Around the NBA: 2023-24 edition

Jstock12 · Post #161 » by **Jstock12** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 4:38 pm

Pacersike · Post #162 » by **Pacersike** » Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:41 pm

Turner and Sabonis with good but unimpressive world cups.

Domas looking sharp and Myles looking confident.

Countdown till training camp

Tom White · Post #163 » by **Tom White** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:24 pm

Pacersike wrote:Turner and Sabonis with good but unimpressive world cups.

Domas looking sharp and Myles looking confident.

Countdown till training camp

The World Cup team seemed to be doomed from the get-go. It was like almost none of the "stars" wanted to be a part of it. It is understandable to a degree, what with the season being so long, and then you include the playoffs. That, and I'm sure most players consider the Olympics to be much more important than the Cup.

Pacersike · Post #164 » by **Pacersike** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:25 am

Tom White wrote:
Pacersike wrote:Turner and Sabonis with good but unimpressive world cups.

Domas looking sharp and Myles looking confident.

Countdown till training camp

The World Cup team seemed to be doomed from the get-go. It was like almost none of the "stars" wanted to be a part of it. It is understandable to a degree, what with the season being so long, and then you include the playoffs. That, and I'm sure most players consider the Olympics to be much more important than the Cup.

Ya, it doesn't help the final games are so close to training camps and perhaps the place of it seems less inviting than other places...

Tokyo will likely host a much better team and if Turner can be a part of that team, that would be awesome.

Pacers_Freak · Post #165 » by **Pacers_Freak** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:47 pm

Pacersike wrote:
Tom White wrote:
Pacersike wrote:Turner and Sabonis with good but unimpressive world cups.

Domas looking sharp and Myles looking confident.

Countdown till training camp

The World Cup team seemed to be doomed from the get-go. It was like almost none of the "stars" wanted to be a part of it. It is understandable to a degree, what with the season being so long, and then you include the playoffs. That, and I'm sure most players consider the Olympics to be much more important than the Cup.

Ya, it doesn't help the final games are so close to training camps and perhaps the place of it seems less inviting than other places...

Tokyo will likely host a much better team and if Turner can be a part of that team, that would be awesome.

Hey Ike. Hope you are well buddy! Long time no Pacers talk!

Pacersike · Post #166 » by **Pacersike** » Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:11 pm

Pacers_Freak wrote:Hey Ike. Hope you are well buddy! Long time no Pacers talk!

Hey Freak, doing well, thanks. Been working on my communication and left hand typing skills this offseason

Hope you had a great summer and I'm looking forward towards fun Pacers conversations again.

Wizop · Post #167 » by **Wizop** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 1:09 pm

Not sure where to put this, but this article is worth reading.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2857739-the-pacers-circle-of-trust

Post #168 » by **Grang33r** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:16 pm

PJ Washington made the most 3s ever in a debut last night i just heard on the radio, with 7.

Damn.

Post #169 » by **Grang33r** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:19 pm

Wizop wrote:Not sure where to put this, but this article is worth reading.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2857739-the-pacers-circle-of-trust

This is a really good article. I just noticed it now tbh after coming up to post about PJ Washington. It reads indepth like something that would be in Slam magazine. Thanks for posting that. Hope people get to see it.

Wizop · Post #170 » by **Wizop** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:23 pm

favorable article

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/12/10/21004115/indiana-pacers-victor-oladipo-injury-return

Post #171 » by **boomershadow** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:24 pm

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Post #172 » by **boomershadow** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:24 pm

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Post #173 » by **Jake0890** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:04 pm

Thankfully, the ASB is finally over. College basketball wasn't cutting it for me.

Post #174 » by **boomershadow** » Mon May 18, 2020 11:02 pm

Looks like Bojan underwent season ending surgery. That's too bad. He was having a good year.

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winter_mute_13 · Post #175 » by **winter_mute_13** » Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:48 pm

I guess this thread is due for a renaming.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/260786/Paul-George-Clippers-Agree-To-Four-Year-$190M-Extension

In an alternate universe where PG never asked to be traded, the Pacers could have been the ones with the privilege of paying PG an average of $47.5m per season.

Tom White · Post #176 » by **Tom White** » Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:32 pm

winter_mute_13 wrote:In an alternate universe where PG never asked to be traded, the Pacers could have been the ones with the privilege of paying PG an average of $47.5m per season.

I can't even imagine a world in which he is worth close to that kind of money. I really can't imagine any player being worth that kind of money, especially when you consider what that does to being able to build a team with the payroll caps, and trying to avoid huge luxury tax penalties.

It really has gotten crazy. Picture what he would get if he could hit a game winning shot.

Post #177 » by **GimmeDat** » Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:33 am

This is an obscure question, but I just spoke to Orlando Johnson this week.. I'm writing a piece on him.

What was your impression of him over the time he was in the NBA. Was the main reason he dropped out of the league injuries?

Post #178 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:16 am

GimmeDat wrote:This is an obscure question, but I just spoke to Orlando Johnson this week.. I'm writing a piece on him.

What was your impression of him over the time he was in the NBA. Was the main reason he dropped out of the league injuries?

He wasn’t very good when he did play. He was a guy that overworked his athletic abilities, if I recall, and in the league, he just couldn’t outwork everyone else. He was an older SG out of college that just wasn’t a great shooter overall, and was probably a bit stuck in between era’s he might’ve been successful. 5 years earlier and he wouldn’t shot well enough to get by, and 5 years later and he would’ve probably developed into a 3 point only gunner and done ok on high volume.

He was a super locker room guy. David West referred to him as “that guy” in the locker room and claims that the loss of OJ was what helped push that team to collapse (along with the loss of Granger in adding Evan Turner).

Also, looking back, he got a ton of playing time immediately for any 2nd rounder we’ve seen in the last 2 decades.

basketballwacko2 · Post #179 » by **basketballwacko2** » Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:08 pm

winter_mute_13 wrote:I guess this thread is due for a renaming.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/260786/Paul-George-Clippers-Agree-To-Four-Year-$190M-Extension

In an alternate universe where PG never asked to be traded, the Pacers could have been the ones with the privilege of paying PG an average of $47.5m per season.

I'm glad it's the Clippers and not us. He's not worth that kind of money.

Post #180 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:02 pm

Read on Twitter

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