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Foster Expects Better Days For Pacers
"Obviously, things haven't gone the way many people expected since the brawl and Reggie (Miller) retired," Foster said. "You would see that by how we played and the lack of support we got from fans." Indiana made the postseason in each of Foster's first seven seasons, and he is the second-oldest player on the team's roster. "It was tough because Jermaine really didn't want to be here the last couple of years," Foster said about the six-time all-star that was sent to Toronto in June. "It was tough to become a team when your best player did not want to be on the team." Pacer's President Larry Bird values having a guy like Foster on his roster. "He's a glue guy to your team," Bird said. ". . . He's going to come in here and give you everything he's got." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Granger To Get Iggy-Like Deal?
Granger and Iguodala had somewhat similar numbers last season, and Iguodala got a six-year extension worth $80 million from Philadelphia. RealGM Note: Pacers GM David Morway told RealGM during the first week of August that they had yet to open up negotiations with Granger. Granger was 46th in the NBA in season FIC and 'deserved' to make $11.11 million during the 07-08 season. Iguodala was ranked 20th and 'deserved' to make $13.76 million and was 21st during his own third season in the NBA. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Jasikevicius: I Was 'Miserable' With Pacers
"I was pretty much miserable (in Indiana)," Jasikevicius said Thursday night. "Those were bad times for me. Obviously." He blames a majority of his problems in Indiana on former coach Rick Carlisle, now with the Mavericks. "Obviously, the (up-tempo) style of play Rick promised me was never there, the opportunities to play were never there, and the players who were supposed to be gone by the time I came were still around," Jasikevicius said. "Rick did a great false recruiting job on me, like college recruiting where they say, 'If you come here, we promise you the world.' " "But Larry (Bird) being such an honorable man, and (then-president) Donnie (Walsh), too, they hire the coach and let him coach the way he wants. Rick's a half-court man, no question." Sarunas, however, wasn't able to get off the bench in Golden State either, where Don Nelson runs an European-style of play. "I don't know that there's any reason to respond," Carlisle said in response. "It's all pretty baseless . . . I respect Sarunas' game and his basketball IQ, and that's why the only NBA success he had was with me as a coach." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Pacers Aug 2008 Archive
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Pacers' center Jeff Foster believes that better days are ahead for the Pacers, who have missed the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, according to Indianapolis Star.
The Pacers can extend the contract of forward Danny Granger anytime between now and the end of October, and it appears as though he could receive a deal similar to the one the 76ers gave Andre Iguodala, according to The Indianapolis Star.
Sarunas Jasikevicius admitted on Thursday that he was utterly miserable during his time with the Pacers, according to The Indianapolis Star.