<!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-obi-toppin-stephen-curry-praise-indiana-star-storm-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Obi Toppin drops Stephen Curry-level praise for Fever star after Storm 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/2024/08/Fever-news-Obi-Toppin-drops-Stephen-Curry-level-praise-for-Indiana-star-after-Storm-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Obi Toppin drops Stephen Curry-level praise for Fever star after Storm win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-18T18:06:06-07:00">August 18th, 6:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-18T18:08:21-07:00">August 18th, 6:08pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">WNBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/christie-sides-noelle-quinn-get-heated-during-fever-storm-clash">Indiana Fever defeated the Seattle Storm</a> 92-75 on Sunday thanks to the concerted efforts of WNBA star Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, and Lexi Hull. Clark scored 23 points and dished nine assists, while Mitchell led the team with 27 points. Meanwhile, Hull came off the bench and contributed with 22 points to help lead the Fever to a wall-to-wall victory.</p><p>Fever center Aliyah Boston also grabbed 15 boards in the victory.</p><p>Pacers forward Obi Toppin was courtside at the game, too, and he had nothing but praise for the Fever trio. However, he saved his highest praise for Mitchell, with an amazing comparison to Warriors star Stephen Curry.</p><p>“It was lit today,” Toppin said on an Instagram post shared by the Pacers official account. “Caitlin [Clark] was going crazy. Lexie, Lexie [Hull] was going crazy. She was looking like Steph Curry out there. Kelsey [Mitchell] was going crazy. Yeah, shout out to them. They was doing their thing today, for sure.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-1I488M15A/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank"> <div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-1I488M15A/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Indiana Pacers (@pacers)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2>The Fever in the standings</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Caitlin-Clark-passes-the-ball-through-a-double-team.jpg"><figcaption>© Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>With this victory over the Storm, the Fever climb to a 13-15 record to secure third place in the Eastern conference and seventh in the WNBA. Their 13 wins have already tied their record last season, where they finished at tenth place and did not qualify for the postseason. Now, with only over a month left until the playoffs, the Fever look poised to make a splash on the big stage, especially with their No. 1 picks Aliyah Boston and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-indiana-record-breaking-caitlin-clark-effect">Caitlin Clark, who popularized women’s basketball</a> thanks in part to her legendary college career.</p><p>Moreover, in her rookie WNBA season, Clark simply picked up where she left off. During the Storm game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fevers-news-caitlin-clark-breaks-rookie-assist-record-with-slick-pass-to-lexie-hull">Clark broke the single-season rookie assists record</a>, her nine assists adding to her 225 for the season, and counting. Former Sacramento Monarchs star Ticha Penicheiro once set the record during her own rookie season in 1998.</p><p>These <a href="https://apnews.com/article/storm-fever-score-clark-620c088bf4d2524736bf00ed46bd7908" rel="noopener">types of performances</a> have most likely made the WNBA Rookie of the Year a lock for Caitlin Clark. She is currently averaging 18 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 8.3 assists, leading her team in points and assists per game. If this play continues, the team has as good a chance as any to sneak into the postseason. They had started the season losing six of their first seven games, too, so they are starting to put things together at the right time.</p><p>The WNBA may have also found their newest face, as Clark and Chicago Sky star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wnba-news-sky-angel-reese-fever-cailtin-clark-first-looks-nba-2k25">Angel Reese have drawn ratings</a> for the league. With their rise, the association has never been in a better spot.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Obi Toppin drops Stephen Curry-level praise for Fever star after Storm win

