Pacers Sign Ron Howard, Darnell Jackson

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Indiana Pacers have signed free agents Ron Howard and Darnell Jackson.

Howard is a 6-5 guard-forward who played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League last season.

Jackson is a 6-8 forward who played with the Reno Bighorns of the D-League last season. He has played with Cleveland, Milwaukee and Sacramento in the NBA.

Via RealGM Staff Report

[caronimo]

isn't ron howard a movie director?

[Tenbomber]

isn't ron howard a movie director?

Yup.....He is...But perhaps he's better known as the fair haired and freckled childhood actor who played "Opie" on the old Andy Griffith show back in the fiftys and sixties....

It's funny that "The hick from french lick" of all people would sign a player with such an infamous name...