Another Pacers Scandal. Seriously.
The Indiana Pacers: Where Team Image Gets Destroyed On a Daily Basis.
So, let’s see here now: The Pacers have had to deal with their starting point guard getting chased and shot at by crazed gunmen; one of their other guards has a woman claiming she was raped at his house; and now, another one of their players is giving the organization’s PR people nightmares.
And this has all happened AFTER they got rid of Artest and S-Jax. It appears that in Indy, no matter what you do, the gulliness never stops.
A man wanted for murder in Memphis, Tenn., was arrested Wednesday night after leaving the home of Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams on the Northeastside, according to Indianapolis metropolitan police.
Curiously, the team has decided not to discipline Williams. They just politely asked him to stop hanging around dudes who are wanted for murder, I can only guess.
If I were a Pacer fan, I’d start showing up to the arena wearing a bullet-proof vest. You know, just to be safe.
36 Responses to “Another Pacers Scandal. Seriously.”
Feb.28 at 10:01 am
thesubwayconnection says:
Haha! Larry Bird must be contemplating the Knicks. They look like good guys in comparison.
Feb.28 at 10:02 am
TADOne says:
How long until Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy ask for a trade?
Feb.28 at 10:03 am
Paps says:
They don’t show up at all to be safe.
Feb.28 at 10:04 am
namik says:
“hang-ing”. How long before the Pacers relocate? No team lost relevance faster than the Pacers and the Kings. Although Miami seems determined to beat them to it. That last line killed me.
Feb.28 at 10:10 am
Keith says:
I knew Larry Bird was gangsta.
Feb.28 at 10:17 am
Sesa says:
By quoting Brezec: Larry Bird is a “gangster”.
Feb.28 at 10:21 am
BETCATS says:
i thought that indiana was the state of the vanilla face?
Feb.28 at 10:52 am
FLUXLAND says:
Primoz was right BET… Indiana is GANGSTA!
Feb.28 at 11:14 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Have they considered hiring an exorcist? Or, at the very least, Jim Brown?
Feb.28 at 11:27 am
BETCATS says:
Breaking news, Indiana signs Zac Effron!
Feb.28 at 11:46 am
nick says:
The only thing i wonder is how a team with so many quasi-gangbangers could be charmin soft on the court.
Feb.28 at 11:51 am
Captain America says:
Who u callin foool, foool?
Feb.28 at 12:34 pm
JackBrown says:
Mike Dunleavy just got arrested for making it rain at a local GAP Outlet.
Feb.28 at 12:43 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
The Pacers should be moved out of the Central and into whatever division the Crips and Bloods are in.
Feb.28 at 12:53 pm
Cub Buenning says:
With little creativity, Russ, I would assume they play in the South-Central…..
Feb.28 at 12:55 pm
Todd D. says:
I think that’s the PAC 10, Russ.
Feb.28 at 12:57 pm
Marcel Mutoni says:
according to my sources, david simon has decided to release the pacers’ season as the sixth season of ‘The Wire’.
Feb.28 at 1:22 pm
Michael Tillery says:
I guess Ron Ron held the whole mess together.
Feb.28 at 1:24 pm
TADOne says:
It’s the Curse of Rik Smits.
Feb.28 at 1:37 pm
Blue says:
Didn’t they get rid of they’re bad image when they traded Ron Ron and Jax? They sure gave up they’re wins…
Feb.28 at 1:47 pm
RV says:
hey in indiana basketball is everything, so when your team sucks, what else can you do to pass the time?
Feb.28 at 1:59 pm
Dutch Rich says:
Marcel that’s hilarious.
Feb.28 at 2:38 pm
Cheryl says:
Wow.
Feb.28 at 2:51 pm
tenorca says:
@ Jack Brown: BRAVO.
Feb.28 at 4:12 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
I blame Jeff Foster for all of this.
Feb.28 at 4:39 pm
B. Long says:
I’m not completely sure but didn’t Sam Perkins rock a do-rag in am actual game one time as a Pacer? Sam Perkins, the Grandaddy Gangsta of the Pacers.
Feb.28 at 6:16 pm
RedRum says:
Is Bird dead or something??? Is it possible that a team that Bird runs has so much baggage?? seriously, has anyone seen Bird lately?
Feb.28 at 7:34 pm
daniel says:
TRUE CRIME: streets of indianapolis.
WTF!
Feb.28 at 7:35 pm
daniel says:
the players are living the game
Feb.28 at 9:59 pm
Alan Paul says:
This is perhaps the greatest quote in the history of quotes: “We’ve got to be very clear about this—we don’t want our players hanging around murderers,” team president Larry Bird said. “That’s not a good sign for our young fans. It’s not a good sign for management.”
Feb.28 at 11:26 pm
Pat Is Five says:
how about full body, chastity-bulletproof beltsuit. bird actually said that?
Feb.29 at 5:05 am
Son of Shawn says:
Well, I´m a Pacers fan, and in recent seasons the basketball was awful, but you feel like you are watching a movie like “Hoodlum” or “The Godfather” or a Soprano´s chapter, so you´re amused, but the basketball is really awful.
I suppose that Dun is wearing a micro in the locker room, or maybe the rat is Foster.
Feb.29 at 5:09 am
Son of Shawn says:
What about J.O.?, he´s very quiet lately, that´s very suspicious, maybe he´s burying corpses elsewhere
Feb.29 at 5:09 am
The Indiana Pacers are a public relations nightmare | Sports 4 Dorks says:
[…] And as SLAMonline points out, this junk all went down AFTER they got rid of "troublemakers" Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson. Jeesh. How does Larry Bird even sleep at night? […]
Feb.29 at 6:53 am
Alan Paul says:
That Bird quote from the AP story. It sounds like it’s from the Onion, though.
Feb.29 at 6:20 pm
D-Advocate says:
The news coming out Indiana is bizarre, I guess Ron and Stephen “Action” Jackson weren’t the only troublemakers. Is Indiana a thug’s paradise now?