No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
What is Indiana doing right now?
Contending or making the playoffs?
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No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
Nuntius wrote:No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
What is Indiana doing right now?
Contending or making the playoffs?
I like Paul George's game but he won't even come close to being a top 10 player. All-Star type talent but definitely not "the guy" you can build around and contend for a championship.
Nuntius wrote:No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
What is Indiana doing right now?
Contending or making the playoffs?
Pacerlive wrote:Well this is the year we have to prove that we can take a team like a healthy Heat and push them to the brink of elimination. I get the Hawks 2.0 comparisons even if they are flawed to a large extent the Pacers have to show the East that we can play the D that slows the Heat. The Hawks never had the Pacers chemistry but the Pacers need to make the push to the ECF and get the Heat to a seven game series before we can expect people to call the Pacers contenders.
Pimpwerx wrote:This might also prove that building this way will never get you a title contender. I thought Indy had a lot of cap space to work with, but I guess they didn't. They certainly weren't able to sign any marquee player. Yeah, they have a solid roster, but that's all it is. That team is 2nd round fodder. When the games get tight in the important games (playoffs), they just don't have the talent to lean on to get them the needed buckets when they need them. Their offense is gonna be exposed as woefully inadequate yet again.
Tanking is a great way to get quality draft picks, and the other option is going to the FA market. Indy chose some strange middle road that's got them destined for the pretender treadmill. You heard it here first. PEACE.
EDIT: Okay. Apparently, you heard it first a few times on the previous pages. But just know I've held this opinion for a lot longer than this thread. Totally late the party.
No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
branny wrote:No Offense wrote:The question is whether you want to contend or make the playoffs.
Err..
daschysta wrote:ECF fodder maybe, but that also means 28 other teams in the league have it worse. Pacers are 2nd in the East, they are likely to be the favorite in a second round series if they have HCA. Pacers have a good shot against any team in the East except Miami. They are 6-1 against MIA/CHI/NYK afterall and haven't even had Granger for a single second yet this year, which is changing either tomorrow night or on tuesday evening.
zronv7 wrote:If only they picked Faried at 14, and I agree that Bird had a lot to do with it. It's to bad he left, that contract to hill is terrible and I don't think Bird would of approved that contract.
Pimpwerx wrote:That's a 5 game series
Pimpwerx wrote:because they have enough trouble scoring on a good day.
Pimpwerx wrote:A Miami defense that's motivated is gonna make that team look bad.
Pimpwerx wrote:but they are the epitome of 2nd round fodder in the playoffs.