Indiana Pacers Draft Pick Watch Thread

kid idioteque · Post #281 » by **kid idioteque** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:04 am

Prez wrote:Brogdon honestly looks old and slow out there. 47% TS over his last 20 games and that should go down after tonight.

He's older than AD.

LittleRooster · Post #282 » by **LittleRooster** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:24 am

I was super down we lost Brogdan. I still think he’s a good player. Seems like since Olandipo got back he hasn’t been the same?

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blazza18 · Post #283 » by **blazza18** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:39 am

Need to thank Herb Simon for being the John Hammond of owners.

tedbrogen · Post #284 » by **tedbrogen** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:48 am

LittleRooster wrote:I was super down we lost Brogdan. I still think he’s a good player. Seems like since Olandipo got back he hasn’t been the same?

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He's a good player but a role player. Thus, he needs to be in certain situations to accentuate his strengths (driving to the basket, PnR with a big that can hit shots outside the lane, assassin from three if left open and time to get his shot off) and hide his weaknesses (chasing quick guards around screens, super slow release, needs the ball in his hands for a large portion of the shot clock to get his own shot, previous injury concerns would dictate his playing time should be limited in the mid-20s per game when right now Martin is playing more minutes than anyone on the Bucks).

Dipo is clearly not fully back. Him and Brogdon are a bad fit as they both are better with the ball in their hands. Dipo benefits more from an up-tempo style. Brogdon loves to play a slow, half-court pace. Neither one is especially good at defending quick guards right now (Dipo had a good reputation pre-injury, I believe).

Combine that with a coach who does not care at all about efficiency and a not super talented roster and you've got yourselves a classic treadmill team with second round ceiling. Dipo's injury severely limited that ceiling.

Jez2983 · Post #285 » by **Jez2983** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:26 am

drew881 wrote:Makur Maker ruled eligible for the draft.

First thing: where's Hammy picking.

Second: surely you guys can pump out some sweet mix tapes for the socials? Makur posting up an empty gym, hitting a few threes in a row, blocking an unathletic trainer type?

He'll be unable to breath

Beorn · Post #286 » by **Beorn** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:19 pm

According to a rule I just made up, if you get vastly outplayed by a 6'1", 120lbs. 17yo greek PG on his 2nd euroleague career game you have to postpone your draft declaration for a year. Yes, I am talking about you Theo Maledon.

TroyD92 · Post #287 » by **TroyD92** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:45 pm

Indiana is 2-8 in their last ten. Yikes. Wheels are about to come off. Not sure they’ll catch the bottom two in the East, but they have a chance to finish with a worse record than the 8th seed In the west.

Post #288 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:51 pm

TroyD92 wrote:Indiana is 2-8 in their last ten. Yikes. Wheels are about to come off. Not sure they’ll catch the bottom two in the East, but they have a chance to finish with a worse record than the 8th seed In the west.

In fairness, a lot of those games were against very good teams, but last night's loss was brutal - Toronto had their way with them. Toronto's getting overlooked a bit this season.

VooDoo7 · Post #289 » by **VooDoo7** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:58 pm

Not sure if this will hurt or help IND, but Jeremy Lamb is now out for the season after tearing his ACL last night.

FrieAaron · Post #290 » by **FrieAaron** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:14 pm

We now have more wins than Indiana is on pace for.

mcfromage · Post #291 » by **mcfromage** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:04 pm

TroyD92 wrote:Indiana is 2-8 in their last ten. Yikes. Wheels are about to come off. Not sure they’ll catch the bottom two in the East, but they have a chance to finish with a worse record than the 8th seed In the west.

Potential increasing we lose the pick this year?

TroyD92 · Post #292 » by **TroyD92** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:11 pm

mcfromage wrote:
TroyD92 wrote:Indiana is 2-8 in their last ten. Yikes. Wheels are about to come off. Not sure they’ll catch the bottom two in the East, but they have a chance to finish with a worse record than the 8th seed In the west.

Potential increasing we lose the pick this year?

I don’t think there’s any chance we lose the pick. Would love to see the odds of that. I think Orlando is five or six games under .500 atm.

Edit: Indiana is 9 games up on Orlando who is 3-7 in their last ten.

tedbrogen · Post #293 » by **tedbrogen** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:48 pm

Imagine a team your are chasing goes 2-8 and you only gain ONE GAME on them. Classic Hambone!

DrWood · Post #294 » by **DrWood** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:20 am

Lost Jeremy Lamb. Feel sorry about the injury and glad we haven't had to deal with such things.

raysbookclub · Post #295 » by **raysbookclub** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:08 am

TroyD92 wrote:
mcfromage wrote:
TroyD92 wrote:Indiana is 2-8 in their last ten. Yikes. Wheels are about to come off. Not sure they’ll catch the bottom two in the East, but they have a chance to finish with a worse record than the 8th seed In the west.

Potential increasing we lose the pick this year?

I don’t think there’s any chance we lose the pick. Would love to see the odds of that. I think Orlando is five or six games under .500 atm.

Edit: Indiana is 9 games up on Orlando who is 3-7 in their last ten.

Plus Kyrie's out for the year. If anyone's dropping into the lottery, it'd probably be the Nets, not the Pacers.

neiLz · Post #296 » by **neiLz** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:27 am

books wrote:
TroyD92 wrote:
mcfromage wrote:
Potential increasing we lose the pick this year?

I don’t think there’s any chance we lose the pick. Would love to see the odds of that. I think Orlando is five or six games under .500 atm.

Edit: Indiana is 9 games up on Orlando who is 3-7 in their last ten.

Plus Kyrie's out for the year. If anyone's dropping into the lottery, it'd probably be the Nets, not the Pacers.

Nets are better without kyrie. Hopefully they go on a streak and catch the Pacers.

Ron Swanson · Post #297 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:01 am

Ron Swanson wrote:I think they'll eventually settle back into that familiar ~48 win pace.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-nba-predictions/pacers/

emunney · Post #298 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:33 am

FrieAaron wrote:We now have more wins than Indiana is on pace for.

Realistically, we clinched the playoffs 12-15 games ago.

TroyD92 · Post #299 » by **TroyD92** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:27 pm

Gotta say I like Vassell

emunney · Post #300 » by **emunney** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:39 pm

TroyD92 wrote:Gotta say I like Vassell

I think he's got a great foundation. All around skillset, good length/athleticism, good instincts defensively, quick/active hands, consistent effort level/engagement. He's wiry strong and doesn't back down to bigger players. I think a sustained professional training and diet program would make him pretty formidable.