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I was a big PG fan for a long time -- and consider a lot of the 'bad attitude' he was cast with while on the P's to Bird's idiotic, overbearing and genuinely stupid demands, insisting on playing PG at power forward and basically running off the P's then star player -- that said, PG's play for money to leave the Clips Z(where he was largely outstanding) and join the Sixers was itself selfish, short-sighted and well, dumb, and he got what he deserved in making that bad decision. But regardless his broken leg injury from the stanchion isn''t comparable to an achilles tear. Durant's is a direct comparison, and he returned after a year out to continue to dominate as the League's most efficient scorer and a legit superstar. Yep, Hali should be fine, just have to be patient waiting on his return.

Interesting side-note that per Bozich's article on his interview with DeVries, IU is still waiting on both waiver requests - Leal and Goode. Thought the Leal request was rejected, but apparently not.

Used to read Bozich's bball journalism when he was with the Courier-Journal, he's genuinely a trendsetter and with 50 years of sports journalism, one of the best out there. Well earned retirement.

Good thoughts. No idea if the NBA or players union has considered this or will, but agree it makes a lot of sense given the history of players suffering achillies tears.

What an idiot

Excellent article

Defensively looks like we'll be a 'scrappy' in-your-face, high energy lane-defending, defensive rebounding team. That can work with the right guys, at least at this point the roster building looks good for that, imo, and Reed certainly looks like a mis-match on the offensive end. I would still love to have a guy like Ware, a real athletic shot-blocker, but if we don't add someone like that the level of energy/intensity is going to be really important. On top of the outside shooting and spread out play, which I am so looking forward to watching, one thing I'm confident about going in -- we're not going to be re-watching lackadaisical, stand-around players on offense any more. Thank God.

Yeah looks like Hali may well be out all next season, similarities to Durant's torn achilles in the Finals a few years back. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6444379/2025/06/22/tyrese-haliburton-injury-nba-finals-game-7/ P's had a real shot at a title on the Thunder's floor the way Hali was playing, such a shame -- but he'll be back. The questions on Turner will probably turn on the timeline of Hali's return.

Hali getting injured/ re-injured just killed them, great effort through the half but without him, best player down, just don’t have the horses. Really a shame, he came out so aggressively.

Yeah. Thunder built their team effectively through the PG trades/move. Acquired SGA from the clips and continued to build their young team. Rockets were on strong path with their mostly young gunners. Durant is maybe the most efficient/effective scorer in the League, but 37 and the Rockets largely gave up on building around the developing strong young players. Side note - guess who the Heat refused to trade for Durant…. A young core IU player…

Posted this above! But yup

It's also the offensive balance. Per ESPN research, P's are the first team in NBA history to have at least 8 players score at least 200 points in the postseason -- whether or not that's fully accurate (haven't checked and we all know ESPN research can be spotty),I'd bet the P's are minimally one of only a few teams who have had that kind of offensive balance in the postseason. Problem is that the Thunder have played much, much better at home, and the series against Denver was similar, and ended with the Thunder crushing Denver in G7. I'm hoping the P's come out and play their best, attacking on both sides of the ball, if they do I think they've got a real shot, but the Thunder are going to bounce back from G6.

I guess the Pacers seem to be doing ok…

I know it sounds harsh but I agree, as Leal had his time here, he had his senior speech, and the team is entirely differently constructed now.

He’s from my neck of the woods, my middle child went to SHSU a couple years, nothing but enjoyment watching Lamar play— we’re going to have fun watching him snipe for IU

He would definitely fit our system, can even play 5 out per the article. I'm not high on our odds given the competition, but he'd be a good land for sure, both for what he would bring to the team and for the recruiting W!

Perfect skillset for this team, with exceptional size and experience. Yeah, would be nice. "Suigo is coming off a Purdue official visit. He made an official visit to Illinois on Feb. 13. Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, BYU, Texas A&M and others are showing interest and working to get involved. Suigo recently had a zoom call with Texas A&M." Anywhere but PU, please.

I mean they kind of rhyme

Awesome. Another chance for her, under a new staff.

Without knowing the rules or looking them up, that sounds like a real stretch and fairly obvious attempt to circumvent the roster limitation. Maybe an issue for the compliance team, but the limit is 13 before extra money cost to the U.

Can only take so much from highlight reels of course but from my amateur eye, looks like pretty good floor vision / set ups, good overall looking stroke, decent step back / turnaround jumper, decent burst, with development needed on handle.

Hmm. The question was the Serbian league. "Ristic played for the top league in Serbia, the KLS, and was on the team BC Dynamic. He has been playing professional basketball for three years, his agent tells Peegs.com." Structure: The KLS has two stages: the First League (in which 16 teams participate) and the SuperLeague (in which 8 teams participate). As reported about the leagues, the SuperLeague is not a separate league, it's a separate stage. Maybe also worth pointing out: "FIBA Ranking: Serbia is currently ranked fifth in the FIBA World Rankings. "

It's pro ball. NAIA? NBA players who came out of the Serbian league include Jokic, Stojakovic, Divac, Bogdanovic, among others. And skill wise? Euro players in general are ahead of DI college players. The rules and level of athleticism are different, but the skill? Plenty of skill in the Serbian league.

Dort's doing his job for sure, but Hali not shooting? that's all on him. He's the engine, has to keep pushing, not punt like that. 6 shots? That doesn't tell anyone, including himself, anything.

Really surprising, and unfortunate, that he only took 6 shots. That's bizarre, and genuinely surprising. They win with Hali shooting significantly, and in this game he was -13. WTH? ' I fully expect the P's to come out and win G6 with Hali and co getting back to playing and the refs not completely favoring the Thunder (the non-calls are truly pathetic), but then Thunder win G7. Yeah, P's needed to hold on and win G4.