Hooped Up

Jamaal Tinsley said he will stay home more often and take a professional security official with him when he goes out.
He won’t be the first Pacer to hire protection.

Reggie Miller began doing so in the mid-1990s after he received threatening phone calls from New York Knicks ‘ fans following his playoff heroics in Madison Square Garden and continued the practice through the rest of his career.

Jermaine O’Neal, the team’s most recognizable and highest-paid player, has a bodyguard who accompanies him when he goes out and on road trips. The Pacers have a security official who travels with the team on all road trips.

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