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Raising Elite Champions NYC Due to his stint in China Born Ready denied Access to NBABubble Lance Stephenson is currently training in Indianapolis but he wishes he were in Orlando for the NBA restart. The Brooklyn native who turns 30 in September was 99 percent set to sign a deal with the Indiana Pacers before the pandemic hit in March but was not permitted to sign with the league after spending the first part of this season in China he and his agent said Friday in a joint phone interview. Yeah definitely I wanted to play in Orlando Stephenson said. Reggie Brown his agent with Priority Sports said Stephenson was on the brink of resigning with the Pacers in March.