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He's a Hoosier. And while he may never play, I feel he deserves a thread of his own. Dallas James. Center. Artesia, California. City Honors Prep Academy. 7-0, 235. Played 4 years at South Carolina State. Stats: 70 games, 1.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 56.2% FG Per 40: Averaged 3.5 blocks. Per 100 Possessions: Averaged 4.8 blocks. Good practice body, especially for Ballo to go up against some length. And an insurance policy on a team that doesn't need a massive contributor from their 3rd string center.

Now that we've gotten rid of the black trim on the jerseys... I'm saying 8 wins. No more 90s cheap looking garbage jerseys. Yup.. that'll get us 8. 9 with the bowl victory.

Well except I'm also a Pacers fan sooo.... And I've been more of a Pacers fan than a Heat fan since Wade left. Especially since I can't stand Jimmy Butler or Tyler Herro.

Yea it isn't a schtick. The just aren't at that level. Gianni's plays, first round exit. OG plays, 2nd round exit. Heat got worse? They'll get a healthy Butler and Rozier back. They'll still have Bam. Ware is gonna be a 1st team All-Rookie I think. Miami will piece together their band of misfits and be a Top 5 East squad. Boston is obviously #1. Knicks #2. Philly #3. Meaning the Pacers somehow have to go above Milwaukee, Cleveland, Miami and Orlando for a 4 seed and I don't see that happening. Milwaukee will be much better with a second year of Dame/Giannis/Middleton. That isn't questionable. Even with how bad Rivers is. And no, I don't watch ESPN. I never have a reason to.

Yes it matters because it has skewed fans view of the future. Where clearly the Boston, Philly, New York and Miami are still ahead. Milwaukee will be in a 2nd season of Giannis/Dame. Orlando is another year older. Cleveland is another year older. The playoffs this past season didn't say much about the future. It just showed that other teams couldn't win without their players.

Heat and Pacers.

Yea our best player missed the last two games against the Celtics. And missing Mathurin isnt the same as missing Gianni's/Dame or OG/Bogdanovic/Hart/Robinson and Middleton/Brunson being hurt. I don't know why Pacers fans don't like to admit we got insanely lucky.

Making the ECF on the opposite side of the bracket as Boston was like being the tallest midget. Pacers got lucky no one was healthy. Antetokounmpo didn't play at all, Dame missed games, Middleton was hurt. Knicks were missing half their team. Nembhard hadn't proven to be a $20M player. Simple as that. He's proven to be a $10-13M player.

I wouldn't have given him $20M a year but that's how it is nowadays and why the Pacers will continue being the Pacers.

This morning was my last day of radiation treatment! Go back in 4 weeks for a follow up and back to Indy in September for another. Hopefully can move on from here!

Adidas basketballs are the absolute worst.

Am I the only one not upset about the schedule release? 3 games in the Battle 4 Atlantis and South Carolina. Good enough for me.

A lot of us said the results sucked.

Edey finished with a double double. Not too shabby for a wasted pick.

Zach Edey makes his debut tonight at 9pm on ESPN.

Dang is Chalmers already broke?

And his agent made sure no one but the Lakers drafted him lol.

Indy is the only place it should be and needs pushed back. Latest it should end is on the Friday before Selection Sunday.

He's played pretty good at times in his career when given the chance but he's a backup big. And as a 2nd rounder, nothing won't wrong with that.

And now the Pacers have Oscar and Freeman? Well the Mad Antz shouldn't have to worry about rebounding.

I like the Newton pickup more than the Furphy. Feel like Newton is another Nembhard and if we can have that as a backup point that learns from McConnell and Nembhard, in good shape there. Kid is a winner and can ball.

I don't think there could be a more hilarious situation than Zach Edey getting arrested.