No amount of mildly inclement Indiana weather could have stopped us from either watching Thursday night’s episode of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” or preventing us the chance to look up clips of Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert(notes) acting as himself on “Parks and Rec” the following morning.

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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at 9:10 am  |  6 responses Roy Hibbert is the latest NBA player to gain an acting role, as he is set to appear on the hit comedy show “Parks and Recreation”. Reports the Indy Star: “The NBA lockout has given Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert time to work on a possible second career. The always-animated Hibbert will make his acting debut Thursday when he has a cameo appearance on the NBC show ‘Parks and Recreation,’ which stars Amy Poehler

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The NBA Development League team in Bismarck has named a former NBA player as an assistant coach.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Players on the Indiana Pacers are trying to stay ready for the start of the NBA season — whenever that might be. With players’ union and owners failing to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, the league has postponed training camps and canceled some preseason games. The main challenges for many players this summer were to stay in shape without the summer league and to improve without input from coaches

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