The Pacers have the 6th-worst point differential in the NBA for the season. They were also 6th in the East before the Haliburton injury. Lots of choices to make before the deadline.
BlacksmithAntique793
they have to strictly sell..
Ok-Swimming8024
Not trying to hate, but the option they go with fully hinges on Turner. They have probably been transparent with him on what they’re willing to pay (maybe there is a little wiggle room) and Turner reportedly turned the offer down. Unless something changes, it seems like they will have to trade Turner by the deadline. Only true variable from the Pacers side is if/who gets included in a deal imo
Servbot24
As long as we don’t start cashing in assets just for the sake of making the 6th seed to get blown out by the Celtics in the 1st round.
battaile
I like option 3. Any success this year is great but what I’m more focused on is developing around a core of tyrese/myles/nessmith/smith/jackson and maximizing return value for Hield
Bizprof51
I don’t believe we are a good team if we depend on just one player. No depth, little leadership on the floor. So to het better either someone has to step up or we tank, or we trade. You may love Myles but he is not a leader, imo.
Klumber
This Hali-less period has really crystallised things for me. We have a lot of players who aren’t going to shift the needle when it comes to winning a ring, there’s question marks around Turner who might be useful going forward and we have two or three young guys that could work out.
Sure, with Hali and one or two pieces we could possibly become contenders, but we are in the strongest East since decades, in probably the strongest Central Division for a long time; with two other teams that are really trying, a big market team that can switch things up in the blink of an eye and one that is working on the foundation of challenging in the future (although, it’s Detroit, so who knows…)
If we want the Pacers to be something else, we have to go through some pain to get there. The table is set perfectly to try and find another two young contributors and start revving the engines properly from 2024/25. I’m not saying we should become a full-on tanking team, but another Lottery pick and some clever wheeling and dealing to perhaps get a second lottery pick or snatch a good young guy this year would really boost our chances in the future, next year we can get back to mediocrity whilst growing the core and then the year after we can show what we’ve worked on.
midwestleatherdaddy
I don’t envy the front office because it’s not an easy decision to make. It’s not so simple as “be bad and nail another draft pick” or “be good and keep the players who will stay good long term.” Whatever decision is made will be scrutinized long term as either the best call the franchise made in a while or just another wasted opportunity.
matt_msu
Ship him out. He’s only playing good now because he wants to look good for other teams. He wanted to be a leader but has never stepped up.
LageNomAiNomAi
Those books in the background of that photo give me flashbacks to my youth! I used to love “Choose Your Own Adventure” books because they were “different” each time that you read them!
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The Pacers have the 6th-worst point differential in the NBA for the season. They were also 6th in the East before the Haliburton injury. Lots of choices to make before the deadline.
they have to strictly sell..
Not trying to hate, but the option they go with fully hinges on Turner. They have probably been transparent with him on what they’re willing to pay (maybe there is a little wiggle room) and Turner reportedly turned the offer down. Unless something changes, it seems like they will have to trade Turner by the deadline. Only true variable from the Pacers side is if/who gets included in a deal imo
As long as we don’t start cashing in assets just for the sake of making the 6th seed to get blown out by the Celtics in the 1st round.
I like option 3. Any success this year is great but what I’m more focused on is developing around a core of tyrese/myles/nessmith/smith/jackson and maximizing return value for Hield
I don’t believe we are a good team if we depend on just one player. No depth, little leadership on the floor. So to het better either someone has to step up or we tank, or we trade. You may love Myles but he is not a leader, imo.
This Hali-less period has really crystallised things for me. We have a lot of players who aren’t going to shift the needle when it comes to winning a ring, there’s question marks around Turner who might be useful going forward and we have two or three young guys that could work out.
Sure, with Hali and one or two pieces we could possibly become contenders, but we are in the strongest East since decades, in probably the strongest Central Division for a long time; with two other teams that are really trying, a big market team that can switch things up in the blink of an eye and one that is working on the foundation of challenging in the future (although, it’s Detroit, so who knows…)
If we want the Pacers to be something else, we have to go through some pain to get there. The table is set perfectly to try and find another two young contributors and start revving the engines properly from 2024/25. I’m not saying we should become a full-on tanking team, but another Lottery pick and some clever wheeling and dealing to perhaps get a second lottery pick or snatch a good young guy this year would really boost our chances in the future, next year we can get back to mediocrity whilst growing the core and then the year after we can show what we’ve worked on.
I don’t envy the front office because it’s not an easy decision to make. It’s not so simple as “be bad and nail another draft pick” or “be good and keep the players who will stay good long term.” Whatever decision is made will be scrutinized long term as either the best call the franchise made in a while or just another wasted opportunity.
Ship him out. He’s only playing good now because he wants to look good for other teams. He wanted to be a leader but has never stepped up.
Those books in the background of that photo give me flashbacks to my youth! I used to love “Choose Your Own Adventure” books because they were “different” each time that you read them!