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Tony East: Missed this from this morning, but the Noblesville Boom announced this morning that forward Cody Martin, who played for the Pacers this season, is out for the year with a right shoulder injury. Additionally, the team has reacquired forward/center Jordan Bell.

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Scott Agness: For their new era in Noblesville, the Boom have hired Ryan Grant as president of business operations. He was with the Iowa Wolves for the past six years. “Our goal is to build a team and experience that fans are proud of both on the court and in the community," he said.

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With the passing of each city block and mile of highway out of downtown Indianapolis in late February, the joyful spectacle of NBA All-Star Weekend dissolves into suburban landscape. Past the big box stores, chain restaurants, coffee shops and popular outdoor music venue, there is a sports complex in Noblesville, Indiana, where 17-year-old Khaman Maluach is working out. He is playing at the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp in front of scouts and executives who are watching the top-five projected pick in the 2025 draft. From his birth in South Sudan to Uganda, where his family fled, to the NBA Academy Africa in Saly, Senegal, to a basketball facility in Indiana, Maluach’s journey cannot be measured by distance traveled.

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Scott Agness: NEWS: Pacers and City of Noblesville officially break ground on the Noblesville Event Center — the future home for Mad Ants G League games.

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The future home of the Indiana Pacers G League franchise will be within the Innovation Mile in Noblesville, according to the Noblesville Board of Works and Public Safety. The 3,400 seat arena, which was announced in May, was originally planned to be built at Finch Creek Park on the city’s east side. Now, the arena will sit between 141st Street and I-69, east of Olio Road.

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Pacers Sports & Entertainment plans to move the Fort Wayne Mad Ants—its developmental league team—to Noblesville where city officials have pledged to build a $36.5 million arena complete with suites and an event space. As part of a 10-year deal to be announced Monday afternoon, the city of Noblesville has agreed to construct a 3,400-seat venue at Finch Creek Park, near Ruoff Music Center. The Pacers plan to contribute $5 million over 10 years to the project. Noblesville will own the venue and finance it with bonds that will be paid off by lease proceeds. Construction of the 85,000-square-foot arena is to start this fall, although the Mad Ants—part of the NBA’s G League—will make the move to central Indiana before its completed. The team will play its 2023-2024 season, which starts in October, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis, Pacers officials said.

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Pacers Sports & Entertainment and the city of Noblesville announced Monday that the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers' G-League affiliate, will move to Noblesville, which will build a 3,400 seat, 85,000-square-foot arena on the city's east side for the team. The city hopes the arena will be built for the 2024-25 season, and the Pacers say the Mad Ants will play in Gainbridge Fieldhouse until construction is completed.

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