Indiana Pacers fans will be seeing a lot more air guitar strumming this season after the team announced this morning that they are resigning Lance Stephenson to a second and final standard 10-day contract with the team. Stephenson’s initial 10-day, which he signed on January 11, expired this morning, prompting the organization to use Stephenson’s
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The Indiana Pacers today announced that they have signed guard Lance Stephenson to a second 10-day contract. The Pacers previously signed Stephenson to a 10-day contract on January 14. The Pacers are 17-30 this season, which is the 13th best record in the Eastern conference. Their leading scorers so far in 2021-22 are Domantas Sabonis
Lineup notes from bench players & 10-day contract guys. Phoenix’s Jalen Smith & Minnesota’s Jaylen Nowell proved what they can do in real minutes from late December to early January. Smith averages 13.0 PPG/8.8 RPG/0.9 BPG/52.0% FG/37.5% 3-PT in his last 8 games and Nowell posted 11.7 PPG/2.8 RPG/2.9 APG/50.0% FG/38.0% 3-PT during a recent
Before the moment gets away, let's stop for a minute to commemorate this bizarre moment in NBA time.
Lance Stephenson didn’t take long to become the NBA’s first hardship waiver success story. The last day of his 10-day contract with the Indiana Pacers is on Monday, but he will not only be a part of the roster but the rotation for quite a while. According to NBA reporter Marc Stein, the Pacers announced
Lance Stephenson is most likely to complete this season with the team that brought him to the NBA — the Indiana Pacers. According to Marc Stein, the Pacers are expected to keep the 31-year-old shooting guard who was signed under a 10-day hardship deal. Former second round draft pick has played four games for Indiana,
After a few years away from the league, the NBA is getting a return from an unsuspecting face. On Tuesday, Marc Stein reported that Lance Stephenson had signed a 10-day hardship contract with the Atlanta Hawks. Stephenson is getting the chance with the Hawks as part of the NBA’s new hardship contract program, allowing teams struggling with COVID-19 outbreaks
In what’s been an interesting 2021-22 season to this point, quite a few former NBA veterans have made their way back in the league temporarily. Most recently, Lance Stephenson signed a 10-day contract with his former team in the Indiana Pacers. Although he’s no longer in his prime, Stephenson was a solid player for the
Lance Stephenson did what he could to spoil Kyrie Irving’s return by making some history of his own. Stephenson scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-5 from behind the arc, in 6:23 of first quarter playing time. Stephenson became the first player in recorded NBA history to score 20 first quarter points off the
The most recent COVID surge has decimated NBA rosters and taken the steam out of some of the league’s marquee matchups over the last couple of months, but it’s also led so some incredible feel-good stories due to the extra opportunity given to players who might not normally see the court. The latest example came