Mike Dunleavy News

Of Larry Bird's increasingly pale Pacers, The Indy Star's Bob Kravitz asked yesterday, "how do you ignore a roster that includes Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Josh McRoberts, Travis Diener, Jeff Foster and now, first-round pick Tyler Hansbrough?" A Pretty easily if you're picking contenders to represent the Eastern Conference in next June's finals, I ...

The Indiana Pacers have landed their first free agent acquisition of the offseason.

Blake Griffin just keeps making history. Last week, he became the first player in Oklahoma University history to be the No.

The argument about the greatest basketball player in University of Oklahoma history usually includes three candidates - Alvan Adams, Wayman Tisdale and Blake Griffin.

Leading up to Thursday's NBA Draft, it was no secret that Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird wanted a four-year college player.

Some Indiana Pacer fans may not be excited about the team selecting North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough with the No.

The Indiana Pacers will not pick up Marquis Daniels' $7.5-million team option, a person with knowledge of the situation said today.

Draft Day is always a big day for every NBA team. A team can make the right move and ultimately win a lot of championships.

Tyler Hansbrough is coming back to the Midwest. The Indiana Pacers made the Poplar Bluff native a lottery pick with the 13th selection in the NBA Draft.

Bird has his favorites, but who will be the choice at No. 13 in tonight's draft? Step one in the second year of the Indiana Pacers' three-year rebuilding process begins with tonight's draft.

The Indiana Pacers have plenty of guards and plenty of uncertainty. The roster includes a point guard they don't want: Jamaal Tinsley is still on the roster, despite the team's refusal to play him after his struggles on and off the court.

Last year's First Round pick: 11. Arizona G Jerryd Bayless. He was immediately shipped to Portland, and the Pacers got Brandon Rush.

THE `BURBS - Here's the list of players expected to workout for the Pacers on Thursday.

Indiana Pacers guard Mike Dunleavy has had minor arthroscopic surgery on his left hip.

Next, lead the Indiana Pacers to the playoffs for the first time in four years. How does he lead them there? Easy.

The San Dova 2008-2009 NBA Season Wrap-Up Finally, Jermaine O'Neal was gone. The former MVP candidate and All-Star center/forward was given another shot at team and individual success after his last dreams of a title dwindled into the abyss with "The Brawl at The Palace" in Detroit in November 2004.

THE `BURBS - Remember my guy Sunshine? He's the one who said last spring the Pacers should draft Roy Hibbert and spent the season saying he should be starting over Jeff Foster.

The core is set with forward Danny Granger, guard Brandon Rush and center Roy Hibbert being the focal points.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Forward Danny Granger's numbers said it all. Granger, who averaged 25.8 points a game, became the first player in league history to increase his scoring average by at least five points in three straight seasons.

Certainly, a seasonending victory over a last-place team isn't all that much to shout about.