Hooped Up

I’ve seen former North Carolina Tar Heel and current India Pacers rookie Tyler Hansbrough dunk on a 7′7″ dude, go ape sh*t with a bloody nose, find a puppy with technology and now act in a commercial for Performance Acura of Chapel Hill, NC.

Wow, I just realized that I’ve never seen him actually play any NBA basketball yet, though — how ironic indeed.

via Indy Cornrows, Deadspin, Rush The Court,  + BallDon’t Lie

When word of a missing dog spreads on a college campus, AT&T’s 3G network and social media apps gets the credit. But really it was the big man on campus, Tyler Hansbrough that cracked the case of the little girls missing dog wide open with his Ace Ventura like pet detective skills.

Alrighty then! Case closed.

Via Tar Heel Fan

Tyler Hansbrough is being put on the shelf for the rest of the summer, a move the Indiana Pacers hope allows their first-round draft pick to be healthy for his rookie season.

Hansbrough has a lingering right shin injury from college and needs to rest it six to eight weeks, the Pacers said Friday.

The Pacers said no new injury has occurred, but they want to limit Hansbrough’s activity in hopes he will be healthy for the 82-game NBA regular season.

Training camp is scheduled to start in late September or early October, depending on the details of the Pacers’ trip to China for preseason games.

Indy Star

The Indiana Pacers have signed Tyler Hansbrough, the former North Carolina star who was the team’s top pick in the NBA draft.

The 6-foot-9 forward had been playing with the Pacers summer league team in Orlando, Fla., before his singing was announced Wednesday.

As the 13th overall pick, he’s slotted in the NBA’s rookie salary scale to receive about $1.5 million this season and nearly $1.7 million next season, with a $1.8 million option for his third year.

Hansbrough is the Atlantic Coast Conference’s career-scoring leader and had 40 points and nine rebounds in his first two summer league games for the Pacers.

Press Release

North Carolina sophomore forward Tyler Hansbrough has a broken nose but the injury is not expected to keep him out of this week’s ACC Tournament.

The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Monday Hansbrough had a “small, non-displaced” fracture of his nose and would need a root canal to repair a tooth.

Hansbrough was injured late in Sunday’s regular-season-ending 86-72 victory over No. 21 Duke. He was hit in the face by Duke freshman Gerald Henderson’s elbow.

UPI