Bryan Gates a Sacramento Kings Assistant Coach Candidate?
Ridiculous Upside — ... at Iceman's fan post from yesterday, you'll notice that Taylor's numbers best transferred from the D-League to the NBA of all of the players looked at.  I'm not trying to split the atom here, but good coaching probably had something to do with this. Other players that have played for Gates in Idaho you may be familiar with: Randy Livingston, Lance Allred, Luke Jackson, Mouhamed Sene, Julius Hodge, Brent Petway, Josh McRoberts, Mickael Gelabale, Taurean Green, Coby ...

Jim O'Brien Talks Draft Prep And Summer League
Indy Cornrows — Jim O'Brien talked with Kravitz & Eddie (audio link) on Thursday afternoon and shed a little light on the Pacers draft prep and summer league plans. JOB was enthusiastic about the Orlando summer league this year because Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert and Josh McRoberts will all take part.  It's a great venue to improve your guys. The practices leading up to it, we go two-a-days for three days. It's very, very valuable in most cases and in our case because we're going to have two starters play every ...

IC Cold Links: Pacers Complete Workouts, Finalize Prep For NBA Draft
Indy Cornrows — ... Shoals takes issue with comments from Mike Wells about the Pacers hoping Josh McRoberts can develop into a Chris "Birdman" Andersen-type player. I totally agree with Shoals on the je ne sais quoi comments and in fact, those type of emotional elements of the game are what I enjoy most about the NBA. ...

Pacers ready for more fireworks on draft night
Indy Cornrows — ... Larry Bird lit the candle and held it to a monster box of TNT last summer. He blew up the team. The flames that lit up the June night sky could be seen from Evansville to Fort Wayne. Bird made two gargantuan trades for seven new players on draft night in front of an extremely excited crowd at Conseco "Reggie Miller" Fieldhouse. The team president essentially turned the 11th pick and a broken-down Jermaine O'Neal into Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert, Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts, Rasho Nesterovic, T.J. Ford and Maceo ...

The Five Stages Of Accepting Tyler Hansbrough
Indy Cornrows — ... Now I was starting to hate the pick, hate Larry Bird and hate the Pacers for ruining my life. If Hansbrough doesn't pan out, I'm going to hear about it forever from everybody. This is your fault Larry Bird. How could this happen? What was Larry Bird thinking? The negatives raced through my mind: too slow, too short, struggles defensively, no potential, undersized, another Josh McRoberts, a younger ...

Larry Bird Building Pacers With An Eye Toward The Future
Indy Cornrows — ... , Josh McRoberts and the rights to Brandon Rush. Now to say Josh McRoberts was the key piece to that deal in order to placate all of the racist hoop fans in Indiana requires the suspension of any basketball knowledge said detractor may profess. ...

Pacers Make Qualifying Offers To Jarrett Jack and Josh McRoberts
Indy Cornrows — ... and Josh McRoberts making them restricted free agents when the NBA's free agent market opens for business on Wednesday. ...

Pacers Rookie/Free Agent Camp Roster Set
Indy Cornrows — ... Interestingly, Lyons comes in at about the same size as Josh McRoberts. Obviously, McRoberts has an advantage having been with the Pacers for a year and also by working out religiously at the Fieldhouse since last season ended. BUT, with McRoberts due at least a minimum salary of just over $1 million dollars (his qualifying offer was $1,000,497), if Lyons comes out of nowhere and shows he can outplay McRoberts, you'd think the team would have to think about saving $4-5 hundred thousand dollars by signing Lyons. This would be a surprising turn of events ...

McRoberts Adds Muscle Heading Into Summer League
Indy Cornrows — ... Indiana native Josh McRoberts is intent on becoming an Indiana Pacer for life. In Bruno's latest blog entry from summer league practice, McRoberts makes it clear that he is working harder than ever to earn playing time in an increasingly tight position battle with teammates Jeff Foster, Roy Hibbert, Troy Murphy and rookie Tyler Hansbrough. McRoberts has added 20 pounds of upper-body muscle while working on "everything" concerned with his basketball skills. McRoberts is a restricted free agent, but the ...

