Surprisingly, Ford's still with Pacers

Point guard T.J. Ford thought he was making his last trip inside the Indiana Pacers locker room when he packed up his belongings April 15.

His tenure had been filled with more negatives than positives -- he lost his starting job twice -- and an obvious communication gap with coach Jim O'Brien.
The Pacers clearly felt that way, too. They tried to trade him, then offered him a buyout when there were no takers.
Fast-forward to late September, and here's Ford wearing his No. 5 practice jersey, preparing to be Darren Collison's backup this season.
"I thought there would be more options for me to be traded in the summertime with all the movement going on," Ford said. "There was talk about a possible deal, but it didn't happen and once the deal didn't go through, they started talking about a buyout. That's when I knew I would be back."