<!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-indiana-re-signs-obi-toppin-60-million-deal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers to re-sign Obi Toppin to $60 million deal');   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/2024/06/Indiana-re-signs-Obi-Toppin-to-60-million-deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers to re-sign Obi Toppin to $60 million deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-30T11:02:20-07:00">June 30th, 11:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-30T11:43:17-07:00">June 30th, 11:43am</time><address><a>Tim Crean</a>Tim Crean started writing about sports in 2016 and joined ClutchPoints in 2022. He excels with his versatile coverage of the NFL, NBA, soccer, sports media, and more. As a longtime self-professed sports junkie, it is a dream to write about sports professionally. He’s a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan from Western New York and when he’s not enjoying a round of golf he's probably coaching youth soccer or flag football. You can catch all of his sports-related musings on Twitter at @twcrean.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers are starting NBA free agency with a bang, handing 26-year-old <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-obi-toppins-ridiculous-reverse-halfcourt-alley-oop-from-tyrese-haliburton-almost-breaks-the-internet">forward Obi Toppin</a> a four-year, $60 million contract extension.</p><p>“ESPN Sources: Restricted free agent F Obi Toppin intends to sign a four-year, $60 million contract to stay with the Indiana Pacers,” ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski <a href="https://x.com/wojespn/status/1807470215145370089">reported on Sunday</a>. “Toppin emerged as a top bench contributor for the Eastern Conference finalists.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ESPN Sources: Restricted free agent F Obi Toppin intends to sign a four-year, $60 million contract to stay with the Indiana Pacers. Toppin emerged as a top bench contributor for the Eastern Conference finalists. <a href="https://t.co/sJP8q5prJe">pic.twitter.com/sJP8q5prJe</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1807470215145370089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Toppin, in his first season with the Pacers, averaged 21.1 minutes, 10.3 points, and 3.1 rebounds per game, which were all career highs. The forward was a restricted free agent this offseason, and the Pacers gave him a qualifying offer before agreeing to this long-term deal.</p><p>Born in Brooklyn and attending (at least part of) high school just north of New York City, Obi Toppin was a huge fan-favorite when he was drafted by his hometown New York Knicks out of Dayton with the No. 8 pick of the 2020 NBA Draft. However, the uber-athletic 6-foot-9 forward struggled to find playing time in Madison Square Garden with a glut of forwards on the roster that included Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, and others through the years.</p><p>That is why the Knicks dealt Toppin to the Pacers in the 2023 NBA offseason for two future second-round picks as the franchise tried to clear cap space and accumulate assets to create a more balanced roster.</p><p>Once in Indiana, Toppin became the ninth man in the Pacers’ deep rotation, averaging the most minutes of his career. He also played in all 82 games for the team and started 28 games when other players missed time. Toppin’s athleticism fits perfectly with the Pacers’ run-and-gun style, and the team proved that by giving him this new contract.</p><h2>What’s next for the Pacers in NBA free agency?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Obi-Toppin-of-the-Pacers.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Now that the Pacers have given out this Obi Toppin contract extension, it’s fair to ask what’s next for the franchise that exceeded expectations this year, making it to the Eastern Conference Finals before falling to the eventual champion Boston Celtics in a sweep.</p><p>With Toppin back following a massive Pascal Siakam extension, the Pacers’ attention now turns to its other free agents, especially 24-year-old center Jalen Smith, who opted out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.</p><p>It remains to be seen whether the team will try hard to keep Smith, as they already have Myles Turner and promising youngster Isaiah Jackson at the center position.</p><p>Other Pacers unrestricted free agents include Doug McDermott, James Johnson, Isaiah Wong, and Gabe York. Of this group, McDermott is likely out, while if the 37-year-old Johnson wants to continue his NBA career, he could come back on a minimum one-year deal. Wong had some nice time in the G League last year, so he could be back on a minimum deal as well, while the 31-year-old York is probably out.</p><p>If the Pacers do decide to bring in players from outside the organization in NBA free agency this offseason, it will likely be mid-level, not star players. Names that have been floated as potential targets include De’Anthony Melton, Gordon Hayward, and Royce O’Neale.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers to re-sign Obi Toppin to $60 million deal

<!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-obi-toppin-delivers-savage-message-brother-better-dunker-claim');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Obi Toppin delivers savage message to his brother after ‘better dunker’ claim');   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/2024/02/pacers-news-obi-toppin-delivers-savage-message-to-his-brother-after-better-dunker-claim.webp"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Obi Toppin delivers savage message to his brother after ‘better dunker’ claim</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-17T16:28:46-08:00">February 17th, 4:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-17T16:29:39-08:00">February 17th, 4:29pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-to-watch-att-slam-dunk-contest-on-tv-date-time-contestants" rel="noopener">Saturday night’s 2024 NBA Slam Dunk Contest</a> may be lacking in star power, but not intrigue. It also has a little bit of drama added to it before the event, with Indiana Pacers forward Obi Toppin and his brother, Jacob Toppin of the New York Knicks, having some good old sibling trash talk.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jacob and Obi Toppin going back and forth before the dunk contest 😅</p><p>Jacob: “He can’t give me any advice. I’m the better dunker”</p><p>Obi: “Hold up. I’m the champ already. You still gotta become a champ."</p><p>Jacob: “I’m the better dunker.”</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBAAllStar</a>)<a href="https://t.co/eqoMXgNDmP">pic.twitter.com/eqoMXgNDmP</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1758974438698074159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The high-leaping Pacers forward has the advantage in bragging rights (for now) since he had already <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2022-att-slam-dunk" rel="noopener">won the event before</a>. Obi, who was still with the Knicks at the time, won the slam dunk title back in 2022 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland. (He was traded by the Knicks to the Pacers in 2023 for some picks). He bested Golden State Warriors forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, Houston Rockets youngster Jalen Green, and Orland Magic guard Anthony Cole Anthony.</p><p>This time, Jacob will look to add dunk prestige to the Knicks — and Toppin family, Jacob, who is on a two-way contract with the Knicks, will be battling against Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, Jaime Jaquez Jr. of th Miami Heat, and the reining dunk contest champion and G Leaguer MacMcClung.</p><p>Although the NBA Slam Dunk Contest has seemingly lost significant luster over the past several years, it remains to be one of the most anticipated events in NBA All-Star breaks. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-drops-extremely-bold-claim-dunk-contest" rel="noopener">Brown’s inclusion</a> on the list of participants in the dunk contest adds a much-needed star power to the event, but his popularity isn’t going to be much of a factor here where athleticism, creativity, showmanship, and crazy leaping abilities are kings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Obi Toppin delivers savage message to his brother after ‘better dunker’ claim

