Indiana Pacers: Two truths and a lie about the team’s stars

How well do you know some of the star Indiana Pacers? Let’s find out!

The Indiana Pacers have a really strong cast of teammates, all with unique character and lovable personalities.

Each of the players brings something unique to the table in their personality and experience.

But how well do you know each of them?

The popular game “two truths and a lie” is a fun icebreaker to get to know people. We figured we’d put some truths and lies together with some of the Pacers star players and see how well our readers could do.

Every player has three claims here. Two are factual, one is made up. The answers are at the end of the post!

Myles Turner

Myles Turner was once grounded from playing AAU basketball because of poor grades. 

Myles Turner wants to own a ranch when he retires. 

Myles Turner’s home is in Texas. 

Jeremy Lamb

Jeremy Lamb’s brother is his agent. 

Jeremy Lamb once left Michael Jordan speechless with a buzzer-beater. 

Jeremy Lamb was a lottery pick. 

Malcolm Brogdon

Malcolm Brogdon is older than Anthony Davis. 

Malcolm Brogdon is the only Virginia Cavalier to ever with Rookie of the Year. 

Malcolm Brogdon holds a degree in public policy. 

T.J. Warren

T.J. Warren refuses to play basketball in the summertime to keep his body rested. 

T.J. Warren’s number is retired at NC State. 

T.J. Warren has never been to a hockey game in his life. 

Domantas Sabonis

Domantas Sabonis puked from homesickness as soon as he landed in Washington for college.

Domantas Sabonis’s mother was once Miss Lithuania. 

Domantas Sabonis is an only child. 

T.J. McConnell

T.J. McConnell once had to pay a cover at a popular Philadelphia sports bar after winning a game just next-door for the Sixers.

T.J. McConnell owns and operates a food truck.

T.J. McConnell is one of the fastest players in the NBA. 

Justin Holiday

Justin Holiday missed all of his junior season at Washington.

Justin Holiday is an NBA Champion.

Aaron and Justin were the first pair of brothers in an NBA game to both score 20+ points. 

Victor Oladipo

Victor Oladipo was a contestant on a popular singing reality contest. 

Victor Oladipo requested that Domantas Sabonis be traded with him to the Indiana Pacers. 

Victor Oladipo has a twin sister.

Answers to Indiana Pacers two truths and a lie

The lie for each Pacers player is in bold text.

Myles Turner

Though it may be a desire of his, it has not been documented that Turner desires to own a ranch in his post-playing career. 

Myles Turner’s mother did hold him out of AAU games due to his academic performance once, according to an article he penned for The Player’s Tribune.

"One time I got a 79 in algebra and she made me sit out all of my AAU games until I raised it up to a B. Growing up, I was never allowed to watch TV on weekdays. At school, my friends would be like, “Did you see that episode of Family Guy last night?” and I’d always be like, “Nope.” That sucked."

Myles Turner grew up and went to college in Texas. During the quarantine and in the offseason Turner heads back to the Dallas area.

Jeremy Lamb

Jeremy Lamb’s agents are Jeff Schwartz and Javon Phillps, per RealGM. 

He did, in fact, leave MJ speechless with a cold-blooded buzzer-beater once:

Lamb was picked 12th overall, in the lottery.

Malcolm Brogdon

Malcolm Brogdon was actually the second VCU player to win NBA Rookie of the Year. Ralph Sampson was the first. 

Though he has half the NBA experience of Anthony Davis, Malcolm Brogdon is older than AD due to the four years Brogdon spent at VCU by about three months.

Brogdon does hold a degree in public policy, giving even more weight to the “President” nickname he’s gained in the NBA. .

T.J. Warren

T.J. Warren plays quite a bit of pro-am ball in the offseason:

Warren does have his “24” retired by the Wolfpack. His dad wore the same number as well at NC State.

Warren has been to a hockey game, he’s been an honorary guest of the Carolina Hurricanes on at least one occasion. 

Domantas Sabonis

According to a CBS Sports profile, one of the first things Sabonis did when landing to play college basketball at Gonzaga was puke from homesickness.

Sabonis’s mother was Miss Lithuania in the late 80s according to a profile on him at NBA.com.

Sabonis has two brothers and a sister. 

T.J. McConnell

T.J. McConnell was forced to pay a cover at XFinity Live!, the premier sports bar in the Philly sports complex right after playing for the Sixers because he didn’t have a ticket stub from the game.

That we know of, McConnell does not own a food truck. 

McConnell is the 19th fastest player in the NBA in terms of average speed.

Justin Holiday

Justin Holiday played his junior season at Washington. 

Justin Holiday won a championship as an end of the bench player with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.

Aaron and Justin were in fact the first two brothers to each score 20+ points in the same game.

Victor Oladipo

Oladipo was “Thingamajig” on The Masked Singer.

Oladipo was caught off guard with the trade to the Pacers, as he detailed in an article with The Player’s Tribune. He did not request for Domantas to come with him, but was glad he’d be joining him in Indy. The duo has been traded together twice now. 

Oladipo does have a twin sister.

How well do you know the Indiana Pacers?

Two right — Pacers casual fan

Four right — Pacers student

Six right — Pacers graduate

Eight right — Pacers savant

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