Pacers Look To Hansbrough And Price To Perform At Fan Jam

by Tom Lewis on Oct 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT in Indiana Pacers News

Good thing Tyler Hansbrough can play basketball because he can neither dance nor sing.

At least the Pacers won't have to worry about their prized rookie asking for time off to promote a rap record. Of course, I think we can all agree he's already had enough time off, but that's a different story.

As for the Pacers Fan Jam, I had a great time with my two boys and a friend mainly because they had a blast and left with tons of goodies and talking about the Pacers. Here are a few highlights:

Lots of long lines for autographs before and after the event. There were a few thousand people there but it seemed like a lot more when all of the lines formed.
Simon Sez Steve needs to consult a program. He called Solo Jones, Roy while chiding him. Then when the real Roy and Danny Granger were the only Pacers left in Simon Sez, Steve missed the joke when Roy said he should call him Solomon.
As alluded to above, the Rookie Show lacked some serious talent. Not only that, but the five minute prep time wasn't enough. The rooks had no idea what they were going to do, then tried to sing Happy Birthday which sounded like a Happy Birthday/Star Spangled Banner mashup. Only worse. Danny Granger saved the show by getting a Soul Train dance line set up with the Pacemates. The rooks took it from there.
The boys wanted to get Hansbrough's autograph but his line on the practice court was cut off when we tried to go although on our way out it appeared there weren't nearly as many people as there were lined up for Granger or T.J. Ford's group.

If you went to the Fan Jam share your experience. After the jump check out some Pacers.com video including the dance line with Hansbrough and Price.

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had a great time.

I was one of the lucky few who got to play knockout with the team. my buddy and I were just waiting in a line earlier and some lady gave us passes to play. we thought it was going to be like 50 fans or whatever in a huge game of knockout, but when we got down there it was only about 6 or so of us, then they told us we were playing with the players and we got really excited. I was really nervous, going out there, I kinda understand what a rookie would be going through. My buddy was first in line, then Travis Diener, then me, then Brandon Rush. I hung in there for 3 turns before a missed free throw took a bad hop and Brandon drained one to knock me out. my friend actually knocked out TJ Ford (who acted a little pissed off, not sure what thats all about). It was so exciting and unexpected!!!

also, I just saw myself talking to Mark Boyle on the video on pacers.com and sitting on the pacers bench while Hibbert and Head slugged it out for the Knockout championship.

alright enough self promotion

very exciting

by Jamison1 on Oct 25, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions

Very nice!

Thanks for sharing.

Indy Cornrows

by Tom Lewis on Oct 25, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Glad you had fun, Jamison! I noticed TJ act shitty toward your buddy — doesn’t he know this day is for the fans? He wasn’t exactly friendly during the autograph session, either.
I was psyched to get Danny to sign my jersey. I’m getting it framed.
I was pleased by the friendliness of most of the Pacers. TJ the exception, Dunleavy seemed annoyed being there too until I asked him if he and Dahtay were taking it easy on the new TarHeel. He smirked and made PC comment about them taking it easy on him but I could tell he was ready for 6 o’clock to roll around. Murph was great, though! Him and Brandon both seemed glad to be there.
One of the coolest surprises for me was meeting Austin Croshere. I had no idea he was going to be there signing autographs and he was open to talking and it helped that the line at his table was minimal. I asked about his future endeavors and he said he is hoping to get involved in the Pacers front office.
Anyway, I enjoyed myself and glad you did too! Congrats on getting to play some ball with the Pacers!

by mtfearin on Oct 25, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions