Rik Smits spent over a decade in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, where he was affectionately known as "The Dunking Dutchman." Eleven years removed from his final NBA game, his nickname might need to ...

Dirk Nowitzki or Rik Smits? Rik Smits or Dirk Nowitzki? Those questions caused some confusion to one man, who mixed the two former NBA players up while at a restaurant, according to Nowitzki. "Walked ...

Long after he sank his last hoop for Marist College, even following a dozen years in the NBA, Rik Smits still looked for some action. So when the former Red Fox was living in upstate Walton, he’d ...

The Indiana Pacers haven't been to the finals since 2000, when Jalen Rose, Reggie Miller and Rik Smits carried them into a matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. They lost in six games as center ...

Do you remember Rik Smits? Of course you do. The Dunkin' Dutchman, as he was called, was the Tonto to Reggie Miller's Lone Ranger, giving the Pacers a legitimate inside presence during the playoffs in ...

It used to be a “once-in-a-long-time kind of thing,” Derrik Smits said, that he could beat his dad on the basketball court. Now 52 and 2 inches taller than his 7-foot-2 son, former NBA All-Star Rik ...

Naturally, the focal point of retired Pacers All-Star Rik Smits' sprawling home in Zionsville is an indoor basketball court. It's a regulation half-court in the basement with three hoops, a scoreboard ...

We thought, maybe, his obsession would wane. It didn't. Former Pacers big man Rik Smits is as immersed in two-wheel, motor-propelled gadgets as ever. Over the weekend, he went to the Indiana ...