indystar.com - 10/14/2008
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Who said Indiana Pacers rookie center Roy Hibbert can't be effective on offense? Hibbert, the No. 17 pick in last summer's draft, had his best offensive game of the preseason, scoring 17 points against the Grizzlies on Monday. "We really like Roy," Pacers coach Jim O'Brien ...
commercialappeal.com - 10/13/2008
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The skinny kid with a teen-age driver's license
no longer wanders around FedExForum with pimples on his
face and yielding to bumps along the road. Mike Conley isn't completely grown up yet but he's definitely matured. Albeit early into his second NBA ...
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Grizzlies' Conley enters his second season assertive, ...
3shadesofblue.blogspot.com - 10/14/2008
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3shadesofblue.blogspot.com —
Well, tonight was my first in-person experience with
the Grizzlies so far this season. Parking garage, enter
the game, see the same ticket check attendant (a super nice and very cool lady, by the way) from last season at the entrance to my section. ...
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Grizzlies/Pacers Postgame Thoughts
commercialappeal.com - 10/12/2008
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I have applauded Mike Heisley in my columns.
I have criticized Mike Heisley in my columns. I
haven't ever just let the guy talk. Today, he talks. About the future of the NBA in Memphis, about the fear that he might move the team, about his plans for ...
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Heisley talks Griz: winning, being in Memphis : ...
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IC Cold Links: Game Recaps From Memphis
Indy Cornrows —
... Jack. Both played several minutes together last night with an emphasis on played, making the designation of who was actually playing PG inconsequential. Reminds me of a comment that Mark Boyle made during the broadcast. In talking about Memphis PG, Kyle Lowry, Boyle mentioned how in past games against the Grizz, he always thought Lowry was really fast, but with Ford and Jack running up and down the court with him that was no longer the case. The Pacers could now keep up him.
Wells again with notes on Roy Hibbert and Mike Conley, Jr.'s effort to improve ...
Good morning, sweet world: Big ol' Eddy Curry
Ball Don't Lie —
... Van Gundy said he doesn't look at such scenarios as "small ball" when it comes to his team. 'I don't ever consider us that small because we have two 6-10 forwards,' he said. 'We do it as much as anyone. It helps you offensively because you can spread the floor out. The problem is ... we need everybody to take the rebounding load and we need Dwight [Howard] to dominate on the boards. If he's just good or pretty good, that won't be enough for us.'" Mike Wells, Indianapolis Star: "Who said Indiana Pacers rookie center Roy ...
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