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November 29, 2014
7:00 PM ET
Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN

Indiana Pacers
10-18, 4th in Central Division, 11th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - C.J. Watson | Donald Sloan | George Hill
SG - Rodney Stuckey | Chris Copeland
SF - Solomon Hill
PF - David West | Luis Scola | Lavoy Allen | Damjan Rudez
C - Roy Hibbert | Shayne Whittington

Chicago Bulls
21-9, 1st in Central Division, 4th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5



Rotation
PG - Derrick Rose | Aaron Brooks
SG - Jimmy Butler | Kirk Hinrich | Tony Snell | E'Twaun Moore
SF - Mike Dunleavy
PF - Pau Gasol | Taj Gibson | Nikola Mirotic
C - Joakim Noah | Nazr Mohammed | Cameron Bairstow

Injury Report
Pacers
Ian Mahinmi (foot) - Out
Paul George (leg) - Likely out for season
C.J. Miles (ilness) - Questionable
Damjan Rudez (illness) - Questionable

Bulls
Kirk Hinrich (hamstring) - Questionable
Doug McDermott (knee) - Out

Hey guys, looking forward to tonight, Pacers/Bulls is always a game. You might want to add our current best player to the lineup though. That is unless something horrible happened that i don't know about yet.

Jimmy Butler is having a heck of a year, what kind of salary are you expecting to pay to keep him? He's stated he wants the max, and considering how well he's playing and the lack of talent at 2 position in the NBA, he's worth it.

Jermainevent wrote:Jimmy Butler is having a heck of a year, what kind of salary are you expecting to pay to keep him? He's stated he wants the max, and considering how well he's playing and the lack of talent at 2 position in the NBA, he's worth it.

I'm sure there are more active posters that can break this down with way greater detail than I can, but I don't see any scenario where Butler is not a Bull next year. His max number is lower than most due to his years in the league, and the bulls have wanted an all star shooting guard forever. I think Bulls can and will offer him a bigger contract than anyone, and I'm excited to see him a Bulls uni for years.

Also excited for PG to come back and for some more epic bulls/pacers battles.

Royce wrote:

Jermainevent wrote:Jimmy Butler is having a heck of a year, what kind of salary are you expecting to pay to keep him? He's stated he wants the max, and considering how well he's playing and the lack of talent at 2 position in the NBA, he's worth it.

I'm sure there are more active posters that can break this down with way greater detail than I can, but I don't see any scenario where Butler is not a Bull next year. His max number is lower than most due to his years in the league, and the bulls have wanted an all star shooting guard forever. I think Bulls can and will offer him a bigger contract than anyone, and I'm excited to see him a Bulls uni for years.

Also excited for PG to come back and for some more epic bulls/pacers battles.

Agreed, 2 way players like Butler don't come around very often, we are lucky to have one ourselves in PG13. We need to add some young talent to our roster to get back on the level of the Raptors, Wizards, Hawks, Cavs, and you guys. We are stuck in an odd position where we could still make the playoffs but IMO I believe it's more detrimental than positive to get swept in the first round and costing ourselves a high draft pick.

Royce wrote:Hey guys, looking forward to tonight, Pacers/Bulls is always a game. You might want to add our current best player to the lineup though. That is unless something horrible happened that i don't know about yet.

Wow. Spaced it on that one. Fixed it.

Pacers are making a run, great hustle and play by the second unit.

Pacers making a comeback!!!

HOLY **** COPELAND

A lot of unselfish dudes in that second unit, making the extra pass.

Best **** game of the season.

Defense is playing great with Scola and Allen on the floor together.

What a **** call at the end. Vogel was calling the TO with 2 seconds left. . 5? Seriously? Got screwed.

Definitely got hosed, ref has to be more aware. Really proud of the second unit though, especially Copeland, came up huge down the stretch aside for a late turnover.

I'm proud of the fight that this team displayed down the stretch. It sucks that it didn't result in a win but c'est la vie. I just want to focus on the heart that our guys showed in this near comeback and congratulate each one of them. That's all that matters for me.

Nuntius wrote:I'm proud of the fight that this team displayed down the stretch. It sucks that it didn't result in a win but c'est la vie. I just want to focus on the heart that our guys showed in this near comeback and congratulate each one of them. That's all that matters for me.

Agreed completely,

Last year this game would have pissed me off beyond belief, this year I am just happy with our effort. I think Vogel made the right decision leaving the bench in and we got a great last look it just didn't go.

Great effort for the comeback. Copland played super well.
Unfortunately shows that we can't get down by a million points every game before waking up.


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I think the Pacers should try to showcase Copeland before the trading deadline, maybe a playoff team feels like they're missing an offensive spark off the bench and Copeland is the answer for their playoff run. I could see a team giving up a early second round pick for him if they felt like they were a sharpshooter away from a deep run. Scola and Watson both could have some value for some young team's looking for some veteran leadership in the playoffs.

Jermainevent wrote:

Royce wrote:

Jermainevent wrote:Jimmy Butler is having a heck of a year, what kind of salary are you expecting to pay to keep him? He's stated he wants the max, and considering how well he's playing and the lack of talent at 2 position in the NBA, he's worth it.

I'm sure there are more active posters that can break this down with way greater detail than I can, but I don't see any scenario where Butler is not a Bull next year. His max number is lower than most due to his years in the league, and the bulls have wanted an all star shooting guard forever. I think Bulls can and will offer him a bigger contract than anyone, and I'm excited to see him a Bulls uni for years.

Also excited for PG to come back and for some more epic bulls/pacers battles.

Agreed, 2 way players like Butler don't come around very often, we are lucky to have one ourselves in PG13. We need to add some young talent to our roster to get back on the level of the Raptors, Wizards, Hawks, Cavs, and you guys. We are stuck in an odd position where we could still make the playoffs but IMO I believe it's more detrimental than positive to get swept in the first round and costing ourselves a high draft pick.

Welcome to my life last year.