indiana pacers

Via Rumors & Rants: Last week, we touched on the Indiana Pacers’, and more specifically Larry Bird’s affinity for an endangered species – the caucasian American professional basketball player. A month ago, Bird drafted North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough to bring the team’s white count to a league-leading six. (Jeff Foster, Troy Murphy, Travis Diener, Josh [...]

This is a pretty extensive "Getting to know…" interview with Marquis Daniels last year. Couple of cool things he talks about:  What it's like to be a dad… how special it was buying his mom a house and a car… and how not being drafted allowed him to see who his true friends were, and [...]

Reading through the comments here and elsewhere, I think Celtics fans are universally psyched about Marquis Daniels.  One of the best parts about the deal is the potential for a sign and trade involving Tony Allen and Brian Scalabrine.  Scal makes $3.4 million and TA makes $2.5… which conveniently add up to the mid-level exception [...]

Fanhouse is reporting the Celtics are in talks to acquire Marquis Daniels in a sign-and-trade.  One of the names being discussed as part of the sign-and-trade is Celtics power forward Brian Scalabrine, who is going into the final year of his contract making $3.5 million. The sign-and-trade would allow the Celtics to pay him more [...]

Just throwing names out there as they become available.  The latest one, according to the Indy Star (via FanHouse), is Marquis Daniels.  He has a $7.5 million team option… which the team will not pick up.  So the 6’6″, 200 lb Daniels is now available.  I’m not saying we should or shouldn’t sign him.  I’m [...]