<!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-jalen-smith-obi-toppin-all-star');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers star Obi Toppin heroics vs. Suns sparks All-Star question from Jalen Smith');   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/2024/01/Obi_Toppin_heroics_vs._Suns_sparks_All-Star_question_from_Jalen_Smith.webp"></figure><h1>Pacers star Obi Toppin heroics vs. Suns sparks All-Star question from Jalen Smith</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-27T08:39:49-08:00">January 27th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-27T08:39:49-08:00">January 27th, 8:39am</time><address><a>Max Escarpio</a>Max Escarpio has experience covering multiple leagues, including the NBA, NCAA, NFL, and FIBA. He has most recently carried titles as an expert analyst for football and basketball for Bleacher Report and SB Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers role player Jalen Smith gave his Obi Toppin All-Star case following the Pacers’ win over the Phoenix Suns. Toppin scored the go-ahead basket in the matchup versus the Suns, totaling 23 points and three assists. He’s had a career resurgence after struggling with the New York Knicks early in his career. Toppin has turned into a vital piece for a Pacers squad that stands at No. 6 in the Eastern Conference standings.</p><p>“Why isn’t Obi Toppin an <a href="https://twitter.com/iPacersblog/status/1751077210490867813" rel="noopener">All-Star?</a> We need these answers now. Why is Obi Toppin not an All-Star,” said Smith, via Pacers Blog on X.</p><p>Toppin and the Pacers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-epic-message-on-slowing-down-suns-despite-devin-bookers-big-game" rel="noopener">stunned the Suns</a> with Devin Booker’s 62-point performance. This was a tremendous win for the Pacers in a game where star guard Tyrese Haliburton was sidelined. The former first-round pick is averaging 11.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in his first with the Pacers. Indiana has produced one of the best-scoring offenses in the league with an extremely young roster and Toppin has been a beneficiary.</p><p>He’s having a career year with the Pacers, posting career-high numbers across the board, including points, rebounds, assists, and field goal percentage. Toppin’s usage has always been relatively high, but the role he’s played under Rick Carlise seems to fit his skillset. He may be an All-Star candidate, but making the game this year may be pushing it.</p><p>While Toppin has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-emotional-reaction-to-being-named-all-star-starter" rel="noopener">had a great year</a> with the Pacers, All-Star weekend is still levels away. Smith may be vouching for his teammate a bit too early in his Pacers tenure. Toppin has the talent to keep improving and he’s in the best place to do so.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers star Obi Toppin heroics vs. Suns sparks All-Star question from Jalen Smith

<!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-obi-toppin-spoils-devin-bookers-monster-62-point-masterclass-epic-game-winner');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Obi Toppin spoils Devin Booker’s 62-point masterclass with epic game-winner');   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/2024/01/Pacers_news_Obi_Toppin_spoils_Devin_Booker_s_monster_62-point_masterclass_with_epic_game-winner.webp"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Obi Toppin spoils Devin Booker’s 62-point masterclass with epic game-winner</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-26T19:23:22-08:00">January 26th, 7:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-26T21:45:26-08:00">January 26th, 9:45pm</time><address><a>Brian Buyawe</a>Brian Buyawe is a sports aficionado with a passion for basketball, football and Formula One. His hobbies include running, reading and playing in recreational leagues. Back when he was a kid, Brian stumbled upon an old Larry Bird documentary among his family's collection of movies, which made him a lifelong Celtics fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Fresh off his 46-point outing against the Dallas Mavericks just days ago, Devin Booker once again put on a scoring clinic, going for 62 points <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-pacers-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-1-26-2024" rel="noopener">against the Indiana Pacers </a>on Friday. Unfortunately for him, Obi Toppin’s <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpoints/status/1751069599062511899?s=46" rel="noopener">heroics played spoiler</a>.</p><p>The game was tied at 131 apiece during the closing moments of regulation. With 11 seconds left, Pacers guard Benedict Mathurin drove to the rim but his layup attempt missed. Pascal Siakam then tried to follow with a putback, but it wouldn’t fall in as well. Luckily for the Pacers, the ball found itself in the hands of Toppin, who was able to successfully lay it in with 3.4 seconds remaining. (clip via ClutchPoints)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OBI TOPPIN REBOUND AND GAME WINNER!</p><p>Pacers come back from down 17 to beat the Suns despite 62 points from Devin Booker!<a href="https://t.co/my7vK3jY03">pic.twitter.com/my7vK3jY03</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1751069599062511899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Obi Toppin finished the game with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, shooting 10-of-15 from the field. Additionally, the Pacers have just halted Phoenix’s seven-game win streak from expanding any further.</p><p>And as mentioned, Devin Booker’s season-high 62 points was all in vain. The Suns superstar shot 22-of-37 from the floor, which included six 3-pointers. He also added five rebounds and four assists for Phoenix. However, the Suns’ squandered fourth-quarter lead would be their downfall.</p><p>Entering the final period, Phoenix held on to a nine-point advantage. However, behind a run sparked by Mathurin, the Pacers would rally back, eventually tying the game late in the quarter. Then, of course, Obi Toppin came in clutch.</p><p>For the Pacers, Pascal Siakam finished with 31 points. All in all, six Indiana players managed to tally double figures in the absence of their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-emotional-reaction-to-being-named-all-star-starter" rel="noopener">All-Star player Tyrese Haliburton</a>. The team is currently sixth in the Eastern Conference and looks to continue its momentum against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Obi Toppin spoils Devin Booker’s 62-point masterclass with epic game-winner

