TIME to Call the Indiana Pacers CONTENDERS!!
Yo what’s good it’s your man 100 Grand Ross with the rock never stops y I want to talk about these Indiana Pacers is it time that we start talking about them as contenders being at the top of the Eastern Conference potentially the second or third best team in the East I
Want to dive into that in this video if you enjoy it smash that like button for me hit subscribe and the bell for notifications let me know what you think in the comment sections definitely cuz you know we going to chop it up there let me just start off with saying yo
When you have one of the best offenses in the league and then you bring in a player of Pascal siakam’s caliber an all-nba forward two-way player versatile playmaker who can facilitate create his own shot playmake for others rebound defend multiple positions and you surround him with good Defenders
That are already on this team you have Aaron nouth you have Miles Turner and now Andrew nard who’s in the starting lineup with Tyrese halberd now all of a sudden you have four plus to above average Defenders if not Elite defenders in your starting lineup but this isn’t even necessarily
Where I want to hinge this whole argument off of this team has shown when all the chips are down when everybody is locked in and playing hard and going for you know going for it all and I’m speaking to the in season tournament that they have an ability to control the game with
Their all NBA I would say practically MVP candidate point guard and Tyrese halberton you see if you have the ability to control the game you have an ability to ensure that you control it in a way that gives your team the advantage and improves their outlook for winning every
Time which means that in order to beat them you’re going to have to play at such a high caliber that most of the time you’re not going to be able to perform at you’re going to have to be able to withstand the controll tempo shoot the increased Tempo the number of Threes And
Quality looks that the other team is getting you’re going to have to match that and if you don’t have a floor General somebody who can do that well you end up with a disadvantage every time especially when teams are locked in and when we see this high powerered
High octane offense right reminds us a lot of you know the 15 seconds or less Mike de anony Phoenix Sun’s offense you know the uh uh the Los Angeles Lakers you know Showtime led by Magic Johnson flying up and down the court but many times we think of that type of an
Offensive style and we see it as Reckless unsustainable not something that really translates but it usually does not translate when you don’t have the point guard for it but here is the kicker and this is where I really want to emphasize is that many times even
Those teams who have a great high octane offense they fly up and down the court they get easy shots they still understand that it takes defense to win in the playoffs it’s not lost on them the reason why Steve Nash never was able to get there because they didn’t
Have defense they had Robin Lopez but Amari wasn’t playing defense had Shawn Maran but then they had Joe Johnson and kind of a Raja Bell and of course Steve Nash and so they didn’t quite have the defense to overcome that obstacle that hurdle but they still went far they were still a
Contender we still looked at them as a team that almost knocked off the Spurs who went on to win an NBA championship and we’re looking at this Indiana Indiana Pacers team we look at a team that already went through Milwaukee Boston In the End season tournament on
Their way to losing to the Los Angeles Lakers and what’s significant of that is is you you were looking at teams that were definitely 100% trying to win the End season tournament nobody was scoffing at that million dollars to be won uh if they were the winners of that
Tournament nobody was scoffing at that LeBron James was not scoffing at that and so you know everybody was locked in and yet between their head coach their Hall of Fame head coach NBA champion head coach Rick Carlile and Tyrese halberton and the crew they were able to control those
Games and be in it all the way through until they ran into the master game control roller of LeBron James and then they lost but now you insert Pascal seak you insert guys who understand the system you you insert guys who are experienced within the system playing in high leverage
Games in fact you also have probably one of the bigger teams now in the NBA Miles Turner 611 Pascal seak at 69 67 Aaron nemith and then you go to the bench and you still have jayen Smith Obi toppen Isaiah Jackson that’s a lot of size on top of a lot of
Shooting on top of a lot of playmaking on top of a lot of facilitating High basketball IQ bought in culture and system high level coaching when you begin to see all these things lined up you begin to look around and be like well who else has that in
The East Philly do we really believe in Philly who just got the breaks beat off him without Tyrese halberton do we believe Milwaukee has figured that out they just fired their coach who else is there Boston okay cool but you’re telling me that Boston can’t slip you’re telling me that Jason Tatum
Jaylen Brown are so locked in and synced that they can’t have a Bad series and even if you say even within Boston can still beat him still bet on Boston I probably would too but that makes them the second best team in the East that makes them a
Contender remember this is the team that’s beaten pretty much all the top teams already without Pascal seak and now you just upgraded from Jaylen Smith to an all NBA forward from OB toppen to an all NBA forward this team is going to be scary if they get 100% healthy God help us
All because there’s few other teams in the league outside of maybe Denver who you really trust who the ball is going to be in the hands of and then you trust the roster around them you see you trust LeBron but you don’t really trust the roster right you might trust Anthony
Edwards but you don’t trust the roster you don’t trust everybody else namely Carl Anthony towns right and so when you really look around the league and you look at the landscape of things it begins to become tough to say who’s really better than this team now I know you might look at
Oklahoma City how many of us really believe Oklahoma City is built for the playoffs not too many of us but at the end of the day I want to know what you all think who do you actually believe is better than this Indiana Pacers team and why tell me why
I want to know cuz I’m not sure too many other teams can really claim that yo this your man 100 Grand Ross for the rock never stops quick video for you holl at me in the comment section like subscribe H the bell for notifications and I’m out
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I'm with you people sleeping on the pacers just because of the name pacers
Ain't no team better than the Pacers right now keep making Pacers Content they are about to be the hottest team in the NBA get on the bandwagon now
Nobody wants to admit that the Pacers are getting there. They just want to continue to judge this team from past seasons. These dudes want it and that in itself is scary. I ain't saying they are the best, but they could be soon.
