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Compared to the six seven combined players that the Celtics and Heat sent to LA this year, only having two guys might not seem like many. But they also had Bird, Carlisle and that guy who the photographer didn’t even notice behind Shawn Kemp. (via So What?)
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We have been told that most athletes are just spoiled, immature millionaires who are disconnected from reality. Still, professional athletes have hearts just like you and me. Their hearts are just worth more.
And whether it is team- or league-mandated or not, sometimes they put these hearts to work for the community. Today, some very tall Pacers did just that.
Rik Smits, Jeff Foster & @hoya2apacer are distributing 30K toys to local youth.
Jeff Foster and Tamika Catchings of the WBA’s Indiana Fever also helped bring some holiday cheer to “underserved and challenged” kids in the community.
To give away 30,000 toys, the Pacers partnered with a company called JAKKS Pacific, which will help distribute the gifts to 16 organizations.
The 16 organizations receiving toys are: Dayspring Center, Christamore House, Community Hospital, Hawthorne Community Center, Indianapolis Fire Department, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Julian Center, Marion County Sheriff’s Department, Methodist Children’s Hospital, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent, Riley Children’s Hospital, Salvation Army ARC, Sheltering Wings, St. Francis Hospital, Shepherd Community Center and Toys for Tots/ US Marines.
Ho, ho ho.
(photo via @indianapacers)
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You have to feel bad for Roy Hibbert after last night’s loss to Milwaukee. With the score tied and Indiana seemingly in control on the game’s final possession, the Pacers ran a play in which he set a screen to free Danny Granger, who was then entrusted to either hit the game-winning shot or pass off to someone who could.
Danny did his job, dribbling his way into the paint, drawing a double team and then finding an open Hibbert on the elbow with about three ticks remaining. It looked as if we were about to see a near-replay of Rik Smits’ famous game-winner against the Orlando Magic in Game 4 of the 1995 Playoffs. Instead, we saw a near air-ball from Roy, who probably could have taken just a split second longer to gather himself before putting up the shot.
Given that he took the shot with such little time left, it should have been no big deal. The score was tied, remember, so a miss would just mean that the clock would expire as the ball ricocheted off the rim, and the teams would duke it out for five more minutes in overtime.
But the ball didn’t bounce. It grazed the rim and landed out of bounds, giving the Bucks 0.5 seconds to set up an amazing last-second play. All Roy did was miss a shot — plenty of people have done that. He just happened to miss it in the most unfortunate way possible, something that likely helped prompt a post-game tweet from the big fella saying “That is the tuffest loss of the my NBA career.”
It’s only December, so don’t worry, Roy. Just go get a W. No one’s going to be too mad at you.
Still, Roy’s inability to even come close to hitting the shot did remind Pacers Digest poster smj887 of this classic Jeff Foster game-losing shot. Jeff’s was worse since the Pacers were trailing, not tied (and it was just worse cause it was worse), but both will ultimately — in time — just be funny.
So in memory of the “Where Amazing Happens” treatment someone gave Jeff, here is a similar video for Roy.
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The season is almost upon us. Two days in fact. The Pacers lock up with the Spurs on Wednesday in Conseco Fieldhouse. Then they fly down to Charlotte for a Friday night game and return for a game in Indianapolis to face the Sixers.
Nice little week.
But that’s not all. Following up on the highly successful Fan Jam yesterday (check videos of the afternoon here), the Pacers have a few other events planned as well, as they laid out on their Facebook page. Sounds like a bunch of good times for Pacers fans.
Should be a “[sic] Rick Smits Meet-and-Great.”
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