<!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-obi-toppins-ridiculous-reverse-halfcourt-alley-oop-from-tyrese-haliburton-almost-breaks-the-internet');   ga('set', 'title', 'Obi Toppin’s ridiculous reverse halfcourt alley-oop from Tyrese Haliburton almost breaks the internet');   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/2023/12/Toppin.webp"></figure><h1>Obi Toppin’s ridiculous reverse halfcourt alley-oop from Tyrese Haliburton almost breaks the internet</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-07T16:43:37-08:00">December 7th, 4:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-07T16:43:37-08:00">December 7th, 4:43pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA In-Season Tournament <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-damian-lillard-in-season-tournament-mvp-favorite-over-giannis-antetokounmpo" rel="noopener">continues this week</a> with the semifinal matchups. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Indiana Pacers are looking to keep their hot streak going against their next opponent, the Milwaukee Bucks. The Pacers had used a strong third quarter to take a commanding lead at the half, but as of publication, they were holding on to a slim lead against the Bucks in the fourth quarter. Pacers wing Obi Toppin had one of the <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1732917114908864559" rel="noopener">highlights of the game</a> though that regained the lead for the Pacers off a Tyrese Haliburton alley-oop. Predictably, social media exploded in awe.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">THAT HALI VISION IS CRAZY 🔥</p><p>— Lost Tribe Sports (@LostTribeSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/LostTribeSports/status/1732917592627544393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Superman taken flight</p><p>— Emmanuel. (@T_ee_mex) <a href="https://twitter.com/T_ee_mex/status/1732917567235166482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Boy threw the no look alley ..yeah he the one!</p><p>— JackPollard 🇻🇨 (@Mr_Jack_Pollard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mr_Jack_Pollard/status/1732917650802589699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Haliburton unstoppable as always</p><p>— sury (@Surya_Raven) <a href="https://twitter.com/Surya_Raven/status/1732917761611821393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">These are not your grandpas Pacers team. We fast and flying to the basket.</p><p>— Uncle Buck (@DBuck76) <a href="https://twitter.com/DBuck76/status/1732917408057163898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SHOWTIME PACERS</p><p>— Ac (@kidfromindy) <a href="https://twitter.com/kidfromindy/status/1732917248208085300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With the Pacers trailing, 100-99 in the NBA In-Season Tournament against the Bucks, Tyrese Haliburton threw a lob pass from halfcourt to Obi Toppin who proceeded to throw down a reverse dunk. Both the Pacers and Bucks came into the tournament sporting impressive 4-0 records during pool play.</p><p>The Pacers have looked incredibly impressive during their tournament games. Overall, Haliburton has been playing like an MVP candidate. He’s been averaging a career high 26.9 points per game, 4.0 rebounds, 11.9 assists and 1.1 steals with splits of 52.1 percent shooting from the field, 44.7 percent shooting from the three-point line and 88.1 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Toppin has also been enjoying a career year since joining the Pacers via trade in the offseason. He’s been averaging a career high 12.9 points per game, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists with splits of 60.5 percent shooting from the field, 36.9 percent shooting from the three-point line and 81.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Obi Toppin’s ridiculous reverse halfcourt alley-oop from Tyrese Haliburton almost breaks the internet

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Latest NBA In-Season Tournament injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-04T10:50:26-08:00">December 4th, 10:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-04T10:52:13-08:00">December 4th, 10:52am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics will square off in the first NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinals game on Monday night with a trip to Las Vegas on the line. Going a perfect 4-0 in group play, the Pacers have proven to be a young team that can step up in big games. Well, they are going to need to do so again on Monday against the Celtics to keep their hopes of winning the first-ever NBA Cup alive, but Indiana may be without key starting power forward Obi Toppin in this one. Toppin, who is dealing with a left ankle sprain, has appeared on the team’s injury report, leaving his status for this in-season tournament game up in the air. This has led to the question of: If Obi Toppin playing tonight vs. the Celtics?</p><h2><b>Obi Toppin injury status vs. Celtics</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/knicks-news-new-york-trading-obi-toppin-to-pacers-for-draft-compensation.jpg"></figure><p>The Pacers are one of the best offensive teams in the NBA this season. Eight different players are averaging at least 10 points per game for them early on this season, and Obi Toppin is one of these players, averaging 13.1 points per game while shooting 61.0 percent from the floor. While Toppin is not the Pacers’ most important player, he has helped them win a handful of their games this season.</p><p>Toppin currently finds himself on the Pacers’ <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2023-12-04_01PM.pdf" rel="noopener">injury report</a> as questionable ahead of Monday night’s in-season tournament game against the Celtics due to a left ankle sprain. In their last game against the Miami Heat, Toppin appeared to tweak his ankle, which has led to his name popping up on this injury report.</p><p>One of the team’s most efficient finishers and a player who can help push the pace in transition, Toppin has been a prefect fit at the power forward position for the Pacers this season. He is not only shooting a career-best 61.0 percent from the floor, but Toppin is also shooting a casreer-high 36.1 percent from three-point range with most of his shots coming from the corner.</p><p>Should Toppin be unable to play in Monday night’s NBA In-Season Tournament game due to his ankle injury, Aaron Nesmith, Jalen Smith, and Jordan Nwora would figure to see their roles possibly increase.</p><p>So, when it comes to the question of if Obi Toppin is playing tonight vs. the Celtics, the answer has yet to be determined. It is possible that the Pacers look to make a final decision on Toppin’s status based on how he looks during pregame warmups.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is Pacers’ Obi Toppin playing vs. Celtics? Latest NBA In-Season Tournament injury update

