We're better than you think

[granger05]

Last year, I felt like there were some obvious holes in our team. This offseason many of those were addressed by trades and also by Granger's development. We could still use an athletic interior defender, but we have a lot of solid pieces. However, our record has been dismal, and we can't put wins together even as our schedule has lightened up. We've also been decimated by injuries.

Despite all this we are 15-14 since the start of the new year. That includes an 8-9 stretch when Dunleavy was playing, but a 7-5 record even as we've been short handed. We still have an easy remaining schedule and we're 3 games out of the 8th spot right now with a bunch of other teams that haven't really established themselves either. The bottom of the East is wide open. Even Detroit is only 8-18 over that same stretch.

Our playoff hopes are kept afloat by the incompetence of our peers.

[kdawg531]

Let's beat the Celtics on Friday who have no Garnett, and go for another 3 game winning streak the next game.

We can do this.

[cjacobs2007]

We've beaten some of the elite teams in the league this year - Celtics, Cavs, Magic, Lakers. I think we are a lot better than our record shows. We've struggled with consistency and injuries this year which have really hurt.

[Miller4ever]

The Pacers are going all the way...








































...to the 8th seed.

[TJFordisGod]

^ lol, if Granger and Dunleavy were healthy I would agree.

[bballpacen]

I am fearing a repeat of O6-07 when we were bad enough to miss the playoffs, but to "good" to keep our draft pick... While obviously we dont owe our pick to anyone, we still will be drafting late in the lottery in a bad draft year... About the worst possible scenario, IMO