5-1-16 - Game 7: Pacers @ Raptors

[pacers33granger]

We need a coach change, series was ours till 5th game 4th quarter. Vogel is too limited and Bird saw that.

We need a second scorer, which Hill isn't suited, Turner isn't ready for, and Monta no longer is. Trade Stuckey, try and sign that second guy, and move Monta to the 6th man role.

Vogel should be safe, I hope. There's no one out there whose available who is close to his caliber and we'd be competing with numerous teams for a new coach. Though I do hope someone snatches up Mcmillan, I don't see how he's been much of a positive since being here and we could use an assistant who knows offense.

If you can find a deal for Stuckey I'd be willing to move him. I think he could help the Kings, Griz, and Clippers but we won't get a lot.

For all his faults, Stuckey is still a decent bench scorer. And at only 7 mil and a PO after that (which he will likely decline), I can see numerous teams willing to take him for a 2nd or something. If Bird wants an asset it will probably be a tough sell, but if he just wants to dump him I don't see any reason he can't.

[Jake0890]

Mahinmi got shoved. Could've won if that didn't happen.

Or we could've not blown another 4th quarter lead.

[Wizop]

Did anyone think we'd win the final three minutes?

That terrible charging foul called on PG late when he hit the shot was the most backward sack of excrement that I've ever seen! It was the difference in the game.

If you are talking about the fast break play, PG had a trailer. All he needed to do was pull up and make the defender decide whether or not to switch onto the trailer.

OTOH, if you want to complain about the officiating, Byombo was not called for a ton of moving screens and there was a play near the end where PG was buried away from the ball without a call. The Star says the league admits 4 blown calls three of which went against us. No sour grapes here though. We just didn't run an offense for most of the night. The ball movement which was so good in the first three quarters of game 5 just wasn't there. In game 7 we just stood around at the top of the arc watching the shot clock go down. Someone needs to sit PG down and make him watch Reggie Miller tapes so he can work on moving without the ball.