The Indiana Pacers walked away from the NBA Draft with Jarace Walker, Ben Sheppard, Mojave King, and Isaiah Wong. They also made two draft-day trades. Host Tony East breaks it all down, including the deals, the picks, and the guard picks.
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14 Comments
Thoughts on the Pacers draft?
Wanted Jarace all the way, glad we got him
TJD/Indiana Hoosier dweeb fans' toxic behavior was funny tonight. Glad he didnt get picked.
P.S. Ben Sheppard is really good.
Fingers crossed 🤞 we get a wing somehow
Whats Walker's ceiling?
I see alot of Milsap comparisons
I'm over zealous so I'll say kawhi 😂
One thing is for sure, either Hield or Duarte or both are going to be moved.
Subjectively id like to give Duarte one more shot but i honestly think his best fit is on an older /mature win ready now team that Pacers had when He was drafted. Not surprisingly He played decent.
I have A GREAT not good GREAT feeling about all theaw picks after researching and watching some film. Even Wong i feel good about. Definitely Sheppard and the new zealand kid too.
I dont want Pacers to move Walker even in a potential trade for OG. If Pacers get OG i want to keep Walker. Just have A good feeling about Him.
Trades are coming GUARANTEED. Going to be a fun off season
Now everyone will have to clarify, which Ben? We had 3 TJs at one point, so it can be done 😂
Only pick I don't get is the Mojave King pick. They could've easily picked up a developmental big man here to come off the bench to help when Turner comes off the court. They desperately need more depth at the Center position, because Daniel Theis & Isaiah Jackson definitely aren't the answer, not to mention Jalen Smith did not perform well at all last season. Pacers could have easily gone and picked up someone like Charles Bediako, Adam Sanogo, Colin Castleton (all ended up surprisingly going undrafted and have already signed on to teams with two-way contracts). Maybe they should take a flyer on Liam Robbins or Oscar Tshiebwe. I'm not sure if Liam is completely healthy after his leg injury back in March that put him out for the rest of the season (was averaging around 15 pts, 7 reb, 3 blk per game before his injury), but I know Oscar is an absolute beast at the rim (last year avg 17 pts, 15 rebs per game, this past season avg 16 pts, 14 rebs per game).
Im torn on our 26 pick, i like shepherd, but he's another 2/3 guard(we have like 5), and leaonard miller was there for they taking(considering ppl had him as a loto pick), i know it would have been clunky but there was alot of value left there, but the draft went how i though it would for us, hope shepherd works out, interested to see what our guard rotation will be.
Happy that we got Jarace Walker.Honestly when we drafted the Cobaly dude my heart sunk,I was like God damn not another wasted pick like TJ Leaf😠 Not that I was comparing him to Leaf I just never heard of the dude,and at pick 7 when Walker and Hendricks are there 🤷.
wong is the biggest steal of the draft….don’t underestimate him
I'm so glad we got Jarace. I was chanting his name as pick 7 was made. Needless to say, it was a rollercoaster of emotions when we initially picked Coulibaly, leaving both Jarace and Hendricks on the board. One underrated aspect most fans are forgetting is that we also left this draft with a '24 1st round pick. Getting Jarace, a '24 1st and a Duarte replacement (plus the 2 late picks) is a good draft in my book. Time to go sign or trade for the best possible 3/4 that we can!
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And dont delete my comment this time… there’s nothing you can do about what’s bound to happen when the lies are revealed …
I actually got really upset at us picking Bilal before I found out about the trade. May have woken some people up. Glad we got Jarace. I'm thinking we picked up Sheppard because we're going to end up trading Duarte and/ or Buddy, since he kind of fills the role they're supposed to fill.
Not sure why we drafted two more 6'5" guards after that, though. That's kind of weird.