Pacers Set To Begin Orlando Summer League Play
Indy Cornrows — The Indiana Pacers summer league team is ready to tip off  the Orlando Summer League tomorrow at 3:00PM against a Phily/NJ hybrid team. The Pacers will play five games this week (schedule) with Orlando, Boston, Utah and Oklahoma City providing the other teams.  The Pacers roster includes Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert, Josh McRoberts and Tyler Hansbrough as well as some other intriguing free agents who should be worth watcing. Get familiar with the numbers on the roster assuming any ...

Summer League Game #1: Hansbrough, Overtime and McRoberts' Beard
Indy Cornrows — ... , who once dropped 34 points in a game. Lesson? Summer league box scores are like Josh McRoberts' furry, Charles Manson-like beard. Don't go searching through one alone, you don't know what you might find. ...

Summer Pacers Beat Oklahoma City, Lose McRoberts
Indy Cornrows — ... Josh McRoberts came out playing like a man possessed in the first quarter of the Indiana Pacers' 91-88 win over the Oklahoma City Thuner in Orlando. He had dunks in traffic, a flush alone on the break and made his way to the line all as the game was just getting underway. Unfortunately, after nearly jumping through the roof to block a shot at the defensive end, McRoberts tweaked an ankle when he came back to Earth. Well, let's hope it was merely a tweak. After limping off the court, Mac left the gym and returned near the end of the game ...

Summer League Pacers Hold Lead, Win Three In A Row
Indy Cornrows — ... Without the Beast of the Summer League Josh McRoberts, who was sitting out with a sprained left ankle, the Pacers were led, again, by a dominating post presence to crush the Summer ...

Pacers Serving Up Some Summer Fun
Indy Cornrows — The Indiana Pacers have certainly made the most of their time in the Orlando Pro Summer League. After flushing out the jitters on Monday, the Blue and Gold have offered plenty of good play much of which has been quite fun to follow. At the beginning of the week, avoiding major injuries and seeing even a glimmer of hope from rookies Tyler Hansbrough and A.J. Price along with some decent minutes from Roy Hibbert, Josh McRoberts and Brandon Rush would've passed for a successful summer league experience. ...

Summer League Open Thread #4: Indiana Pacers vs. Boston Celtics
Indy Cornrows — ... night. Dante & Galante will be calling the action yuckin' it up so tune in at Pacers.com or Magic's summer league site and drop in some comments for those who can't. After the jump, some links of interest including some great local interviews: Report: Denver's Jones to sign with Pacers Bruno's Caught in the Web has a little more on Dahntay Jones, points out that the team is close to signing Josh McRoberts and still talking with Jarrett Jack along with more good ...

Jarrett Jack and the Greatest Single Season Pacers
Indy Cornrows — ... season Pacer ever? That's the goal as I look to break down the single year Pacers from Abernathy to Zeno, from Reggie to Miller, from Devin Durrant to Rick(y) Robey(o) (that is not a stretch...) to find out where Jarrett Jack falls, and if he is in fact the best single season Pacer ever. There have been 139 players who have donned the Pacers blue and gold for one season and one season only, though I'll trim that number to 135 due to Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert, Josh McRoberts, and T.J. Ford on slate to return. It's worth ...

Pacers, Tinsley Officially Part Ways
Indy Cornrows — ... that after today's resigning of Josh McRoberts, the Pacers now have 11 players on contract for next season. The official press release, however, leaves out the details of the deal, and it notes they will not be disclosed. The Pacers also made it clear that the organization will have no further comment. ...

IC Cold Links: Tinsley Goin', McRoberts Stayin' and T.J. Ford Tweetin'
Indy Cornrows — ... So there are plenty of interesting stories today after the jump. Along with Tinsley's departure, we learned yesterday that Josh McRoberts will be around for a couple more years. Also, ...

Hansbrough Set To Miss 1-2 Months While Recovering From Injury
Indy Cornrows — ... Tar Heel will rest the shin for 6-8 weeks so he can remain healthy throughout the season. The question is exactly what type of injury this is and how "lingering" of an injury is it? It didn't look like it affected him during the Orlando Summer League as he put on some good performances, but just add it to the list of Pacers players who have lingering injuries heading into the season. Hansbrough joins team stars Danny Granger, Mike Dunleavy, Brandon Rush and Josh McRoberts as team members who have missed playing time or ...

