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What do you expect from Darren? What's his stats next season?

14/7/3/1.5

45% FG

More importantly I expect him to catalyze our oftentimes headless-chicken-to-a-three-point-chuck motion offense. With him I expect everyone else to have a better year than last, especially Hibbert.

I expect him to be the best pg the Pacers have had since Mark Jackson. I don't really care what his individual stats are, I just want him to bring out the best in his new teammates.

Yeah, it wouldn't do if he had Oscar Robertson-type numbers with Clippers-type win percentages.

Yeah I'd like him assisting, but only shooting open shots.

Collison - 15.3ppg/3.9rpg/7.1assts/2.0stls/0.1blks

I Thimphu depends on how hi is used. On a pick and roll offense he is magic. I could see him putting up 17 and 7 and making a claim for an ASG EAST spot. I think though he'll score less and assist more. So I think 15 and 8 sounds right. Really excited by Indy this season!

Clangus wrote:I Thimphu depends on how hi is used. On a pick and roll offense he is magic. I could see him putting up 17 and 7 and making a claim for an ASG EAST spot. I think though he'll score less and assist more. So I think 15 and 8 sounds right. Really excited by Indy this season!

I'm not sure about the all star game, but he'll be a valuable asset for sure.

pacers33 wrote:

Clangus wrote:I Thimphu depends on how hi is used. On a pick and roll offense he is magic. I could see him putting up 17 and 7 and making a claim for an ASG EAST spot. I think though he'll score less and assist more. So I think 15 and 8 sounds right. Really excited by Indy this season!

I'm not sure about the all star game, but he'll be a valuable asset for sure.

Sorry I should be more specific. I dont think he'll make it, but i think he'll get some attention and some consideration. Especially if he puts up 17 and 7 and the Pacers are winning.

No way he gets in - too many name recognition spots taken up already
Rose, Rondo, Wade, Nelson, Mo Williams,

Mo Williams will get it this year for sure, he's the face of the Cavaliers now. I appreciate the insight, I'll stop by the Thunder board one day. .

pacers33 wrote:Mo Williams will get it this year for sure, he's the face of the Cavaliers now. I appreciate the insight, I'll stop by the Thunder board one day. .

For sure (its pretty quiet over that way though. lol

Mo Williams might just shrink back into obscurity. I don't think he's a step-up kind of guy.

Numbers wise? No idea, but am I thinking a breakout year will be on the cards for him as a PG and a leader.

I think he's a great fit into what the Pacers do. I don't think the same numbers he had in New Orleans is an impossibility. Agrueably Hibbert, Hansbrough, Granger, Dunleavy is a better group of finishers than Okafor, West, Peja and Thornton and couldn't that help his assist numbers? Do the Pacers actually play at a faster pace than New Orleans? O'Brien is fine with his point guards shooting and Collison was a very good shooter last year. Could he score just as well here as he did in New Orleans?

All that said, I'd be delighted with an efficient and low error averages of 14 pts, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and more wins.

If I don't get NBA League Pass I'll have to find some streams to watch a few Pacer games. I'm curious to see how Collison will perform once opposing teams begin to game plan for him. He wasn't really game planned for last season and he won't be sneaking up on anyone this season as a starting point guard. He turned the ball over at a substantial amount last season and that was without much defensive pressure so I'm really curious to see how he'll handle himself if that comes up. He should play well with Granger and Hibbert though. I'm kind of leaning towards 15/7 but wouldn't be surprised if he exceeded that slightly.

Collison has been killing it in the online posts on Pacers.com. He runs the team without hesitation and constantly makes the right decisions. He's also shooting at a very high percentage, and when he gets into the lane he's able to finish or kick out to the open man. My expectations right now is that he will post 15.5pts/3.7reb/8.0asst HOWEVER I think he has the potential to post 20pts/4reb/10asst. This guy is the real deal and I truly believe he could be an all-star as a Pacer sometime in the next couple years (depends on how others play).

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We traded for Darren Collison, not Chris Paul. If he does end up reaching those numbers I will change my name from ******* ***** to MUpacersSIC.

Indy2thaWindy wrote:^
We traded for Darren Collison, not Chris Paul. If he does end up reaching those numbers I will change my name from ******* ***** to MUpacersSIC.

Well that's not what I think he'll post this year. I just mean that I think he will eventually reach those numbers. I do think he's that good.