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Per ESPN.

Oladipo and Sabonis headed to Indy.

Hart, Kuzma, and Randall seem more valuable.
Marketing wise this trade is an attempt by the Pacers.

Good for the NBA, even if it's just for a year. Shake it up. Move talent around.

Pretty poor return. Pritchard didn't have the kind of offers we thought he had.

Bye Felicia

I'm actually happy with the return. Oladipo is young and showed a lot in OKC and Sabonis was a lottery pick only a year ago.

Well, at least now we know.

Indy has no one to blame but themselves..they claim they were blindsided but reports of George going to La happened during the season.

If they trade him at the deadline they could have gotten a lot more

Western conference and not Lakers. Hope a pick included.

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In a matter of hours we turned Teague/PG into Dipo/Sabonis. Pretty bad start to the offseason for us. And we lost cap space in the PG trade as Dipo is paid more.

Our bigs rotation is super crowded now:

Thad/Sabonis/Leaf/Christmas
Turner/Jefferson/Seraphin/Abignobu

Plus weren't we trying to develop Niang into a stretch 4? There has to be a move coming there.

This return is incredibly light. Twitter reporting there are zero picks involved. Wow.

EricAnderson wrote:Indy has no one to blame but themselves..they claim they were blindsided but reports of George going to La happened during the season.

If they trade him at the deadline they could have gotten a lot more

100%.

So, where do the Pacers go from here?

Grang33r wrote:

EricAnderson wrote:Indy has no one to blame but themselves..they claim they were blindsided but reports of George going to La happened during the season.

If they trade him at the deadline they could have gotten a lot more

100%.

So, where do the Pacers go from here?

Build around Turner. Take a look at our new young guys. Hope to see signs of a spark or something from GR3 or Oladipo. Hand the keys and the ball to Lance. Look for a value wing somewhere.

Waive Al Jefferson.

Anyone think Simon may have pushed for this deal because of Dipo loving Indy and being another hometown hero? Just seems odd we get reports of Teague going to Minny and then a little bit later this finally happens.

pacers33granger wrote:Anyone think Simon may have pushed for this deal because of Dipo loving Indy and being another hometown hero? Just seems odd we get reports of Teague going to Minny and then a little bit later this finally happens.

It might get some IU basketball fans to buy some tickets to some games next year. If we're not gonna be that good, that's the least that can happen I guess. There are almost definitely more IU basketball fans around here than Pike or Broad Ripple HS basketball fans.

There's always at least some chance he'll grow some if we give him a bigger role.

Another move that makes the NBA seem rigged

I like this trade. They both are young proven players, both will likely start, and fit nicely with what the Pacers are doing now. Everybody always wants more but thankful this mess is over.

PG is out west now and not with the Lakers. The Laker fans think the junk they were offering was better. What a joke.

Larry Bird screwed up last trading deadline and Pritchard got the best he could out of bad hand.

To me the big loser here is Danny Ainge and the Celtics. PG and Butler available at bargain prices and he chokes. He could of had both of them with his assets.

Grang33r wrote:

EricAnderson wrote:Indy has no one to blame but themselves..they claim they were blindsided but reports of George going to La happened during the season.

If they trade him at the deadline they could have gotten a lot more

100%.

So, where do the Pacers go from here?

Total rebuild..just go young get a few high picks the next few years and go from there

Mediocre is the worst place to be in the NBA..you're better off hitting rock bottom and the Pacers should be there next year

I think Oladipo is a better offensive player then he showed in okc. Look at his defensive numbers, he's legit. Just a bad fit alongside Russ.

Lol Oladipo is a midget SG who can not shoot. Stop hyping stuff.

Knrstz wrote:I think Oladipo is a better offensive player then he showed in okc. Look at his defensive numbers, he's legit. Just a bad fit alongside Russ.

Not a great fit alongside Lance either...

EricAnderson wrote:

Grang33r wrote:

EricAnderson wrote:Indy has no one to blame but themselves..they claim they were blindsided but reports of George going to La happened during the season.

If they trade him at the deadline they could have gotten a lot more

100%.

So, where do the Pacers go from here?

Total rebuild..just go young get a few high picks the next few years and go from there

Mediocre is the worst place to be in the NBA..you're better off hitting rock bottom and the Pacers should be there next year

Mediocre is the worst place in any sport, not just the NBA. If you have no chance to compete with the best, than what is the point? Get to the bottom and get stars to help you move up. This trade and their free agency scares me... seems like a team who will try to put together a playoff caliber team.

Like you said, worst case.