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Apparently it actually wasn't an injury, they just made that up, he was suspended..........

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 2/SPORTS04

Nice catch...thanks.

I'm wondering what he did? And if it's gonna be more than 1 game......

I really like the changes the Pacers have made to the team. Tinsley seems to be one of the last malcontents on the team.

Nice win over Golden State!!

Film session altercation....hmmmm.... Did someone throw in the end of the PHX game by chance?

I have a feeling we'll be shopping him over the next month.

If it was an incident during a film session I don't see it being more than one game. Harrison only got 5 for substance abuse. It was probably just to send a message. I do think we'll be shopping him, though, and that we'll get back less talent if we trade him.

We won't get back less talent if we send him to New York...

You don't think so? I don't think New York has anyone with MORE talent now

Straight up for Ridnour. Seattle is looking to trade Rid for a point guard and we are looking to trade Tinsley for a point guard. Its a perfect trade.

Not to start up a trade thread here, but I love Jamal Crawford. The way Isiah thinks, I'm almost certain he'd swap them...and it'll work through the CBA.

Geez, but having Tinsley on our team is depressing.

The Pacers need to cut ties with him. But since we have no other legit point guard, and because he is so deeply into "our problem for your problem" trade territory, it's almost hopeless.

We can trade him for a better talent who is even more of a disruptive presence. Or a less disruptive guy who is also less talented. Or someone whose talent/disruption quotients cancel each other out to roughly the same extent that Tinsley's do.

I'm back to thinking the Pacers' #1 priority in next summer's draft is a pg who rids the team of its dependence on Tinsley. Tinsley is just never going to take us anywhere we want to go.

If we trade him for Ridnour our point guard situation stays the same, plus I'm in belief that Luke just needs a change of scenery before he proves to be a legit point guard.

I don't know about Ridnour.

Not sure Seattle wants Tin's contract either.
Luke would not be bad, but not sure he is the answer.
I am not against the Crawford deal - maybe add Harrison for R. Morris?
JC would give us a true SG & a scorer - I question his "team" forsight though, as he tends to be a bit of a "flick". His contract is worrysome too, so not sure how we could add to help us out there either...

PacerGuy wrote:I am not against the Crawford deal - maybe add Harrison for R. Morris?

I'm a fan of Hulk, but not sure we could rid ourselves of our latest disciplinary problems in one deal.

My big problem with Jamal Crawford is that he's basically lost everywhere he's been, and he's owed over $8 million more than Tinsley over the same four year period. This year's salary alone would vault us over the tax threshhold.

As nice as it would be to be rid of the problems surrounding Tinsley, the truth is that an incident like this makes it harder for us to move him.

This is like the fifth or sixth time that Tinsley's done something that was seemingly sure to end his tenure here. The guy clearly has 9 lives in Indy.

I don't see TPTB just dumping him, and I don't see them going over the tax threshhold to move him. Right, wrong, or indifferent, they are not going to intentionally go into the tank this season.

You're probably right on all accounts Count (hey that kinda rhymed), but I see New York as the most likely destination for Jamal because Isiah would probably have a "solid body part" for acquiring new talent and his old "boy" in Jamaal. From what I've heard, Knicks' fans would go nuts for J.T. as well.

I used to think that ridding ourselves of Jamaal without a true PG in return would end us, but lately I'm learning that's not the case. We played in one of the most inspiring games of the season last night against Golden State, without J.T. and because without Jermaine (and Hulk and Ike to boot).

I do not want Crawford at all.

Tinsley for someone that doesn't seem like a headcase.

If we did the Crawford deal, look at our rotation. As I would see it anyway.

Diener/Daniels
Crawford/Rush
Granger/Daniels
Dunleavy/Diogu
O'Neal/Murphy