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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

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

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

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

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Adam Howard always workin'.

[HoosierHoopster]

On 7/8/2024 at 11:07 PM, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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

Summer league....

[Demo]

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1816096386485465595
 

The Pacers get Nembhard done. Interesting that he went a year short on his deal, though that means he hits the market again at something like 27 and he’ll get a giant deal at that point. All you need to know about the Monopoly money in the NBA: I read that he signs for 19 mil/yr and the 1st thing I thought of is that’s a solid deal until he gets to his BIG contract.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1816096386485465595
 

The Pacers get Nembhard done. Interesting that he went a year short on his deal, though that means he hits the market again at something like 27 and he’ll get a giant deal at that point. All you need to know about the Monopoly money in the NBA: I read that he signs for 19 mil/yr and the 1st thing I thought of is that’s a solid deal until he gets to his BIG contract.

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.

[RaceToTheTop]

4 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Yeah, it sucked making the Eastern conference finals with a young team last year.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

10 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Yeah, it sucked making the Eastern conference finals with a young team last year.

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.

[J34]

5 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Weren't the Pacers missing a 15 pt scorer throughout the playoffs? And didn't our best player miss 2 playoff games?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

16 hours ago, J34 said:

Weren't the Pacers missing a 15 pt scorer throughout the playoffs? And didn't our best player miss 2 playoff games?

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.

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

I thought you were a Heat fan lol

[J34]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Agree on the lucky part, but to downplay the significance of missing your 4th best scorer(#1 bench scorer)is laughable. Does it really matter what path they took to get to the ECF,  you could go back and say that with many sports/teams through the years. You play who is in front of you. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

I thought you were a Heat fan lol

Heat and Pacers.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, J34 said:

Agree on the lucky part, but to downplay the significance of missing your 4th best scorer(#1 bench scorer)is laughable. Does it really matter what path they took to get to the ECF,  you could go back and say that with many sports/teams through the years. You play who is in front of you. 

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.

[J34]

10 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Who cares how the fans view the future. The Pacers have a good blend of veterans and young talent. A number of the teams you mentioned, have some of the oldest rosters in the league. Most of their older players are important role players, but Butler, Dame, Horford, and Lopez are key pieces whose better years are behind them. On the other hand, the Pacers have one of the youngest rosters, and none of their best players are over 30.(Turner?)

So if fans have a "skewed" view of the future,  maybe they're onto something. 

[KingPG21]

41 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

The I just say ridiculous things shtick is pretty old after a while. 

 

Thinking Hali wasn't playing through things before he missed games is asinine. Also its hilarious to point at Middleton playing hurt. Its am 82 game season. Every single player is dealing with something. Thinking teams are 100% transparent on injury reports is funny to say the least

 

Its weird to talk about Orlando and Clevelnad getting older, and just being like its a big deal but at the same time down playing the Pacers youth. 

 

Miami is above the Pacers. Because? Oh, but Pacers fans are delusional. Heat got actively worse this offeason dude. But hey Butler will probably be healthier with another year of wear and tear on his body. 

 

Nemb  is absolutely qorth 20 mil/year. Dude is a starting caliber player coming off his second year. 

 

Serious question. Do you just watch ESPN and trust them to be right? Cause its a pretty bad idea. 

[RaceToTheTop]

2 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Yeah, **** the Pacers for making the ECF because other teams had boo-boos.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

On 7/25/2024 at 7:33 PM, KingPG21 said:

The I just say ridiculous things shtick is pretty old after a while. 

 

Thinking Hali wasn't playing through things before he missed games is asinine. Also its hilarious to point at Middleton playing hurt. Its am 82 game season. Every single player is dealing with something. Thinking teams are 100% transparent on injury reports is funny to say the least

 

Its weird to talk about Orlando and Clevelnad getting older, and just being like its a big deal but at the same time down playing the Pacers youth. 

 

Miami is above the Pacers. Because? Oh, but Pacers fans are delusional. Heat got actively worse this offeason dude. But hey Butler will probably be healthier with another year of wear and tear on his body. 

 

Nemb  is absolutely qorth 20 mil/year. Dude is a starting caliber player coming off his second year. 

 

Serious question. Do you just watch ESPN and trust them to be right? Cause its a pretty bad idea. 

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.

[TheWatShot]

21 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yea it isn't a schtick. The just aren't at that level. Gianni's plays, first round exit.

Saying the Bucks win that series if Giannis plays rings a bit hollow when you consider he played in all five games against the Pacers during the season and the Pacers won four of them. He had 64 in a game the Bucks won by 14 points. He had 54, 37, 30 and 26 in the others and the Pacers still won them. 

[KingPG21]

On 7/26/2024 at 11:07 PM, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

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.

Hey guys. We're all delusional Pacers fans. But this dude isn't a delusional Heat fan.

 

Lol If you don't like hearing another fan base being positive about their team. Don't post on a site that is gonna be mostly Pacers fans. Even if you claim to be a Pacers fan. You come off way more like a Heat fan