[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — Former St. Croix resident Rakeem Christmas is packing his bags and leaving for Turkey. Christmas, the 36th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, has been languishing on the “Mad Ants” in the D-League which is the Indiana Pacers farm team. Sources close to the Pacers say

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Foul trouble continued to plague Rakeem Christmas on Thursday as the Mad Ants lost their fourth-straight game, coming up short against the Westchester Knicks by a score of 98-86 After scoring six of Fort Wayne’s first 13 points, Indiana’s rookie, while matched up against the more

 Rakeem Christmas INDIANAPOLIS – It is every player’s dream to get called up to the “big leagues.” But for Rakeem Christmas, the NBA dream only lasted for two days and one game – and he didn’t even get any playing time. Christmas was called up by the Indiana Pacers before

Rakeem Christmas of St. Croix By MARK MONTIETH/Special To The V.I. Free Press INDIANAPOLIS – Frank Vogel has a mounting problem, one that threatens to keep him up nights and could, theoretically, infiltrate his locker room and do damage to his won-loss record. And he knows just who to blame

Rakeem Christmas and Paul George INDIANAPOLIS – Years ago, the day after the Pacers season ended, many players would be on the first flight out to their hometown or favorite vacation spot. Roy Hibbert was actually one of the first one to change the culture, as far as staying in town to

  Rakeem Christmas INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers have officially filled out their 15-man roster for the 2015-16 season. Their team has all been signed to guaranteed contracts. On Tuesday, the Pacers had the signings of the following players become official: St. Croix’s Rakeem Christmas, Glenn Robinson III, Shayne Whittington,

  Rakeem Christmas He had first lost Rob Murphy. The former Syracuse assistant turned Eastern Michigan head coach convinced Rakeem Christmas to spurn archrival Georgetown, only to depart the program prior to Christmas’s freshman season in 2011–12, before the promising frontcourt prospect had even set foot on Syracuse’s snowy, picturesque

           Rakeem Christmas of St. Croix SYRACUSE — The Indiana Pacers acquired the rights to Rakeem Christmas, the 36th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers last month. The Indiana Pacers traded their recently acquired future second-round pick received from the Los Angeles Lakers as

INDIANAPOLIS — St. Croix-raised pro basketball player Rakeem Christmas was part of the NBA’s rookie orientation over the weekend. That process included photos — lots of photos — as well as videos to assert the playful side of each NBA prospect. Here’s Christmas, whose embryonic NBA career has already included two trades (Minnesota

INDIANAPOLIS – It was roughly a year ago when Paul George suffered one of the more gruesome injuries you’ll ever see, breaking his right leg during a Team USA scrimmage in Las Vegas and immediately sending the Indiana Pacers into a tailspin. Before the injury, the Pacers were listed at 14-to-1