<!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', '/mavs-news-obi-toppin-luka-doncic-shai-gilgeous-alexander-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Obi Toppin’s Luka Doncic-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander take will anger Mavs fans');   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/2023/09/Obi-Toppin_s-Luka-Doncic-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-take-will-have-Dallas-fans-irate.jpg"></figure><h1>Obi Toppin’s Luka Doncic-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander take will anger Mavs fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-03T17:42:36-07:00">September 3rd, 5:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-03T17:42:36-07:00">September 3rd, 5:42pm</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>Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic may be one of the most well-liked players of his generation, but some of his NBA counterparts may not feel the same way. New York Knicks forward Obi Toppin dished out an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-luka-doncic-fiba-world-cup-wild-feat" rel="noopener">opinion on Doncic</a> that will have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-luka-doncic-insane-trick-shot-in-japan-will-make-you-question-reality-for-days" rel="noopener">Mavs fans up in arms</a>.</p><p>Toppin recently called into the <i>Run Your Race</i> podcast and was <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1698430982250991857" rel="noopener">asked point-blank</a> who has a deeper “bag,” which essentially means a player’s set of skills or moves in their arsenal, between Doncic and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.</p><p>“A deeper bag? I’d say Shai,” Toppin opined.</p><p>It’s true that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander does have an impressive array of go-to moves that turned him into one of the best scorers in the entire NBA last year.</p><p>Still, Mavs fans likely won’t take too kindly to Obi Toppin’s comments after watching the otherwordly skillset that Luka Doncic displays on a nightly basis in the association.</p><p>It’s worth noting that Doncic absolutely shredded Toppins’ Knicks a season ago. Doncic dropped an astonishing 60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists, including an epic buzzer-beater off of a missed free throw to send the game into overtime, where the Mavs would ultimately come away with the victory on December 27.</p><p>Could Toppin’s comments be influenced by this fact? It’s at least worth considering. Earlier in the season, the Mavs also blew out the Knicks in Madison Square Garden by 21 points.</p><p>Of course, there’s no true answer to the question of who has the deepest bag in the NBA. Still, Mavs fans will certainly have thoughts on Toppin’s opinion.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Obi Toppin’s Luka Doncic-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander take will anger Mavs fans

<!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-hyped-reaction-indiana-obi-toppin-bruce-brown-offseason-additions');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton drops hyped reaction to Pacers’ Obi Toppin, Bruce Brown offseason additions');   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/2023/07/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-drops-hyped-reaction-to-Indiana_s-Obi-Topin-Bruce-Brown-offseason-additions.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton drops hyped reaction to Pacers’ Obi Toppin, Bruce Brown offseason additions</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-10T16:30:14-07:00">July 10th, 4:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-10T16:35:31-07:00">July 10th, 4:35pm</time><address><a>DJ Foster</a>D.J. Foster is a writer and high school basketball coach in Oceanside, CA. His work has been featured at ESPN, The Ringer, NBC and more. You can follow D.J. on Twitter @fosterdj3.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has grown accustomed to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyrese-haliburton-grading-pacers-5-year-max-contract-extension" rel="noopener">doing the heavy lifting</a> for his team, but he’s still plenty excited about the help that’s on the way.</p><p>With the acquisitions of former New York Knicks forward Obi Toppin and former Denver Nuggets guard (and NBA champion) Bruce Brown, Indiana’s front office has given <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-ted-dibiase-signing-max-contract-extension" rel="noopener">their $260 million man</a> two new running mates and a jolt of athleticism that has Haliburton <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKwBtK4BkwA&amp;ab_channel=PodcastPwithPaulGeorge" rel="noopener">hyped for the future</a>, as he shared recently on Podcast P with Paul George Presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment.</p><p>“I got my notification[s on], I know everything that’s going [on with trades]. I know everything that’s coming. I’ll be waiting for every single move, as soon as the move comes up on my phone I’m calling my homies like, ‘yo you see this?’ But no man, it’s exciting. I think both of them are gonna be really good fits. I’ve known Obi since college, like we did a Finish Line commercial together before we came to the NBA and we have the same marketing agent. So we’ve been with each other forever. […]</p><p>“It’s exciting that we’re gonna be together and playing together that way. And then Bruce adds something that I think we don’t have yet, you know, with the energy he brings and he’s just like you could plug him anywhere, man, he can make things happen. Yeah, I’m really excited about it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>The Pacers finished a disappointing 35-47 last season under Rick Carlisle, but they still managed to play at the league’s fourth-fastest pace in large part because of Tyrese Haliburton, who has become one of the league’s best at running the break (10.4 assists per game).</p><p>Adding Obi Toppin’s ability to finish above the rim along with Bruce Brown’s sparkplug defense should give Indiana an even clearer identity — and perhaps a return to the postseason success of the Paul George era along with it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton drops hyped reaction to Pacers’ Obi Toppin, Bruce Brown offseason additions

