tweeted.</p><p>Haliburton showed up to one of Fever’s games earlier in the season and <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611" rel="noopener">showed love</a> to Clark on the sidelines after she recorded her second triple-double.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Haliburton congratulates Caitlin Clark after her 2nd career triple-double 🤝 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a>) <a href="https://t.co/bUjm1Y8LUd">pic.twitter.com/bUjm1Y8LUd</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Fever and Pacers are two young teams, and they should make the city of Indiana proud of what they accomplished this year.</p><h2>Fever bounced out of playoffs against the Sun</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Caitlin-Clark_6a2fde.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Indiana Fever had their season end in the first round of the playoffs against the Connecticut Sun, losing 87-81. With the win, the Sun advanced to the second round to face the Minnesota Lynx, while the Fever will be headed home. The Fever came back late in the game, but it wasn’t enough to force a Game 3 and go back to Indiana.</p><p>Caitlin Clark, who finished the game with 25 points, nine assists, and six rebounds, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-reveals-worst-part-tough-playoff-defeat-sun">spoke following their loss</a>.</p><p>“A tough one, especially because we climbed all the way back in and definitely had our opportunities late,” Clark said. “Few different miscues… that’s sometimes the worst part of it. You feel like you’re really playing your best basketball and then it has to end.”</p><p>Fever head coach Christie Sides shared a message after the game as well, and what went on throughout the game that ultimately led to their loss.</p><p>“These guys were never in a position that we couldn’t win this game,” Sides said. “It was like an engine. We kept getting better as the game went on. We kept putting them in bad situations where they had to make decisions as it relates to when Caitlin was pushing… I don’t even think we made an adjustment at halftime. We watched a couple situations that we knew we could be better at.”</p><p>It will be interesting to see what the Fever do during the offseason and who will want to come play with Clark. The Fever also have some free agents, so they make it a priority to bring those players back to return and finish what they started this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs

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His advanced knowledge of basketball, football, and Formula One started at an early age, allowing him to provide in-depth analysis.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Change is always inevitable for NBA rosters. It comes in many different forms. From major occurrences like groundbreaking trades to minor adjustments such as rotation tweaks, teams constantly make changes with the goal of improvement in mind. Ideally, more activity transpires among teams in the middle and bottom of the pack, since of course, longer strides are needed amongst them. Still, even the NBA’s top contenders do what’s possible to get the smallest advantages over each other. Take the Indiana Pacers for example.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-gets-real-indianas-finals-hopes-after-ecf-run">The Pacers exceeded expectations last season, appearing in the Eastern Conference Finals</a> for the first time in a decade. While they’ll be returning with the same core group, it hasn’t stopped them from making a number of alterations this offseason. Included in those alterations was the signing of free agent <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-former-warriors-free-agency">James Wiseman, a former second-overall pick who had stints with both the Golden State Warriors</a> and the Detroit Pistons. Wiseman’s career has been plagued with injuries, causing him to miss plenty of games, especially during his days at the Bay Area. Regardless, the center is a quality piece for any team when healthy. The Pacers are banking on this, hoping that the big man’s body holds up for that added frontcourt depth.</p><p>If all goes as planned, then Wiseman will certainly get playing time. However, that means someone from the rotation down low ends up losing minutes. And looking at the lineup, that certain someone appears to be Isaiah Jackson.</p><h2><b>Why Isaiah Jackson’s minutes could go to James Wiseman</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Isaiah-Jackson-warms-up.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Isaiah Jackson is an energizer, no doubt. A center with a knack for protecting the rim and banging bodies in the paint, Jackson’s motor is what gets him playing time from Rick Carlisle. It also helps that he embraces his role to the fullest. Jackson doesn’t demand the ball; A lot of his points come from pick-and-roll lobs, drop passes, and rim runs, making him an ideal bench piece for a Pacers team whose starting frontcourt is more known for scoring. Someone has to do the grunt work, right?</p><p>This past season, Jackson was battling with fellow center Jalen Smith for that backup spot. Both players showed promise, but Jackson was the clear winner come playoff time, judging by how he was utilized more than Smith throughout Indy’s postseason run. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-jalen-smith-agree-to-27-million-contract">After Smith departed for the Chicago Bulls</a>, it seemed like no obstacle would hinder Jackson from fully taking on that role behind Myles Turner…well, until the Pacers’ front office decided to address the rebounding conundrum.</p><p>See, the Pacers had trouble controlling the glass last season. Tallying just 41.5 rebounds per game, the team ranked near the bottom of the league in that category (28th, to be specific). Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner led them individually with 7.8 and 6.9 boards per game, respectively. And for all the energy that Isaiah Jackson and Obi Toppin brought, both averaged no more than four rebounds each.</p><p>The front office knows this, which was why they brought in James Wiseman back in July. No, Wiseman won’t automatically make the Pacers a top rebounding team, but he does have the physical tools to ease the bleeding. For one, Wiseman is listed as 6’11, making him and Turner the tallest players on the Pacers. Wiseman also has an astounding 7-foot-6 wingspan, giving him the ideal frame for an NBA center. Compare that to Isaiah Jackson, who stands at just 6’9. As much as Jackson makes up for his lack of size with energy, it can only go so far.</p><p>Additionally, the rebounding numbers point in Wiseman’s favor. Last season, Wiseman hauled down 5.3 boards in 17.3 minutes per game while Jackson had 4.0 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game. The discrepancy might not be too much, but it can be noted that there was a stretch of games — specifically, Wiseman’s first 24 games with the Pistons — during the 2022-23 season where Wiseman was able to average 8.1 rebounds.</p><p>Oh, and there’s his offense. Wiseman is hands down more versatile than Jackson with the rock. The ex-Piston can play both on and off the ball. Need him in a pick-and-roll? He’ll set a good screen and finish strong when rolling. <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1810889338336461298" rel="noopener">He might also pop out and cash in a jumper</a> if the situation calls for it. Furthermore, Wiseman has the ability to create his own shot near the shaded lane. With a face-up game and a soft touch around the ring, the 23-year-old is basically another offensive weapon at Rick Carlisle’s disposal. There’s a reason why Wiseman averaged double figures in two of his three NBA seasons.</p><p>He won’t be getting the ball a lot, of course, considering his role off the bench. Nevertheless, in those moments where James Wiseman has an opportunity to score, best believe he’ll get those points. Overall, he’s a promising fit for the Pacers, who are looking to continue where they left off last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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