IC Cold Links: Oh Shin! Chalk Up Another Pacers Injury
Indy Cornrows — ... played only one summer league game before injuring his knee, which sidelined him for the rest of the month. Then, the man who made the summer league a watchable event, Josh McRoberts, went and tweaked his ankle which put him in street clothes for the summer. ...

Wondering How The Pacers Will Deal With Injuries This Year
Indy Cornrows — ... and Josh McRoberts offer active filler ready to help at either end of the floor depending on the situation. ...

2009-2010 Golden State Warriors Schedule + 82 "Unstoppable Baby!" Predictions
Golden State Of Mind — ... a fantastic game between the worst teams in Cali. I seriously can't believe this game is going to be nationally televised, even if it's just NBATV. Blog Buddy: Sactown Royalty   #6 Mon Nov 9 Minnesota 7:30 PM #7 pick Stephen Curry will outscore and out-assist #5 pick Ricky Rubio. Blog Buddy: Canis Hoopus   #7 Wed Nov 11 at Indiana 4:00 PM Jeff Foster, Josh McRoberts, Travis Diener, Mike Dunleavy, Troy ...

IC Cold Links: Easy To See Why NBA Players Would Use PEDs
Indy Cornrows — ... In fact, prior to the Lewis suspension, when I heard reports of  Josh McRoberts working his way into better shape and adding 15-20 pounds of muscle, my initial thought was: If you want an incentive for using PEDs, this is the case. ...

IC Cold Links: McRoberts' Football Career, Best Guarding Jordan
Indy Cornrows — ... Josh McRoberts was mic'd up a couple of times last week, once again showing he's a great interview. Also, Travis Best recalls the second he was told he'd be guarding Michael Jordan. Those stories and a few other links of interest after the jump: ...

Pacers Searching For Answers To Many Questions
Indy Cornrows — ... lineup variations will we see? Will Jim O'Brien let Roy Hibbert and Brandon Rush play through struggles more this year or keep them on a short leash? How many players will be in the normal playing rotation? Who will those players be? When Mike Dunleavy returns, if you consider Dun, Jeff Foster and Earl Watson as givens off the bench, then a nine player rotation has Tyler Hansbrough, Dahntay Jones, Solomon Jones and Josh McRoberts fighting for extra minutes. Will player health make ...

Dunleavy Ready To Get In Basketball Shape; Foster Has His Nose Reshaped
Indy Cornrows — ... It has been great to get out there and compete against the other guys. The most notable moment came when Josh McRoberts busted Jeff Foster's nose. It was bleeding and all crooked. ...

Pros And Cons: Pacers Frontcourt Changes
Indy Cornrows — ... reason, it just doesn't feel like it. Does anyone else feel this way? For sake of this discussion, when talking about the front court I'm referring to the center and power forward positions, the bigs, the guys responsible for defending the rim and rebounding. Among this group, the Pacers lost Rasho Nesterovicand Maceo Baston but added Solomon Jones and Tyler Hansbrough to go along with Roy Hibbert, Troy Murphy, Jeff Foster and Josh McRoberts. Can't be any worse, right? I guess Nesterovic was ...

Pacers Players Chat It Up With Fans
Indy Cornrows — ... Rush (on taking the big shots): "I would like to be able to take those big shots as well. I understand with Danny and TJ being the biggest playmakers on the team, that they may get those shots. If the opportunity comes around, I would be willing to take those shots." (on rookie pranks): "The one I hated the most was getting everyone McDonald's and donuts before every practice and game. They did do something to my car -- they put feces in my car. It smelled horrible." Josh McRoberts (on when the beard will return): "The beard will make ...

For Rod Benson, Does the NBA = No Blogging Allowed?
Ridiculous Upside — ... if Rod could make a serious run at the NBA and still do the personal blogging and twittering thing.  I guess this kind of answers it. Since he took down everything on Too Much Rod Benson, I'm assuming this was a mandate from the Pacers and not something Benson decided to do on his own. Now, I'm not sure why he'd go to camp with the Pacers anyway since they have Jeff Foster, Tyler Hansbrough, Roy Hibbert, Solomon Jones, Josh McRoberts and Troy Murphy already signed to guaranteed deals, but ...

