Tyrese Haliburton loves working up a crowd, and it was no different Tuesday at WWE’s NXT show in Orlando, Florida. The Indiana Pacers guard played a part in helping set up the NXT championship match between Ethan Page and Trick Williams. Haliburton had the contract of the match in hand and had to make sure Page and Williams signed it. But before the two wrestlers could come out, he took a verbal jab at the crowd. While introducing some of his teammates, including Myles Turner and James Johnson, who came along with him, the crowd serenaded him with boos. Haliburton ..read more

WWE: “I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan.” @TyHaliburton22 came with some backup in the form of some @Pacers teammates and then let the NXT crowd hear it! #WWENXT "I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan."@TyHaliburton22 came with some backup in the form of some @Pacers teammates and then let the NXT crowd hear it! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/bvfeXNw7Ja — WWE (@WWE) September 18, 2024 ..read more

WWE NXT: . @TyHaliburton22 got the @ShawnMichaels stamp of approval! #WWENXT .@TyHaliburton22 got the @ShawnMichaels stamp of approval! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/kEI8WZ0zDG — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 18, 2024 ..read more

Pascal Siakam hosted the first- and second-year players to Orlando, Fla. for a week of on-court workouts, training and bonding at the end of August. Especially for the rookies — and the Pacers made three selections in the second round — this is all so new to them ..read more

Sam Amick: Per sources, the Kings are working out TJ Warren this week. The 31-year-old who averaged a career-high 19.8 points for the Pacers in 2019-20 last played with Minnesota last season (11 games). The Kings have Jae Crowder and Nassir Little in this week as well. (@SeanCunningham Source: Twitter @sam_amick What’s the buzz on Twitter? Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC ?NEW LOCKED ON KINGS POD? ?Where Keegan Murray ranks amongst power forwards. ?Keegan’s massive responsibility on defense. ?Kings working out Nassir Little & TJ Warren. ?️youtu.be/JlUuLjikb40 pic.x.com/k3nkkjroow – 4:45 PM ..read more

Sam Amick: Per sources, the Kings are working out TJ Warren this week. The 31-year-old who averaged a career-high 19.8 points for the Pacers in 2019-20 last played with Minnesota last season (11 games). The Kings have Jae Crowder and Nassir Little in this week as well. (@SeanCunningham ..read more

Al Harrington on missing first meeting with Larry Bird: My mother was like ‘I can’t believe you missed this flight blah blah’… When I walk into the arena for the press conference I see my mom and I see her face, she looks so disappointed, right? So I walked in and Larry Bird looked at me, reached his hand out to me and he said ‘Don’t f*cking be late again.’ That’s what he told me! He didn’t say ‘hi’, he didn’t say ‘welcome to the team’, he said ‘don’t ever f*cking be late again’. That was the first thing Larry Bird said to me, Larry Legend bro, the dude I used to watch on TV dog, li ..read more

Al Harrington on missing first meeting with Larry Bird: My mother was like ‘I can’t believe you missed this flight blah blah’… When I walk into the arena for the press conference I see my mom and I see her face, she looks so disappointed, right? So I walked in and Larry Bird looked at me, reached his hand out to me and he said ‘Don’t f*cking be late again.’ That’s what he told me! He didn’t say ‘hi’, he didn’t say ‘welcome to the team’, he said ‘don’t ever f*cking be late again’. That was the first thing Larry Bird said to me, Larry Legend bro, the dude I used to watch on TV dog, lik ..read more

“Those guys were all great,” Kerr told Aschburner. “Jayson handled things so well. Then obviously it became a media subject, but he couldn’t have handled it better. Tyrese, same thing. Every game was different. And we talked about that from the first night – 12 superstars and probably only nine can play consistent minutes. They handled themselves really professionally and pulled for each other. I couldn’t be prouder of them all ..read more

Scott Agness: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle (green hat) courtside for the finish of this Fever home finale. Clark and Mitchell have six 3s each. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle (green hat) courtside for the finish of this Fever home finale. Clark and Mitchell have six 3s each. pic.twitter.com/LyNGintGwR — Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) September 15, 2024 ..read more