About

8 Points, 9 Seconds was launched in July 2009 as the ESPN TrueHoop Network blog devoted to the Indiana Pacers universe. We report today’s news, analyze yesterday’s games and discuss the future of the franchise while also reserving time to revel in yesteryear’s ABA titles, remember Market Square memories and relive Conseco celebrations.

If it has to do with the Pacers, we talk about it here.

The site is run by Jared Wade and Tim Donahue and features contributions from Alex Yovanovich, Ronald Eugene, Tom Kester, Terry Donahue and Jay Ganatra.

Jared Wade writes about the NBA at Both Teams Played Hard and Hardwood Paroxysm. He hosts the Talking About Practice NBA podcast and tweets about hoops via @BothTeamsPlayed and the Pacers via @8pts9secs. He lives in Queens, New York. Reggie, Jalen, Dwyane Wade (no relation), Paul Pierce, ‘Nique, Chuckster, CP3, Mark Jackson, Larry Legend and the Rifleman are (probably) his ten favorite players of all time. Mark Eaton’s beard is (definitely) his favorite beard. Send him inquiries/criticism/praise/burritos to bothteams@gmail.com.

Tim Donahue lives in Fishers, Indiana, and has been around long enough to dimly remember watching the Pacers play way back in the days of the old Fairgrounds Coliseum. He thinks of Reggie Miller as the “Greatest Pacer” but has no real favorites, opting instead to mostly cheer for the laundry. The thing he likes more than anything else about the chance to write for 8 Points, 9 Seconds is the idea that he will know more tomorrow than he does today — at least in theory. You can find him tweeting about the Pacers @TimDonahue8p9s.

Alex Yovanovich lives in the Indianapolis area and his first memory of the Pacers was attending a playoff game at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Freddie Lewis scored 40 points in a win over the Spurs. Alex was fortunate to witness countless games of Reggie Miller’s incredible career in person and came to appreciate just how much number 31 really meant to this franchise. He loves Conseco Fieldhouse but has never heard a louder arena than Market Square Arena during Game 6 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks. Pacers fans can reach Alex at alexyovanovich@yahoo.com.

Ronald Eugene now lives in the Indianapolis area after growing up in northern Indiana, where his first extended memories center around the Pacers run through the 1994 playoffs. At the age of seven, he was sulking in his sandbox following an apparent Pacers playoff loss only to be informed by his excited parents that Reggie Miller had just scored eight points in nine seconds to win the game. He considers Reggie and Mark Jackson to be his favorite basketball players of all-time. You can reach him by emailing PacersWriter@gmail.com or read his tweets @REPacers.

Jay Ganatra is a frequent contributor to 8 Points, 9 Seconds and is currently studying accounting at the University of Florida. You can reach Jay at jay.ganatra@ufl.edu.