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To promote the Dec. 9 Emirates NBA Cup Championship in Indianapolis (the fourth time the event has taken place and the third time with Emirates as the title sponsor), five Emirates-logoed NBA Cup game balls were hidden last month at locations throughout the city tied to the city’s basketball history. The finders will receive tickets to the game at the city’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. The league’s overall sponsorship business has seen record revenue for the past six consecutive years, according to a source familiar with the data.
Scott Agness: Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens is back in Indy for Ronald Nored’s first game as Butler head coach. Butler and Indiana playing an exhibition.
Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens is back in Indy for Ronald Nored’s first game as Butler head coach. Butler and Indiana playing an exhibition.
— Scott Agness (@scottagness.bsky.social) 2026-10-11T23:22:11.243Z
Huff, 28, spent most of his summer in Indianapolis outside of some travelling, which included a trip to the NBPA facility known as The Sanctuary in Andalucía, Spain. Huff has been there before for some summer tune up sessions. He also went to Los Angeles with about 10 of his Pacer teammates to scrimmage together. Critically, he’s gotten to play some basketball with Tyrese Haliburton, his star teammate that missed all of 2025-26. “He makes everybody around him better, and I think that’s really useful to have,” Huff said of their developing partnership. “I think just having him back, learning to play together— he’s got a lot of guys back that have played with him – but it’s been good to kind of learn that because we hadn’t done that yet.”
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Tyrese Haliburton is having a productive and loving summer. On Tuesday, the Indiana Pacers guard's now-wife Jade Jones announced on Instagram that the couple is officially married. The two got married at an Indianapolis courthouse with family and friends as their witnesses. "It's (courthouse) official," Jones captioned the post. For the courthouse ceremony, Haliburton went with an all-black outfit complete with a pair of black Puma suede classic shoes, while Jones opted for a white dress, white heels and a bouquet of white flowers.
The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Hinkle — one of the oldest arenas in the country — is iconic, and more than fits the billing that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and other league officials were looking for when he said the league was searching for “storied college arenas” to play host to the Cup final.
This situation also comes against the backdrop of my relationship with the Pacers. Before the start of the 2023-24 season, my access to the team inexplicably shifted overnight — after being the only one to cover every training camp practice — from daily access to weekends only. Then, following NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, those restrictions increased to no access and I was taken off the email distribution list because I parked in the media lot “without the appropriate passes or clearance.” That’s just not true.
However, that has now affected my standing with NBA PR as well. I would have been the only Indianapolis media member in Los Angeles last February to cover Pascal Siakam’s fourth All-Star appearance, but that credential request was declined for the first time. The same thing happened last month for the NBA Draft Lottery, despite my radio partner, 107.5 The Fan (the flagship station of the team), wanting to include my coverage in its Monday morning program.
Grant Afseth: The Dallas Mavericks departed Indianapolis for New York City earlier for Tuesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST.
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Marc Stein: The Nets are scheduled to take off soon from Atlanta for New York ... with the Mavericks expected to fly from Indianapolis to NYC in the noon range. Brooklyn hosts Dallas tonight at 7:30 PM ... with both teams traveling on gameday due to the blizzard conditions in the Northeast.
Grant Afseth: The Dallas Mavericks now plan to stay overnight in Indianapolis ahead of Tuesday's game in Brooklyn against the Nets. More info will be on @DALHoopsJournal soon as updates occur. Another note: Cooper Flagg will no longer appear on The Jimmy Fallon Show as a result of the Dallas Mavericks’ travel complications.
Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown have touched down in Indy 🛬 pic.twitter.com/DRjGWW18an
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) February 9, 2026
Doug Smith: Immanuel Quickley's ankle is fine and he's a go for the Raptors against Indy, Jakob Poeltl's taking another day. "“For the last five, seven days, everything we’re doing is just reconditioning. It’s just getting him to the point where he’s going to be physically feeling fine out there," Darko Rajakovic said of Poeltl