djsunyc wrote:xBulletproof wrote:It's kind of wild reading Pacers fans reactions after getting off work, they're acting like the world is ending or something.
No, for us the world ended about 7 minutes into game 7.
The Myles thing is just .... meh. He's good, but he's not irreplaceable. He also comes with an immediate team weakness on the boards (unless you have a guy like Giannis). I always had to watch the possession game, it was kind of how you could measure if this team was going to play well. The Pacers didn't turn the ball over, so they kept up with possessions that way, but we lost out on rebounds so much that we sometimes struggled at getting the same # of looks at the rim as our opponent.
It could be an entirely differnt world if Haliburton comes back to a team that can rebound. We could not turn the ball over, and win the boards? Both? What a novel idea. Good lord we will get 15-20 more looks at the rim than the opponent![]()
I'm not saying Myles isn't good, he is. However if there's a position you can cheap on in the NBA, I'd say it's the center position. None of what happened today is really that big to me.
We still have our MLE (which you can trade now, as well), trades and free agents. This front office has proven over the years they can put a team together, and they now have 2 offseasons to put together a team for Tyrese to return to.
emotionally, as a fan it would suck knowing your team is willing to just let players go purely for financial reasons.
on a basketball level, the pacers are basically at the cap in 26/27 if they waive all their cap holds. if you extend mathurin then you are over the cap that year. so the only way to add talent is via the MLE or trade 1 for multiple players. if you feel the MLE can get you a replacement for turner (not positionally but impact on the team i.e starter) then ok but it's a gamble.
The Pacers are going to find out that you cannot replace Turner for the MLE. Siakam’s game is going to suffer. All of his best seasons have come playing with a spacing C. The Pacers offense is also going to suffer as a whole. Having a floor spacing C is one of the best ways to generate high level offense. Having one that can actually defend is a rarity. Having a guy like Turner, even with his flaws, is a partial cheat code in the modern NBA. They really botched it by letting him go for what would have been a fair (and tradable) contract.