Oladipo looking to "move on" from the Pacers

[reflex35]

No, not Myles!!!!

But I cannot blame him. He was the scapegoat for everything the last few years. He was not featured in the offensive gameplan at all, no blame if he wants out.

Honestly I've never been sure of what to make of him. On paper he seems like an incredible 'unicorn' type of player - one of maybe 5 or so 7 footers in the NBA who can protect the rim and splash threes. But whenever I watch him or look at his stats... I just don't consistently see the same impact. Sabonis on the other hand, every game I've ever watched of the Pacers when he's playing, you feel his impact.

When you really watched Pacers games than you must have seen that the Pacers offensive scheme didn't include Myles at all! I mean, even in the playoffs with Sabonis out, Lamb out and both Dipo and Brogdon not at 100%, he was STILL no part of the offensive gameplan. He was ignored every time he had a mismatch (Heat switched every screen, yet Myles did receive only 4 total passes in the whole series when being guarded by a guard) and still he was putting up 16 Points on great percentages (60% FG, 40% 3P) and the best PER (behind Aaron Holiday) of the team.
I wonder what his capabilities are when he is actually features by a coach who knows what to do with him. In McMillan/Pacers basketball, he was standing on the weakside as a spot up option without moving 90% of the time.

That he is able to do stuff you saw in glimpses during Bubble scrimmages. He received the ball a lot and was allowed to do stuff, even off the dribble. While not perfect, it looked promising.

Not a fan of Turner but this POST IS SO TRUE.
Thumbs up!

[IMF]

This has got to be a race/cultural thing... KKK loves having their ralleys in Indy if you get my drift.. all nba players now woke..

LOL this is utter nonsense.

Indiana is a boring rural state overall but Indianapolis is low key a very nice city, and a guy in Brogdon who called Milwaukee segregated came here willingly so this theory doesn't even hold water.

Pacers have had a whole bunch of former players make permanent homes here after their career... Austin Croshere, Rik Smits, and Derrick Mckey are just a few examples (So A European born player and POC included).

I'll go ahead and bust another dumb theory, the same players who were speculated to be disgruntled with Nate are the ones currently being discussed for trades, I sincerely doubt this is any sort of reaction to his firing. If anything, his firing was an attempt to reconcile with Oladipo. Oladipo has turned into quite the diva and that's disappointing after the great season he had in 2018 but it appears he got a pretty big head about himself.

Both cites are incredibly racist or have a bad reputation either or its kinda known. Brogdon left for money and a larger role and I heard he didn't care to play with Giannis.

Indianapolis is so racist it's represented by a black muslim man in congress.

I'm guessing you have no clue what you are talking about. Yes there is a history of klan activity in the state but that was 100 years ago and I'm talking about the city specifically.

[IMF]

Honestly I've never been sure of what to make of him. On paper he seems like an incredible 'unicorn' type of player - one of maybe 5 or so 7 footers in the NBA who can protect the rim and splash threes. But whenever I watch him or look at his stats... I just don't consistently see the same impact. Sabonis on the other hand, every game I've ever watched of the Pacers when he's playing, you feel his impact.

When you really watched Pacers games than you must have seen that the Pacers offensive scheme didn't include Myles at all! I mean, even in the playoffs with Sabonis out, Lamb out and both Dipo and Brogdon not at 100%, he was STILL no part of the offensive gameplan. He was ignored every time he had a mismatch (Heat switched every screen, yet Myles did receive only 4 total passes in the whole series when being guarded by a guard) and still he was putting up 16 Points on great percentages (60% FG, 40% 3P) and the best PER (behind Aaron Holiday) of the team.
I wonder what his capabilities are when he is actually features by a coach who knows what to do with him. In McMillan/Pacers basketball, he was standing on the weakside as a spot up option without moving 90% of the time.

That he is able to do stuff you saw in glimpses during Bubble scrimmages. He received the ball a lot and was allowed to do stuff, even off the dribble. While not perfect, it looked promising.

Not a fan of Turner but this POST IS SO TRUE.
Thumbs up!

I'm glad Turner is highly thought of around the league, he seems like a guy in need of a change of scenery. I still hope to see him flourish somewhere but him and Domas don't mesh perfectly, even though in some ways I think they fit nicely. Turner would have to embrace a low-usage sharpshooter role but I think he feels he can be more than that.

[reflex35]

When you really watched Pacers games than you must have seen that the Pacers offensive scheme didn't include Myles at all! I mean, even in the playoffs with Sabonis out, Lamb out and both Dipo and Brogdon not at 100%, he was STILL no part of the offensive gameplan. He was ignored every time he had a mismatch (Heat switched every screen, yet Myles did receive only 4 total passes in the whole series when being guarded by a guard) and still he was putting up 16 Points on great percentages (60% FG, 40% 3P) and the best PER (behind Aaron Holiday) of the team.
I wonder what his capabilities are when he is actually features by a coach who knows what to do with him. In McMillan/Pacers basketball, he was standing on the weakside as a spot up option without moving 90% of the time.

That he is able to do stuff you saw in glimpses during Bubble scrimmages. He received the ball a lot and was allowed to do stuff, even off the dribble. While not perfect, it looked promising.

Not a fan of Turner but this POST IS SO TRUE.
Thumbs up!

I'm glad Turner is highly thought of around the league, he seems like a guy in need of a change of scenery. I still hope to see him flourish somewhere but him and Domas don't mesh perfectly, even though in some ways I think they fit nicely. Turner would have to embrace a low-usage sharpshooter role but I think he feels he can be more than that.

It's not that I think so highly of Myles... I just think that he has a skillset which is valuable for 99 percent of teams in NBA.
And I am Lithuanian so Domas is my guy...

Still I think Turner either lost something when Domas started playing well or Pacers did not use him the right way... (and the second part is more true I think)

For some reason I think Turner can succeed with the change of scenery as you say...

[sfernald]

LOL this is utter nonsense.

Indiana is a boring rural state overall but Indianapolis is low key a very nice city, and a guy in Brogdon who called Milwaukee segregated came here willingly so this theory doesn't even hold water.

Pacers have had a whole bunch of former players make permanent homes here after their career... Austin Croshere, Rik Smits, and Derrick Mckey are just a few examples (So A European born player and POC included).

I'll go ahead and bust another dumb theory, the same players who were speculated to be disgruntled with Nate are the ones currently being discussed for trades, I sincerely doubt this is any sort of reaction to his firing. If anything, his firing was an attempt to reconcile with Oladipo. Oladipo has turned into quite the diva and that's disappointing after the great season he had in 2018 but it appears he got a pretty big head about himself.

Both cites are incredibly racist or have a bad reputation either or its kinda known. Brogdon left for money and a larger role and I heard he didn't care to play with Giannis.

Indianapolis is so racist it's represented by a black muslim man in congress.

I'm guessing you have no clue what you are talking about. Yes there is a history of klan activity in the state but that was 100 years ago and I'm talking about the city specifically.

I'm glad someone is standing up for the city....Maybe I've watched Hoosiers too many times..

[spikeslovechild]

I mean he might as well. The dream of getting a big contract is dead if you are going to accept a midsize deal it might as well be to a contender