The Pacers are sticking behind coach Rick Carlisle and Mitch Lawrence is reporting the club intends to deal Jermaine O'Neal, Stephen Jackson and Jamaal Tinsley. Two players staying, barring a change, are Peja Stojakovic and Danny Granger.
One possible destination for O'Neal is Golden State, in a package starting with Troy Murphy.
"A lot of teams out there like our players," said Golden State GM Rod Higgins.
Via New York Daily News
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ESPN is reporting that defending champion Serbia Montenegro will be without star forward Peja Stojakovic at the 2006 World Championships in Japan this summer.
New Serbia Montenegro coach Dragan Sakota said in Novosti, a Belgrade newspaper, that the sharpshooter will not be in Japan.
"He couldn't refuse my call as I didn't call him at all," said Sakota, who also coaches Red Star Belgrade. "The story about his presence in Japan started two months ago when we spoke on the subject.
"But, as I have said, the results are not the priority at this World Championship; working on a new, youthful team is. It will be different for the European Championship in 2007, when we will add some of our big names. That is what I have told Stojakovic."
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Donnie Walsh became general manager of the Indiana Pacers in 1986 and is facing an off-season where a lot of insiders expect the team to make some wholesale moves.
"I don't think you ever look at it like you have to blow up the whole team," said Walsh. "Anybody who's looking at that just doesn't understand the nature of a team. And they didn't look at our team this year -- the fact a lot of our problems were related to so many of our guys missing games. One thing I don't do is hold it against a player that he got hurt, which seems to be a fad now.
"If you make two or three changes on a team, that's a lot of change. You need to go and look and see how many teams do that. Not many. Most of the time, they're doing that to go all the way down and get draft choices (in the lottery)."
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Pacers May 2006 Archive
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USAToday | May 16, 2006
"There's no question Peja was happy in Indiana," David Bauman said. "He would like to re-sign, and he would like to finish his career as a Pacer."
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Canoe.ca | May 11, 2006
Larry Bird likes the talent the Pacers already have and said on Wednesday that the players on the club will either have to shape up or be shipped out.
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Indy Star | May 10, 2006
Sarunas Jasikevicius had a disappointing first season in Indiana and he said recently that he miss Israel, but that he is determined to make things work in the NBA.
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Indianapolis Star | May 10, 2006
According to the Indianapolis Star, Pacers president Larry Bird said today he’s not planning massive personnel changes with his roster, but will do so if attitudes and chemistry don’t improve.
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Indy Star | May 6, 2006
Peja Stojakovic missed more than half of Indiana's first round series due to injury, but hopes to sign a multi-year deal with the team.
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Star-Ledger | May 5, 2006
Pacers guard Stephen Jackson believes he might have played his final game in Indiana.
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Indy Star | May 5, 2006
"I feel like I'm going to make somebody's team -- if it's not the Indiana Pacers, it will be somebody else -- I'll make them a lot better," said Jermaine O'Neal.
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AP | May 4, 2006
A career night from Anthony Johnson couldn't save Indiana's season, as the Nets took Game 6 by a final score of 96-90.
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AP | May 4, 2006
For the third game this series, Peja Stojakovic sat out Game 6 versus the Nets.
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Indianapolis Star | May 4, 2006
According to the Indianapolis Star, for reasons that Stephen Jackson doesn't completely understand, he has become the unofficial target of Indy's basketball frustration.
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Sports Illustrated | May 3, 2006
Nets forward Vince Carter had 34 points, 15 rebounds and a game-clinching, high-flying slam with 28 seconds to play as the Nets beat the Pacers 92-86 to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series, the Associated Press is reporting.
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Indianapolis Star | May 2, 2006
Peja Stojakovic missed Games 2 and 4 of the Pacers' first round series versus the Nets and he doesn't expect to be available for Game 5 in New Jersey.
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ESPN | May 1, 2006
Peja Stojakovic said Monday that he probably will not be available for the Pacers in Game 5
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ESPN | May 1, 2006
The man accused of throwing the cup that sparked a 2004 brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons fans was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail on an assault and battery charge, the Associated Press is reporting.
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NY Times | May 1, 2006
The Nets don't have the most intimidating low-post weapons, so they are compensating for that by attacking the paint from the perimeter.
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pacers.com | May 1, 2006
With Indiana winning the two games in which Peja Stojakovic has played and losing the two he missed, there is little doubt that he is an important piece to the Pacer puzzle.