<!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', '/knicks-news-josh-hart-hilariously-shows-absolute-disgust-obi-toppins-pacers-look');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks’ Josh Hart hilariously shows absolute disgust to Obi Toppin’s Pacers look');   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/2023/07/Josh_Hart_hilariously_shows_absolute_disgust_to_Obi_Toppin_s_Pacers_look.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks’ Josh Hart hilariously shows absolute disgust to Obi Toppin’s Pacers look</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-09T19:09:52-07:00">July 9th, 7:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-09T19:09:52-07:00">July 9th, 7:09pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks traded Obi Toppin to the Indiana Pacers recently, and although it seems like he still has a good relationship with Josh Hart, who opted into his contract with the team ahead of free agency, Hart is not a fan of Toppin wearing Pacers colors.</p><p>Josh Hart was hanging out with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-obi-toppin-brutally-honest-disastrous-stint-knicks-trade-indiana" rel="noopener">Obi Toppin</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1678216575332106241?s=20" rel="noopener">posted an</a> Instagram story of Toppin wearing a Pacers shirt with some emojis that show his distaste.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Josh Hart is not a fan of Obi Toppin in Pacer colors 😂 </p><p>(via jhart/IG) <a href="https://t.co/ULM5WOnVXN">pic.twitter.com/ULM5WOnVXN</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1678216575332106241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Toppin was never going to get the playing time that would have been satisfactory with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-best-move-2023-nba-free-agency" rel="noopener">Knicks</a>. He plays the same position as Julius Randle, who has made All-NBA teams in two out of the last three seasons. It is understandable that Tom Thibodeau did not play Toppin as many minutes as he would have liked.</p><p>Now, Toppin moves to the Pacers for a new opportunity, where he should get more playing time. Indiana is a fast team as well, and Tyrese Haliburton is a good player for Toppin to play with. Toppin thrives in transition, and he could live up to his potential with the Pacers.</p><p>Hart returns to a Knicks team that surprised many last season, making the second round of the playoffs, and ultimately losing to the Miami Heat in six games. To replace Toppin’s spot in the rotation, the Knicks signed Donte DiVincenzo in free agency.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how both teams fare next season. It seems that Hart and Toppin are still friendly, despite not being on the same team anymore.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks’ Josh Hart hilariously shows absolute disgust to Obi Toppin’s Pacers look

<!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-obi-toppin-brutally-honest-disastrous-stint-knicks-trade-indiana');   ga('set', 'title', 'Obi Toppin gets brutally honest on disastrous stint with Knicks after trade to 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/2023/07/pacers-news-obi-toppin-gets-brutally-honest-on-disastrous-stint-with-knicks-after-trade-to-indiana.jpg"></figure><h1>Obi Toppin gets brutally honest on disastrous stint with Knicks after trade to Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-09T15:26:32-07:00">July 9th, 3:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-09T15:26:32-07:00">July 9th, 3:26pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-new-york-trading-obi-toppin-pacers-draft-compensation" rel="noopener">Obi Toppin</a> of the Indiana Pacers addressed the seemingly inevitable trade from the New York Knicks this offseason, and discussed <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-obi-toppin-pacers-trade-fresh-start-20230709-74wtwa7rqjh3hhh54rvujpfica-story.html" rel="noopener">his minutes</a> and deployment under coach Tom Thibodeau.</p><p>“All I can do is just do whatever the coach is asking me to do,” Obi Toppin said when asked if either side could have done anything to make it work in New York, via Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. “Whether that’s being out on the floor, having great energy, doing whatever I need to do to help the team win. I didn’t get the minutes I wanted. But now it’s a fresh start. I’m here in Indy. I got to work for everything I want. And I’m super excited to start.”</p><p>The Knicks drafted Toppin in the 2020 NBA Draft, ahead of the 2020-2021 season. Julius Randle was coming off of an abysmal first season with the team. In the 2020-2021 season, Julius Randle made All-NBA, leading the Knicks to the playoffs for the first time since 2013. It was poor timing for Toppin, who plays the same position as Randle. In the 2021-2022 season, Randle struggled, but he made All-NBA again in the 2022-2023 season.</p><p>Toppin’s playing time was limited as a result, and it reached a boiling point in the NBA Playoffs when the Knicks lost to the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the second round. Audio leaked of Toppin confronting coach Tom Thibodeau.</p><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-best-move-2023-nba-free-agency" rel="noopener">Pacers</a>, Toppin should have a good opportunity to play on a fast-paced team with a point guard in Tyrese Haliburton, who on paper is a good fit with Toppin. It will be interesting to see how he fares in his first season in Indiana.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Obi Toppin gets brutally honest on disastrous stint with Knicks after trade to Pacers

