Injuries have strong-armed the third-year guard into displaying a stronger grasp of his handle
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
During crunch-time against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ben Sheppard was assessed a defensive three-second violatio...
2025-10-29 00:35:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Shoutout to RayJ Dennis and Tony Bradley, but Indiana's star could've used a few more helping hands in powering the Pacers forward against the opposing team's power forward
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
On the second night of a back-to-bac...
2025-10-27 14:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In what was a Finals rematch, on how Bennedict Mathurin and Pascal Siakam both erased and embraced familiar aspects of Game 4 that were arguably more familiar to the Thunder
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
It wasn't Game 8 of the NBA Finals. ...
2025-10-24 18:33:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Answering mailbag questions about the upcoming season
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
The Pacers aren't taking a gap year (maybe?), so neither are we. As promised, I teamed up once again with 2025-10-19 23:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
On what needs to change to find and develop the best of several options
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
In a game that saw Andrew Nembhard, Bennedict Mathurin, Aaron Nesmith, and Pascal Siakam combine for 68 points on nearly 68 percent shoot...
2025-10-14 17:16:01 +0000 UTC View Post
And so they meet again (before they meet again in the regular-season opener)
By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk
The last time I watched a Pacers versus Thunder game it was about as good a representation of elite basketball that I had ever seen. Star...
2025-10-12 01:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
First impressions from Indiana's first preseason game
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Playing their first "game" of a season without Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers made 20 threes and scored 28 fast-break points. For frame of reference, 2025-10-08 19:51:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyyy, do you like T-Shirts??
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
If there's any two things that Basketball, She Wrote is known for, it's basketball (of course) and popsicles (because, why not?). As some of you may recall, when I launc...
2025-10-07 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
My work at Basketball, She Wrote is typically paywalled. This article, as a breakdown of how Jarace Walker is learning to start a stampede, is available as a free trial for everyone. If you're new here and want to support independent writing about actual basketball, please 2025-10-03 13:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post
What follows is my response to a mailbag question from CJ Burnett asking which actions the Pacers might turn to in the absence of the Haliburton-Turner pick-and-roll. On the plays that optimize Andrew Nembhard, Bennedict Mathurin, Aaron Nesmith, and Pascal Siakam as starters -- and how they can do more of the same, but di...
2025-10-02 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
On a potential major point of emphasis at the point of attack
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Turns out, Bennedict Mathurin won't just be starting alongside Andrew Nembhard in the backcourt this season; he'll also have his back in terms of ...
2025-09-29 19:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
On the newness of Jay Huff, Delon Wright, and everything that might have to change in a season without Tyrese Haliburton
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
The NBA's offseason is about to become the NBA's on-season. That means, with training ca...
2025-09-26 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
A very delicate balancing act
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
With training camp right around the corner, I have once again taken part in one of my favorite pre-preseason traditions: Talking into a microphone with the always-thorough and endl...
2025-09-24 15:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The following is my response to a mailbag question in which patron Sko asked what aspects of the team's identity will be limited/challenged most by Tyrese Haliburton's absence and whether there will be fewer run-outs involving Obi Toppin and Pascal Siakam
By: Caitlin Cooper I 2025-09-17 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The following is my response to a mailbag question in which patron Tyler Bishop asked what traits the Pacers should be looking for in a center, specifically to optimize Tyrese Haliburton
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
As it applies to the un...
2025-09-10 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
And why the center circle projects to put a central focus on his ability to still do the little things while also playing a bigger role
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Two summers ago, long before the Pacers traded for Pascal Siakam or advanc...
2025-09-03 12:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
An in-depth look at past precedents for the "center by committee" approach, how the Pacers can play big even when they go small, and what the response should be from the Pacers if more teams start playing like the Pacers
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper...
2025-08-28 12:20:52 +0000 UTC View Post
What follows is my response to a mailbag question from patron Brad Inman in which I was asked whether Pascal Siakam falls down more than any other player in the NBA and to what degree he does so with purposeful control. In collaboration with Samson Folk, this video podcast is a free trial for everyone. If you're new here ...
2025-08-21 12:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post
On playing 5-out with a non-shooting center -- or at least more limited shooting center
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
For his career, Isaiah Jackson has shot 7-of-34 from three. By comparison, Myles Turner shot a career-best 28-of-56 just o...
2025-08-14 13:12:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The method to their randomness isn't merely a toss-up.
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
"The hope is that it looks different every time."
That's what Pacers Head Coach Rick Carlisle told me 2025-08-08 13:33:46 +0000 UTC View Post
The work here at Basketball, She Wrote is typically paywalled. This video podcast, discussing all things random offense and a whole bunch more with Pacers Head Coach Rick Carlisle, is available as a free trial for everyone. If you're new here and want to support independent writing about actual basketball, please 2025-08-05 12:27:30 +0000 UTC View Post
And other basketball-related musings
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Judging by the questions that were sent in this month, the majority of you seem ready to stop dwelling on the past of heart-breaking injuries and the circumstances by which...
2025-07-29 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Talking about the latest goings on now that there isn't as much going on
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
The NBA Draft is over, Summer League is over, and free agency is (presumably) winding down -- if not also over. That means, it's officia...
2025-07-23 12:22:34 +0000 UTC View Post
On the tipping point of the second-round draft pick's run of running point
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
With Ray J Dennis and Quenton Jackson both sitting out the fourth and final game of the exhibition schedule in Las Vegas (yes, for so...
2025-07-18 12:25:58 +0000 UTC View Post
On the 20-year-old's propensity for making the play before 'The Play' and why reaching higher highs might require him to play lower than ever
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Before Tyrese Haliburton missed his second free throw against the ...
2025-07-15 19:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Recapping Indiana's 104-85 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder with the play and player of the game
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Turns out, the Flyover Finals look a bit different in the electric lights of Las Vegas -- especially when the ...
2025-07-13 13:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
And whether he can provide returns for the Pacers in his return to the Pacers
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
Isaiah Jackson may still be down, but he certainly isn't out. Or, at least not on the outs with the Pacers, as the fourth-year big ...
2025-07-12 03:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Recapping Indiana's Summer League win over the Cavs with a play and the player of the game
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
In Game 82 of the regular season, the Pacers came back from 27 points down to win over the Cleveland Cavaliers with Joh...
2025-07-11 12:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post
And the potentially bigger question of who will play the part of Andrew Nembhard for Andrew Nembhard
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
On December 29, just three days after the Pacers had played the Oklahoma City Thunder at Gainbridge Fieldhous...
2025-07-07 12:55:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking a look at what to watch for from the Summer Pacers
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
In the wake of Game 7, it seems as though time is both standing still and flying by. Although fans of the Pacers may still be trying to process the ha...
2025-07-06 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
