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Pacers playing Pelicans in final NBA Summer League game on Saturday Original

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By Dustin Dopirak Verified
| USA Today Verified
July 17, 2026, 2:47 a.m. ET The Pacers will play their fifth and final NBA Summer League game of 2026 against the Pelicans on Saturday night at 9 p.m. ET at the Pavilion in Las Vegas, the NBA announced early Friday morning. The NBA determines each team's fifth game based on Summer League standings after their first four. Four teams qualify for the league semifinals -- in this case the Rockets, Grizzlies, Lakers and Warriors.
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Tyrese Haliburton tried to recruit LeBron James in free agency ... LeBron laughed Original

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By Dustin Dopirak Verified
| USA Today Verified
July 16, 2026, 2:29 p.m. ET LeBron James did not announce his free agency decision during a live podcast taping in New York. Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton co-hosted the podcast and joked about recruiting James to Indiana. Haliburton admitted his recruiting efforts ended after James responded to his text with laughing emojis.
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What Tyrese Haliburton and LeBron said on 'Mind The Game' podcast

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By Dustin Dopirak Verified
| The Star Press Verified
1:56 pm ET July 16, 2026Share this update Tyrese Haliburton tried to recruit LeBron... LeBron laughed Dustin Dopirak Tyrese Haliburton has been willingly self-effacing on the Mind The Game podcast before when he detailed the moment leading up to the Olympics when he realized he wasn't going to get much, if any, playing time. In Thursday's live podcast he took the same approach and in so doing acknowledged that the Pacers aren't and never really were in the running for James' services.
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