Jerry Sichting has done just about anything a man can do in professional basketball over the past 36 years, from playing to broadcasting to coaching. The entire career, however, hangs by the single, unlikely thread of an informal tryout one summer's day at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Sichting will be on hand when the Pacers recognize their players from the 1980s at halftime of Saturday's game with New York at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but might not be available for the halftime on-court ceremony. He's an assistant coach for the Knicks and duty will be calling in their locker room.