Wells: First Week of Camp

Post #1 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 3:44 am

Mike Wells wrote:The Pacers wrapped up their first week of training camp Sunday with an intersquad scrimmage in which coach Jim O'Brien and assistant Dan Burke were the officials.

http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider ... _of_c.html

Also included are a few observations about Croshere, Marquis, Hibbert, and TJ Ford. Definitely should make you feel better about all four of those guys.

Comments? Questions? Concerns? Have at ya Pacers fans!

MillerTime101 · Post #2 » by **MillerTime101** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 7:11 am

Link?

Post #3 » by **Gremz** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 8:04 am

I'm absolutely loving the positive energy flowing from the guys. They look as excited as we are about the upcoming season. I have a feeling we are gonna have one of the more well-rounded rosters in the NBA this season. With that i mean everyone knows their job and they'll all be hungry to go out there and get it done. hopefully trying to out do themselves in the process, and securing more proficient PT. Exciting times!!!

Post #4 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 2:07 pm

MillerTime101 wrote:Link?

Wow. My bad. It's in the original post now.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #5 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 5:09 pm

I love how everyone is saying Hibbert moves much better than advertised.

HicksvsKnicks08 · Post #6 » by **HicksvsKnicks08** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 5:28 pm

Scoot,

I know its easy to take a big swig of the perverbial "kool-aid" but I really think the Rookies will be even better then advertised.

The biggest challenge I think is how to reduce the ammount of fouls per game. I think we were last in FT differential last year.

sily question but how do you "work on not fouling" in practice?

Post #7 » by **Gremz** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:45 pm

^^^
You don't, you just work on the Bruce Bowen method. ie still fouling but being able to get away with it.

HicksvsKnicks08 · Post #8 » by **HicksvsKnicks08** » Mon Oct 6, 2008 7:30 pm

You don't, you just work on the Bruce Bowen method. ie still fouling but being able to get away with it.

LOL,

Classic!

Post #9 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Tue Oct 7, 2008 2:24 am

HicksvsKnicks08 wrote:Scoot,

I know its easy to take a big swig of the perverbial "kool-aid" but I really think the Rookies will be even better then advertised.

The biggest challenge I think is how to reduce the ammount of fouls per game. I think we were last in FT differential last year.

sily question but how do you "work on not fouling" in practice?

You work on fundamentals. You work on footwork. You work on form, such as no hand checks, keeping up with guys without having to bump or grab. There's also a lot of instinct that goes into it.

Post #10 » by **Gremz** » Tue Oct 7, 2008 7:21 am

DGrangeRx33 wrote:I love how everyone is saying Hibbert moves much better than advertised.

He's even better than THAT!

IndieRuso420 · Post #11 » by **IndieRuso420** » Tue Oct 7, 2008 5:49 pm

Is anyone going to Pepsi Coloseum for the throw back game?