<!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', '/knicks-news-new-york-signs-obi-toppin-brother-after-pacers-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks sign Obi Toppin’s brother after Pacers trade');   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/2023/07/Knicks-news-New-York-signs-Obi-Toppin_s-brother-after-Pacers-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks sign Obi Toppin’s brother after Pacers trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-06T17:07:20-07:00">July 6th, 5:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-06T17:07:20-07:00">July 6th, 5:07pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Paolo has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-joel-embiid-likes-tweet-of-knicks-pacers-obi-toppin-trade-has-twitter-wilding" rel="noopener">have pulled the plug</a> on the Obi Toppin experiment. The 6-foot-9 power forward has now been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-new-york-trading-obi-toppin-pacers-draft-compensation" rel="noopener">shipped off</a> to the Indiana Pacers as part of a trade deal that will see the Knicks net two future second-round picks. As it turns out, however, the Topin family legacy is not yet over in New York.</p><p>According to Knicks beat reporter Fred Katz of The Athletic, the team has now decided to bring on Obi’s younger brother, Jacob Toppin, to the Big Apple:</p><p>“Jacob Toppin’s contract with the Knicks is not a two-way, sources tell The Athletic. Instead, Toppin <a href="https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1677072939890651136" rel="noopener">signed an exhibit 10 deal</a>, which guarantees him $75K,” Wrote Katz in his tweet.</p><p>After spending the last three years with Kentucky, Jacob Toppin declared for the 2023 NBA Draft where, unfortunately, he went undrafted. The Knicks have given him a lifeline here by signing him to a short-term deal. The bad news for the 6-foot-9 small forward is that he is currently <a href="https://www.nationofblue.com/jacob-toppin-to-miss-nba-summer-league-with-minor-injury/" rel="noopener">nursing a minor injury</a> which will force him to miss New York’s NBA Summer League stint. This would have been a great opportunity for the 23-year-old to show the team what he can do, but he will instead need to wait a bit.</p><p>As for big bro, Obi Toppin will now move on to the Pacers after having spent his first three years with the Knicks. New York selected him as the No. 8 overall pick in 2020 and they have since been rewarded with averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/toppiob01.html#all_per_game-playoffs_per_game" rel="noopener">7.0 points</a> and 3.0 rebounds in 201 games played. That’s not exactly the return they were hoping for, obviously.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks sign Obi Toppin’s brother after Pacers trade

<!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', '/knicks-news-joel-embiid-likes-tweet-of-knicks-pacers-obi-toppin-trade-has-twitter-wilding');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joel Embiid ‘likes’ tweet of Knicks-Pacers Obi Toppin trade, has Twitter wilding');   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/2023/07/Joel-Embiid-Knicks-Sixers-Pacers-trade-Obi-Toppin.jpg"></figure><h1>Joel Embiid ‘likes’ tweet of Knicks-Pacers Obi Toppin trade, has Twitter wilding</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-02T21:45:50-07:00">July 2nd, 9:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-03T14:30:46-07:00">July 3rd, 2:30pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime.(has written about sports for about the past decade, covering live sports for his beloved university)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers are at a crossroads. With James Harden opting into his contract for the 2023-24 season with the intention of requesting a trade, there’s a possibility that Joel Embiid, the reigning NBA MVP, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-sixers-on-the-clock-to-avoid-future-joel-embiid-trade-demand" rel="noopener">could soon ask out</a> from the Sixers as well if he feels as if there’s a stronger chance of him competing for a championship elsewhere.</p><p>While there are no ironclad links to a potential Embiid trade this offseason, there might be some subtle indicators that the Sixers star could soon find himself on the trade market, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-joel-embiid-trade-to-knicks-gets-doused-with-cold-water" rel="noopener">as preposterous</a> as that possibility may sound.</p><p>As ClutchPoints Twitter pointed out, Joel Embiid <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1675707415294263296" rel="noopener">liked the tweet</a> ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski posted regarding the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks’ trade involving Obi Toppin, which sees the highflying forward head to Indiana for two second-round picks. While this is not an indication of anything imminent on the trade front, it certainly does seem interesting that the Sixers big man is keeping an eye out on the Knicks’ offseason moves.</p><p>Of course, some Knicks fans on Twitter, in light of the previous rumor that stated that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-nba-insider-drops-sixers-joel-embiid-take" rel="noopener">Embiid is the franchise’s ideal trade target</a> this offseason, tried to read between the lines as to what the Sixers star’s social media activity really meant.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Knick</p><p>— montez. 🦅🚀 (@6CookedYou) <a href="https://twitter.com/6CookedYou/status/1675708451358494721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/GN8FbMuSuw">pic.twitter.com/GN8FbMuSuw</a></p><p>— kap (@hopefulmetsfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/hopefulmetsfan/status/1675708821975515136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoelEmbiid</a> come to the Knicks &amp; get your respect back</p><p>— Knickaveli (@hopoffmyKnicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/hopoffmyKnicks/status/1675711283134443520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>However, other fans were confused about why it was such a big deal for Joel Embiid to like that particular tweet. They reasoned out that perhaps the Sixers star was just happy that Obi Toppin could have the opportunity to break out in a bigger role with the Pacers or that perhaps Embiid was just busy being a fan of the sport he plays for a living.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ok? It’s a woj tweet</p><p>— KDsMyGoat (@KDsMyGoat) <a href="https://twitter.com/KDsMyGoat/status/1675707710199717890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is it to far fetched to think he likes the idea of Obi getting more playing time</p><p>— SoloDiver (@KSimon86) <a href="https://twitter.com/KSimon86/status/1675709022295453697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is it against a rule to be a fan of the game as well ??</p><p>— oumran (@oumran88) <a href="https://twitter.com/oumran88/status/1675707576150003712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Whatever the case may be, the Knicks’ pursuit of Joel Embiid certainly seems like a pipe dream. One would have to think that there’s simply no way the Sixers are losing both Embiid and James Harden in the same offseason, as it would mean saying goodbye to any championship hopes they may have had. But Knicks fans can certainly dream, especially when the prospect of acquiring the reigning MVP should put them right in the thick of legitimate title contention.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid ‘likes’ tweet of Knicks-Pacers Obi Toppin trade, has Twitter wilding