Life long pacers fan, you make a great case, hopefully you are correct
Im thinking the same
I'm a Pacers fan. PLEASE, I urge all – CONTINUE to sleep on us. I would love for every team to take us lightly. Unfortunately, PLAYERS in the league know what fans and analysts don't.
it’s called “Naptown” for a reason keep sleeping 😴
Just found the channel – enjoying it. Maybe some highlitghs instead of pics? Idk what the copyright is but would make the vids pop a bit more.
Huge pacers fan my whole life and ive never been more excited. Appreciate the videos – still so slept on.
Seems like youre a raptors fan? We will welcome you with open arms in indy
The Pacers aren't Contenders yet because they're a Young Team with no real Playoffs Experience/Big Game Experience outside of Siakam and Rick which isn't enough as we seen in the Play In Tournament final game.
The Pacers is right now in a better position and that's a Dangerous Team meaning they have no pressure on them, but can beat anyone and also can get beat by a True Contender or Championship Team. That what the Jimmy Butler Heat have been since he came there and they made it to 2 finals. Now I believe the Pacers are in the same category.
I believe the Pacers isn't just a Good Team like the Cavs and Knicks, but they also isn't Contenders like the Celtics, Bucks or Sixers.
They Pacers are like the Heat who's expose Contenders as Pretenders
Appreciate the love fam 💪🏾
Bennedict Muthurin is their wild card. Anytime game gets in trouble he can easily slow it down and get to the line for 2. Once he finds his full confidence and shots, the Pacers will be unstoppable. Bench better then most other teams starters.
What I’m hyped for, is that I know this is not the finished product yet. They’ve got a lot of young players that aren’t done getting better. It won’t be just the Tyrese and Pascal show. You watch any given night and you might see Nembhard drop 20 and 10. You might see Nesmith playing like an absolute dawg etc. and I could list like 5 more players that are shaping up to be really good role players. And none of them are done getting better. Plus Mathurin hasn’t broken out yet, he still has star potential. Jarace Walker has barely even played yet and he has lots of upside. They might not be a contender this season but I think before long they’re gonna sneak up on everyone and become one of the top teams in the league.
Pacers have incredible depth, can Carlisle & staff find a way to leverage that in the playoffs?
I’m from Seattle and I’ve never been into nba cuz we don’t got a team. This season my first time watching and a friend said I should be a pacers fan. Ever since I been loving all the players and team, so glad to be a fan now 👊🏼
As a Pacers fan I wasnt sold on this team from their in season tournament performance. I thought it may have been a fluke. A team playing its best basketball of the season early. But once Tyrese got hurt and they 7 and 6, that let me know they are for real. They lost two close games to Denver close without Haliburton. Their depth and youth showed through. Adding Siakim has given them a presence that will keep them consistent while Haliburton is our. Im watching the the Knicks right now as the realistic goal is home court. Pacers and Knicks seem to be on a collision course for the 4-5 first round matchup. Great offense vs. defense.
Boston just couldn't miss shots, it was ridiculous, it hurts to lose to Boston because the Pacers need wins right now, lots and lots of wins. Can't finish badly in the East because it would just be one and done going up against the elite teams. With Doc Rivers coaching the Bucks I don't think we could give them a challenge and the Sixers , ugh, and just any of the top 3 we need to stay away from. (I realize we beat most or all of them, but it's just our defense is so bad)….we gave up 81 points in one half of basketball today.
jesus we have come to this…..
Bruh, im glad you mentioned the LOLakers IST fraud chip. Because to me it looked WAAAY too obvious that the Pacers were not absolutely no way in HELL going to win that game no matter what. Despite being the absolute BEST overall team the entire tournament leading up to the finals. The hottest by far
To me it almost seems like coach rick and co got an email telling them what to do, and that they were going to lose that game so LeBum can get his money. To pay him back for all the clout and views he brought to Silvers NBA over the last couple decades. Obvious.
Sorry but it just is more evident now seeiing how terrible the LeLakers have been since that IST win.
And, guess who won thee #1 pic in the WNBA draft just a week after that IST finals! Thats right, the Indiana Fever, over guess who!? Yep the LA team i cant think of the name at this moment lol but im pretty sure Silver said well we'll let yall get the #1 pic in the womens nba draft for deliberately losing. Yeah they still showed up and played, but you can tell the Pacers were making some dumb ass shots and missing badly! It was embarrassing af!
They cut their losses and accepted the already $250k and #1 pic for Indy Fever. Ugh.. __ LeBron! 😮😅 nice video!!