Biggest question facing Pacers

[Grang33r]

From Fox Sports' Charley Rosen-

Can the youthful exuberance and untapped talents of Darren Collison revive Mike Dunleavy and put some oomph into the Pacers' offense? Even if Tyler Hansbrough recovers his health, is he a good enough player to make a discernible difference?

Link- http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/Bigg ... gin-092710

Whats the answer, panel?

[DougInOz]

Thanks for link.

1. Yes I think so, and hope we can make a trade for a 3-4 year veteran from a playoff bound team that is deep but could use Dunleavy on a wing off the bench. Assuming no other trades leave us requiring him ourselves for the run home. Hell if he plays well maybe we could sign him to a longer years / less per deal depending on the CBA / market.

2. If McBob develops and Tyler becomes a decent bit above average maybe a tag team is sustainable?

[Jackson Jiggle]

Dunleavy is out no matter how great he plays this season. Ideally he plays great for us until years end, helps us get to the playoffs, and then we can clean up on his expiring contract. Or we can trade him at the deadline for a good PF.

McBob is not and will never be a starter. Hansborough has more potential but only saw the floor for like 26 games last year. He needs to get healthy, and then I only view him as a good backup.

[Jackson Jiggle]

Dunleavy is out no matter how great he plays this season. Ideally he plays great for us until years end, helps us get to the playoffs, and then we can clean up on his expiring contract. Or we can trade him at the deadline for a good PF.

McBob is not and will never be a starter. Hansborough has more potential but only saw the floor for like 26 games last year. He needs to get healthy, and then I only view him as a good backup.

[Miller4ever]

Health. It's question marks for Granger, Dunleavy, Hansbrough, Foster, Price. That's 1 definite starter, 2 potential starters, and 2 6th men.

[8305]

I don't know that I see a correlation between Collison and Dunleavy (one player's play impacting the other). Dunleavy had his best season when the Pacers basically played without a point guard. If we are talking about these two players its two questions. 1. Is Collison really as good as he appeared to be when he got major minutes last year? And, can Dunleavy be as good as he was in 2007/2008? If both of those answers are affirmative its hard to see how the Pacers won't be improved.

If Hansbrough can get healthy I think he is a pretty good. Good enough to be a solid starting caliber player. The physical nature of his game is something this team despirately needs. So I agree that his health is a hudge key to this season's success.

[Gremz]

We need to get more rebounds. Rebounds are good.