Pacers Playing Time And Rotations All Up For Grabs
Indy Cornrows — ... of the bench JOB will have at least ten players worthy of minutes, especially when you include Tyler Hansbrough and Mike Dunleavy. Consider a starting lineup of Roy Hibbert, Troy Murphy, Danny Granger, Brandon Rush and T.J. Ford. Along with Hansbrough and Dunleavy, I'd expect Earl Watson, Dahntay Jones and Jeff Foster to all see the floor as well. Boom, that's ten. With Hansbrough and Dunleavy sidelined, Josh McRoberts and Solomon Jones have an opportunity to earn some ...

Short-Handed Pacers Set To Tip Off Preseason
Indy Cornrows — ... (wife having a baby) are definitely out and I also don't expect Troy Murphy to play on his gimpy ankle. On JMV today (audio link), Murph mentioned he might give it a try against the Bulls, but in this case "we'll see" probably means few if any minutes. The sweetest lemonade I can squeeze out of those lemons is the fact that rookie A.J. Price should get plenty of point guard minutes. Also, we should get a good long look at Solomon Jones and Josh McRoberts, two players fighting for front court minutes. ...

Bulls 104, Pacers 95: Plenty Of Preseason Lessons Left To Learn
Indy Cornrows — ... Josh McRoberts made his presence felt with a couple of steals and six rebounds. He also had the finish of the night when he threw down a flying one-handed dunk in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to two. ...

Upcoming Overseas Trip Could Be Big Benefit For Pacers
Indy Cornrows — ... playing just to his potential and not above it, Josh McRoberts exciting us with a thunderous dunk (which he donned his flowing locks in a Teen Wolf-style homage), ...

Greg Oden, Blazers Squash Kings 98-86
Sactown Royalty — ... * SEAN MAY fouled out in 13 minutes, 44 seconds. Last season's quickest foul-out was executed by Josh McRoberts, who earned six whistles in just ... ...

Pacers 126, Nuggets 104: Pacers Come Out Ready To Play In Taipei
Indy Cornrows — ... Rounding out the Pacers depth were Josh McRobertsand A.J. Price. Both looked plenty comfortable on the floor in Taipei, doing far more good than bad. Price really looked like the second-round steal of the draft JOB thinks he has. After going ofer in his debut at the Fieldhouse, Price shot 6-9 from the field including 4-6 from 3-land. He finished with 16 points and 4 assists. ...

Nuggets 128, Pacers 112: Anthony Steals The Show After Granger Ejected Early
Indy Cornrows — ... Josh McRoberts had another high-flying dunk off of a fastbreak in the first half. Although it's the same dunk we've seen in each of the other preseason games. Take off from the free-throw line, McBob's! Do a 360! We're expecting more now that you've wet our appetites for your destruction at the rim. ...

IC Cold Links: Pacers Downplay Rumors So Far; McRoberts Looking For Playing Time
Indy Cornrows — ... After the jump, a few more links of interest including a look at Josh McRoberts and the opportunities he's found in the preseason. Plus, we check in on a couple of local legends. ...

Atlanta Hawks 120, Indiana Pacers 109 or Boss
Peachtree Hoops — ... glue a team together. Clutch baskets and rebounds tonight. Mike Bibby looked like nothing more than a speed bump for the Hawks help defense on his man before the fourth quarter. Jeff Teague looked like a rookie tonight. But he looked like a rookie giving serious effort with a lot of skill. Hats off to Woody for calling plays for Marvin, Horford, and Josh multiple times in the first quarter. It was borderline weird to see. Josh McRoberts looks like he likes his speakers at 11. ...

Pacers 101, Knicks 89: Ford Becomes Unlikely Hero As Pacers Earn First Win
Indy Cornrows — ... teammates were on the court. Then, things immediately shifted for the better when the second unit, consisting of Earl Watson, Solomon Jones and Luther Head, came into the game late into the first quarter. They picked up the game speed and it replaced the lull that shrouded the opening minutes. Without Troy Murphy available due to injury, coach Jim O'Brien cut the playing rotation down to only eight players. Travis Diener, A.J. Price and Josh McRoberts sat dressed in their uni's on the bench tonight. ...

Boston Tries to Get Back On Pace Against Indiana
CelticsBlog — ... 18.4 6.6 2.0 1.2 9 AJ Price 6.8 2.5 .5 .3 10 Josh McRoberts 5.7 2.0 0 1.0 ...