Tag: George Hill

Hill set for a memorable return home with the Pacers

Who said you can’t go home again.

New Indiana Pacers guard George  Hill might beg to differ — at least if you consider what his new team has in mind for him early next week.

The Indianapolis Star reports that in his first public appearance the team has planned for him Monday at Canseco Fieldhouse.

It’s undetermined if the return of  “Indiana George” will excite the masses in his hometown like the did for long-suffering fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves last week.

But Hill is happy about coming back home to Indianapolis, where he played collegiately at IUPUI and set state scoring records at Broad Ripple High School.  

“It will be really fun. I’m back in my hometown,” Hill said. “I’m with my family and my friends. I’m playing for an organization I wanted to play for for many years in my life. I’m  thrilled to be there.”

Sacre bleu! TP spends summer having fun with a rocket pack

There’s supposed to be no formal communication between players and their teams during this lockout. Team officials aren’t even supposed to be reading the web pages or twitter accounts of their wayward employees. 

But if they could, I can only imagine some of the comments that might be coming from Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford as they  look at .

Spurs point guard Tony Parker spent part of a day earlier this week trying out a jet pack as he soared over a French beach.

It looked like fun. But I’ve always been fascinated by Rocket Packs since those that were shown for Keds Shoes when I was kid back in the 1960s.

Hopefully, Parker was having enjoying himself as much as it appeared in the picture, which was posted on his web site.

But I bet these aren’t the kind of activities that Popovich and Buford have in mind for their starting point guard — particularly after the trade of top backup George Hill last month.

Hill says he’s hurt leaving the Spurs

After being traded from his first professional team after three seasons, George Hill admitted Friday he had some bruised feelings.

“It hurts when you feel like you have a lot of family (with the Spurs), but at the same time, I know the Spurs love me as a person,” Hill said Friday at a brief press conference at Incarnate Word University. “They are a great organization and it’s just a better business decision for them and myself.”

Hill was traded Thursday night to his hometown team, the Indiana Pacers. Spurs general manager R.C. Buford termed it one of the most difficult moves he’s had to make during his tenure with the team.

That move was abrupt and one that Hill didn’t realize would be coming until he got a call early Thursday evening from Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.

“When you make something your home for three years and you have a relationship with other players, it’s kind of like breaking a marital relationship,” Hill said. “But at the same time you know it’s a part of the business. I think it’s a great opportunity for me and for the Spurs organization. You have to look at it from that standpoint and just move on and keep trying to do what you’re doing now.”