Indiana Pacers guard George Hill shows up at stranger’s house, dunks randomly, leaves
By Eric Maroun
While it appears George Hill is sizing up Mario Chalmers, he was really dreaming about random dunks at strangers’ homes. Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
To say that the Indiana Pacers have experienced a difficult past several months is akin to saying that Abraham Lincoln’s experience at Our American Cousin could have gone better. Since jumping out to a fantastic 33-7 start last year, the team hailing from Lincoln’s boyhood home saw their season go up in flames in the second half, witnessed Roy Hibbert’s bizarre decline in rapid fashion during the playoffs, were easily disposed of for the third consecutive year by the Miami Heat, saw Lance Stephenson leave for greener pastures in Charlotte in free agency, and went from probable top four seed in the East to possible lottery squad when Paul George was lost for the season due to a gruesome leg injury sustained during the World Cup.
But not all is gloom and doom for the Pacers. While some NBA stars interact with the community through volunteering at soup kitchens, helping build Habitat for Humanity houses, and donating their money to worthy causes, Indianapolis native George Hill took a different approach. Per his Instagram and Facebook accounts, Hill appears to have shown up at a random person’s house, grabbed a ball that was laying around, shot a video of dunking on their eight-foot tall hoop, and presumably left without the homeowner being aware of what just took place. How Hill arrived at the house and whether he did actually know the owner is up for debate, but if we take Hill’s story at face value, it appears that I should be peeking out my windows more often to see if any other NBA stars are showing up in random Indy neighborhoods.
Of course, knowing how 2014 has treated the Pacers thus far, there’s a greater than zero percent chance that Hill will be charged with trespassing for this incident. However, at least for now, spirits seem to be improving in the Hoosier state.