Pacers Sign David West (!!!)

Val Holliday · Post #1 » by **Val Holliday** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:59 pm

Per Wojo

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
David West has agreed to a 2 year, $20 million deal with Pacers, league source tells Y.

Great value if true, and Wojo is quite reliable.

Starkiller · Post #2 » by **Starkiller** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:02 pm

Wow, I don't think anyone could have predicted to get West on THAT good of a deal for us. Incredible!

sunsfever68 · Post #3 » by **sunsfever68** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:13 pm

Good signing for you guys. Now go get OJ Mayo for Josh McRoberts and you got a good squad!

basketballwacko2 · Post #4 » by **basketballwacko2** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:13 pm

Holy moley Batman!

2 yr $20 million is very favorable terms.

It's on the wire tap now!

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... ith_Pacers

Wire said the Celts couldn't find a taker for JO, I'll give them Dantahy Jones for him now that we have West signed!!!

High0ctane21 · Post #5 » by **High0ctane21** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:15 pm

Now if that OJ Mayo trade goes through, you guys will have yourselves a nice team.
Collison
Mayo
Granger
West
Hibbert

Nice young team.

Starkiller · Post #6 » by **Starkiller** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:17 pm

Coming off that knee injury, David West just hooked us up major w/ that deal. I'm sure he could have squeezed probably 5 mil more per year from us and demanded a larger deal. Two years is pretty much perfect. Makes me think he will ball out of his mind for those two years to make us wanna extended him for more money, after he proves himself.

Hope he and Roy can mesh well together.

basketballwacko2 · Post #7 » by **basketballwacko2** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:20 pm

sunsfever68 wrote:Good signing for you guys. Now go get OJ Mayo for Josh McRoberts and you got a good squad!

I wanted McBob back but this is awesume baby! I'll do that S&T for Mayo and feel great about our off season. 8-)

IrishLuck31 · Post #8 » by **IrishLuck31** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:24 pm

Really pumped about this. Only a 2 year deal? Now that is value.

Also excited that Mayo is still a possibility - after his good postseason I did not think Grizz would want to revisit trade.

IrishLuck31 · Post #9 » by **IrishLuck31** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:25 pm

Really pumped about this. Only a 2 year deal? Now that is value.

Also excited that Mayo is still a possibility - after his good postseason I did not think Grizz would want to revisit trade.

Moooose · Post #10 » by **Moooose** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:28 pm

Though i'd like Nene more than West, 2 years for $20mil is perfect. I expected him to ask for a larger contract but this is a win-win situation for both parties, especially Indy should (knock on wood) goes down again with an injury.
Couldn't be any better. I am a bit lukewarm on Mayo, as he could start over Paul George but it is a good problem to have.

Val Holliday · Post #11 » by **Val Holliday** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:31 pm

I don't mind George playing with the 2nd unit. I'd like to see him play some in tandem with Hill/Lance/Mayo at the 3. I feel like there is a good chance this is Danny's last year in Indy...but that's another discussion....

This is such great value, better than anyone could've hoped for on paper.

Pacersike · Post #12 » by **Pacersike** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:48 pm

Even better contract than I hoped for.

:rockon:

BadMojo · Post #13 » by **BadMojo** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:54 pm

High0ctane21 wrote:Now if that OJ Mayo trade goes through, you guys will have yourselves a nice team.
Collison
Mayo
Granger
West
Hibbert

Nice young team.

I agree.

West isn't extremely young anymore but he isn't over the hill either. At 31, the length of the deal is perfect. He has always been consistent and with his style of play, I wouldn't expect any drastic dropoff over the next two seasons. It's a good pickup.

Congrats Pacers fans.

jnzook · Post #14 » by **jnzook** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:57 pm

GREAT deal for us....if we land mayo, and sign someone to backup hibbert better than foster we are going to make major noise. I still wish we would've got in on that turiaf trade and landed him, he woulda been a good big backup at the 5

Post #15 » by **Miller4ever** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:08 pm

Just when I thought we were going to have a quiet offseason. This is great. Whatever big we sign next needs to bring some serious rebounding, though, because it is the biggest obvious weakness of this current roster.

Val Holliday · Post #16 » by **Val Holliday** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:21 pm

S&T McRoberts for Mayo, sign AK47 & Reggie Evans. Done deal, deep ass team. Legit 4 seed or more very reasonable.

Post #17 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:26 pm

2 yr/$20 million? Great work and great patience Bird.

SCourGe OF GoD · Post #18 » by **SCourGe OF GoD** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:50 pm

Props to Larry...i htought he would end up missing out on someone and than maybe deal granger for the clips minnesota pick or something but he stuck to his guns.

Cliff Levingston · Post #19 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:13 pm

Cliff Levingston likes what the Pacers are doing. It's not enough to get on the top tier but they could easily claim the title of 4th best team in the East behind Miami, the Bulls and Boston if things come together.

A rotation of something along these lines would be nice:

1. Collison, Hill
2. Mayo, George/Hill
3. Granger, George
4. West, Hansbrough
5. Hibbert, Foster

Scrappy and deep team there.

The worry about West though is that ACL. Guys who suffer that injury can come back and play within 9 months but usually it takes about 1.5 to 2 years before they're back in the form that they were pre-injury. Nonetheless, it's a nice signing.

Ruhiel · Post #20 » by **Ruhiel** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:34 pm

Congrats.