In 2013, the Pacers hired Pete Philo, a highly respected international scout but also a convicted rapist, who impregnated a 15-year-old student who attended a school where he once worked.



This is according to Deadspin, which did a deep dive into Philo’s ugly history, a predatory past that could’ve been uncovered with a few casual keystrokes that would’ve revealed his inclusion on multiple state sex offender registries.



According to the article, when Philo was hired, the victim’s older brother reached out to the Pacers. The team, which was being led by Larry Bird at a time when he had just returned from a one-year hiatus, responded that they would look into the issue, but nobody followed up with the brother and nobody, it appears, attempted to dig into the ugly circumstances surrounding Philo.



“I reached out to the Indiana Pacers on their website and said, ‘You’ve got a pedophile on your staff that you should look...