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Indy Star: O'Brien Expects No Moves
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:30 pm
by PacerGuy
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... /802210503
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Quick Hits:
Team president Larry Bird will continue to work the phones up to the deadline as he tries to fix a team that could be on its way to missing the playoffs for the second straight season. Bird is having a difficult time pulling off a trade because the two players the Pacers wouldn't mind moving -- Jermaine O'Neal and Jamaal Tinsley -- are both injured..........Still, Pacers forward Ike Diogu continues to be planted deep on the bench, and O'Brien has no intention of giving him significant minutes until he gets a better grasp of the offensive and defensive system. "Like everybody has to, he has to earn minutes," O'Brien said........Center David Harrison joined Tinsley and O'Neal in street clothes Wednesday with a right ankle injury. The Pacers don't have a timetable for Harrison's return.
Hope this is coach-speak & not GM-speak.
We should be pressing like no other to move Murph & Tins (yeah, I know...), as w/ Tins gone & Murph's $ gone, I am content to let JO ride out the season if need be, & go w/ him n/y (if he stays committed to us).
I edited the thread title to include the source in the title. Just FYI - Scoot
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:08 pm
by Miller4ever
We need Jamaal a little more, because we don't have young guys at the position to fill in even close to what he does in this offense.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:44 pm
by harding156
And Pat Riley said he wasn't trading Shaq. Coaches, GMs, Presidents, Owners, etc...they're all full of it.
Edit: With that said, I doubt they do anything. At least anything that actually improves the outlook of the team. I think their plan is to hold on to Jermaine until we can't even get someone from the D-League with him.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:45 pm
by xxSnEaKyPxx
harding156 wrote:And Pat Riley said he wasn't trading Shaq. Coaches, GMs, Presidents, Owners, etc...they're all full of it.
+1
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:07 pm
by mizzoupacers
The Pacers just aren't in a position to make an in-season trade.
With JO and Tinsley hurt, we don't have anyone who could help a contending team down the stretch. At least, not anyone we'd be willing to part with.
And we can't help out-of-contention teams either, because we are in no position to help other teams dump salary.
So there you have it.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:01 pm
by Grang33r
harding156 wrote:And Pat Riley said he wasn't trading Shaq. Coaches, GMs, Presidents, Owners, etc...they're all full of it.
Edit: With that said, I doubt they do anything. At least anything that actually improves the outlook of the team. I think their plan is to hold on to Jermaine until we can't even get someone from the D-League with him.
Yes they are, but they are in a much different position then we are. What's JOB supposed to say? "Yes, we really need to make a trade for a PG".... then something falls though and he totally lost confidence of Tinsley and Diener.... coach always needs to speak to make his current roster happy.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:05 pm
by fdefore
mizzoupacers wrote:The Pacers just aren't in a position to make an in-season trade.
With JO and Tinsley hurt, we don't have anyone who could help a contending team down the stretch. At least, not anyone we'd be willing to part with.
we're not really in a position to make off-season trades either.
i fully expect nothing to happen for the pacers. maybe some action for the cavs and raptors though.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:07 pm
by count55
Grang33r wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Yes they are, but they are in a much different position then we are. What's JOB supposed to say? "Yes, we really need to make a trade for a PG".... then something falls though and he totally lost confidence of Tinsley and Diener.... coach always needs to speak to make his current roster happy.
That would explain his comments about Ike in the same article, then.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:28 pm
by 90sB-BallRocked
One thing I will say. If we do nothing, at least Bird didnt gave in to the public mass and take another bad trade on .
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:41 pm
by mizzoupacers
fdefore wrote:we're not really in a position to make off-season trades either.
You could very well be right. I'm still hopeful, though, that someone might want JO or Tinsley if they can ever get healthy and stay there. Although maybe hoping for them to get healthy is like hoping to turn on the kitchen sink tomorrow and get beer instead of tap water.