Indianapolis’ All-star weekend postponed to 2024
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis will host the NBA All-star weekend in 2024, the league said Wednesday, formally rescheduling the plans for that city to be the site of the league’s midseason showcase this season.
Cleveland will play host in 2022 and Salt Lake City will do so in 2023, both of those sites and years previously announced. The next open spot on the league’s All-star calendar was 2024, which now belongs to Indianapolis.
The league said “public health conditions prevented the Pacers, the NBA All-star Host Committee and the NBA from appropriately planning and executing fanfocused All-star activities in Indianapolis that were envisioned for this February.”
The new dates for Indianapolis’ All-star weekend: Feb. 16-18, 2024.
“While we are disappointed that the NBA All-star Game will not take place in Indianapolis in 2021, we are looking forward to the Pacers and the city hosting the game and surrounding events in 2024,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.
The news had been expected for months. The league released hotel blocks for what would have been the 2021 All-star weekend back in August and is in the process of finalizing a schedule for this season — which begins Dec. 22.
Warriors’ Thompson undergoes surgery
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The exception would be worth $9.3 million and would allow the team to sign a player to a oneyear deal or trade for a player with one year left on his contract without using cap space.
Heat sign first-round draft pick Achiuwa
first-round The Miami pick Heat Precious have signed Achiu-wa. Achiuwa’s contract is guaranteed for two seasons, with team options for a third and fourth and then the right to match offers in a fifth season, if an extension is not reached by that point. Achiuwa’s contract is built off the rookie scale for the No. 20 pick in the draft, with the Heat allowed to offer up to a 20-percent raise on that $2,151,800 slotted salary. The 6-foot-9 forward out of Memphis was the 2019-20 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
During his lone season at Memphis, Achiuwa averaged 15.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.87 blocks, 1.10 steals, 1.0 assists in 30.5 minutes per game. He was the nation’s only Division I freshman to average a double-double. He closed the season as the only player in the AAC to rank in the top five in rebounding (first), blocks (third), scoring (fifth) and field goal-percentage (fifth).
The turnaround will be quick for the 21-year-old, with camp opening next week and the NBA season opening Dec. 22.
“If you watch him play, he could almost help anybody if you want to get out and pressure and run and open up the floor, that kind of stuff,” Heat president Pat Riley said.