Christmas Wish List

Post #1 » by **Miller4ever** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:10 am

Make it Pacers related. What do you want to see out of this team?

I want Granger back healthy and 100%, and TJ Ford off the bench.

Dunthreevy · Post #2 » by **Dunthreevy** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:39 am

I want Lester Connor as our interim-coach, TJ Ford traded, and a completely healthy roster that's inspired by Lester Connor.

spudmonkey31 · Post #3 » by **spudmonkey31** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:22 am

I want the 2010 number 1 draft pick so we finally will have a PG

celtspacers · Post #4 » by **celtspacers** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:06 am

I want the Pacers to lose. Let the young guys play. Trade anyone except Hibbert Dunleavy or Tyler to get more 1st round picks. Get enough picks to get John Wall.

kdawg531 · Post #5 » by **kdawg531** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:44 am

AJ Price to get more playing time.

Post #6 » by **Miller4ever** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:51 am

celtspacers wrote:I want the Pacers to lose. Let the young guys play. Trade anyone except Hibbert Dunleavy or Tyler to get more 1st round picks. Get enough picks to get John Wall.

You want to leave Granger on the block and tank?

Usually it's one or the other.

And I like it neither.

Post #7 » by **Gremz** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:25 pm

Miller4ever wrote:
celtspacers wrote:I want the Pacers to lose. Let the young guys play. Trade anyone except Hibbert Dunleavy or Tyler to get more 1st round picks. Get enough picks to get John Wall.

You want to leave Granger on the block and tank?

Usually it's one or the other.

And I like it neither.

Seconded. Let's just keep growing as a team where we can. Whatever happens this season happens. There are a number of positives coming through that should all give us decent hope for the future.

My christmas wish is for Rush to find a way to be more involved on the offensive end. He's shown enough to become more than a "wait around the perimeter" type of guy.

Ideally I'd like to see more set plays for him off of screens as I think this kid could have a broad overall offensive game.

Post #8 » by **Miller4ever** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:30 pm

^^Yeah, Rush's abilities are best utilized in a more structured offense, because if he goes at it with a role and a goal, he can have more confidence that he won't screw up, leading to confidence that he can succeed.

Kuq_e_Zi91 · Post #9 » by **Kuq_e_Zi91** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:39 pm

1. trade murphy
2. trade ford
3. trade foster
4. give granger the remainder of the season off
5. start price

Reginald Wayne · Post #10 » by **Reginald Wayne** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:01 am

In no particular order.

Have Granger at 100%
Start Watson
Play AJ Price
Get rid of O'brien
Teach Hibbert to stop fouling so much.

Dunthreevy · Post #11 » by **Dunthreevy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:18 am

Amendment to my list

Trade T.O. Ford
Trade T.O. Ford
Trade T.O. Ford
Trade T.O. Ford
Trade T.O. Ford

Post #12 » by **mizzoupacers** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:57 pm

spudmonkey31 wrote:I want the 2010 number 1 draft pick so we finally will have a PG

This.

I'll admit it, the losses just don't sting this year. Although I hope the Pacers win, when they lose I just say, "Hmmph. Improves our lottery chances."

If the season ended today, the Pacers would have the sixth-most Ping Pong balls in the lottery. Here's a breakdown of the odds we'd have for each selection in the 2010 draft:

1st - 6%
2nd - 7%
3rd - 8%
4th - impossible (only the first three picks are drawn for)
5th - impossible
6th - 44%
7th - 30%
8th - 4%
9th - 1/10% (that's 1,000 to 1 odds; even the Pacers couldn't get this unlucky)

So we'd probably have the sixth or seventh pick...but a 21% chance at being in the top three! :pray:

Post #13 » by **PR07** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:59 pm

An all-star big man.

Post #14 » by **Gremz** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:52 am

PR07 wrote:An all-star big man.

That would be a nice piece. Next year's draft holds a lot of bigs to look at.