Mayo Traded to Pacers? On hold?

Crossova21 · Post #1 » by **Crossova21** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:57 pm

Out: McRoberts and Rush

In: Mayo

http://www.hoopsworld.com/indiana-pacers-trade-oj-mayo/

Ready for this season to start!

Granger da OG · Post #2 » by **Granger da OG** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:02 pm

Beat me to it. NBA you have been put on notice the Indiana Pacers have arrived to the party.

Pacersike · Post #3 » by **Pacersike** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:03 pm

We added West, Mayo and Hill and got rid of Rush

Post #4 » by **mizzoupacers** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:03 pm

Holy ****! Another good roster move!

I'm not sure what I think of Mayo. I'm worried he's an incurable knucklehead, but what the hell, he's very talented and the Pacers aren't risking much of anything here. McRoberts and Rush are spare parts, and Mayo's contract is short and they can ship him out soon enough if he doesn't work out.

Wooo!!! This is the most excited I've been about the Pacers in many years.

basketballwacko2 · Post #5 » by **basketballwacko2** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:13 pm

Here is hoping that OJ Mayo lives up to his potential! Nice move TBD but I'm nominating Larry Legend for the Exec of the year!!

granger05 · Post #6 » by **granger05** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:23 pm

I don't know what to make of Mayo either but I want this deal to get done. Is it official? I can't find confirmation anywhere. Nice little offseason by us. Whoever lands Paul or Howard can claim to have had a better offseason, but I think that's it.

Val Holliday · Post #7 » by **Val Holliday** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:25 pm

I'll wait for another source to confirm, but regardless seems like it will happen. Happy days!

Dreamz · Post #8 » by **Dreamz** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:30 pm

The story was taken down from that site.

Val Holliday · Post #9 » by **Val Holliday** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:32 pm

Story is still up just that link went down

http://www.hoopsworld.com/indiana-pacer ... um=twitter

Post #10 » by **Miller4ever** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:52 pm

Mayo is a good shooter, and a decent defender. He'll bring more will to the party than Rush as well. Seriously excited.

Granger da OG · Post #11 » by **Granger da OG** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:15 pm

Crap it seems like there is more bad info out there this year than normal

chube · Post #12 » by **chube** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:16 pm

According to Mike Wells' Twitter, McBob's agent is denying it. Could be typical agent talk though.

frizzledizzle · Post #13 » by **frizzledizzle** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:37 pm

chube wrote:According to Mike Wells' Twitter, McBob's agent is denying it. Could be typical agent talk though.

McRoberts was probably excited about the prospect of playing with the Grizzlies until he realized he'd still have to hang out around Brandon Rush.

Moooose · Post #14 » by **Moooose** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:45 pm

Not much info on the trade yet.. but i hope it is true. Damn, we're back baby!!

granger05 · Post #15 » by **granger05** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:45 pm

Rush starred in McRoberts' "White Men Can't Jump" video. I assumed that they've been shopping a screenplay together and working on some kind of buddy comedy. I think if he backed out it must be because the Griz are refusing to take Rush.

jowglenn · Post #16 » by **jowglenn** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:16 pm

Seriously, guys, can we at least wait until this is a sure thing before we start clapping and cheering? I mean, we have kind of jumped the gun on a Mayo-trade-celebration before... and that sure fell through.

So let's just wait a second until it's official... ok?

Ah, what the hell, assuming it happens, what a great offseason for the Pacers (and we're not even done yet! We amnestied Posey, so obv we might be using even more of that cap space).

TJFordisGod · Post #17 » by **TJFordisGod** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:31 pm

Miller4ever wrote:Mayo is a good shooter, and a decent defender. He'll bring more will to the party than Rush as well. Seriously excited.

He's actually become a very streaky shooter with questionable shot selection and bad defense. Which is the reason why he was benched last year and the Grizzlies proved to benefit in doing so. Hopefully a change of scenery is exactly what he needs to excel. The starting five looks legit on paper, can't wait to see how it turns out.

Wizop · Post #18 » by **Wizop** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:50 pm

I think amnesting Posey means we've used space rather than we're freeing it. sounds backwards but there is a minimum salary and until we signed West we might have needed Posey's salary to avoid being too low. now that we've added some contracts, we can dump one.

Post #19 » by **Miller4ever** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:59 pm

TJFordisGod wrote:
Miller4ever wrote:Mayo is a good shooter, and a decent defender. He'll bring more will to the party than Rush as well. Seriously excited.

He's actually become a very streaky shooter with questionable shot selection and bad defense. Which is the reason why he was benched last year and the Grizzlies proved to benefit in doing so. Hopefully a change of scenery is exactly what he needs to excel. The starting five looks legit on paper, can't wait to see how it turns out.

I should clarify. Yeah, he is streaky, but his 3-point percentage for his first two years was nice, and he can hit free throws. I hope he gets back on track because he CAN be a good shooter (fundamentals are there).

adjacent2bench · Post #20 » by **adjacent2bench** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:05 pm

You guys I think have had the best offseason so far. Props.