<!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', '/knicks-news-new-york-trading-obi-toppin-pacers-draft-compensation/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks trading Obi Toppin to Pacers for draft compensation');   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/2023/07/knicks-news-new-york-trading-obi-toppin-to-pacers-for-draft-compensation.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks trading Obi Toppin to Pacers for draft compensation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-01T12:10:42-07:00">July 1st, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-01T12:36:43-07:00">July 1st, 12:36pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1675217596143001606" rel="noopener">are reportedly</a> trading Obi Toppin to the Indiana Pacers for a pair of future second-round picks, per Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal, however, cannot be officially completed until Thursday.</p><p>The move is surprising to an extent, but Toppin had previously been mentioned in trade rumors. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-obi-toppin-trade-knicks-pacers" rel="noopener">Pacers were recently listed</a> as a serious suitor for Toppin as well.</p><h2><b>A restart for Obi Toppin</b></h2><p>Talks of a deal became imminent when it was revealed that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-obi-toppin-unhappy-knicks-role" rel="noopener">Toppin was frustrated</a> with his role on the Knicks. Toppin didn’t see much playing time with Julius Randle on the court, which likely led to him potentially seeking a change of scenery. He played just 15.7 minutes per game this past season, averaging 7.4 points per contest. Toppin added 2.8 rebounds per game.</p><p>He still has a bright future but simply hasn’t seen enough time on the court to make a true impact. Toppin’s career-high in minutes per game came during the 2021-22 season, when he averaged 17.1 minutes per contest. That mark, however, still held Toppin back from reaching his true celling.</p><p>It’s unclear exactly what Obi Toppin’s role will be with the Pacers, assuming this deal does indeed become official. Indiana features an up-and-coming roster and it wouldn’t be surprising to see Toppin finally play more than 20 minutes per game with his new team.</p><p>Although the Knicks are building a competitive roster and Toppin is a talented player, this trade is probably best for all parties involved. That said, fans will miss Toppin’s presence in New York.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks trading Obi Toppin to Pacers for draft compensation

<!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', '/nba-rumors-obi-toppin-trade-knicks-pacers/');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: The ‘leading trade suitor’ for Knicks’ Obi Toppin, revealed');   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/2023/06/The-_leading-trade-suitor_-for-Knicks_-Obi-Toppin-revealed.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: The ‘leading trade suitor’ for Knicks’ Obi Toppin, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-30T12:07:03-07:00">June 30th, 12:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-30T12:07:03-07:00">June 30th, 12:07pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Obi Toppin hasn’t necessarily lived up to expectations since the New York Knicks selected him with the eighth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. As the NBA offseason gets fully into swing, one team is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-obi-toppins-playoff-altercation-tom-thibodeau-highlights-uncertain-future/" rel="noopener">already calling the Knicks</a> about a potential Toppin trade.</p><p>The Indiana Pacers <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1674831360530300938" rel="noopener">have emerged</a> as leading trade suitor for Toppin, via NBA reporter Marc Stein. There’s no word yet on exactly what the Pacers would offer New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-obi-toppin-unhappy-knicks-role/" rel="noopener">in a deal for Toppin</a>.</p><p>Since joining the Knicks, Toppin has appeared in 201 games. However, he has made just 15 starts. Toppin has averaged seven points and three rebounds over his Knicks tenure. He averaged just under 16 minutes a game last season and turned that into 7.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.</p><p>Falling short in the postseason once again, the Knicks look poised to make some changes. With Toppin not living up to the hype, perhaps New York could move on. In that case, the Pacers seem extremely interested.</p><p>Indiana has Myles Turner at center and just used their first-round draft pick on power forward Jarace Walker. Still, after trading Domantis Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings, the Pacers ranked 24th in rebounding, grabbing just 41.5 boards a night.</p><p>A change of scenery might do Obi Toppin some good. On the Pacers, he’ll look for more playing time and an opportunity to make more of an impact. New York would then gain some added flexibility and future assets to work with. While Toppin remains on the Knicks for now, a trade to the Pacers could be in his immediate future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.3	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.6

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.3	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.6

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