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  • The Pacers have never had that one player

    I've read several places on here, that the Pacers should try to build a team more like the Pistons if they want to win a championship.

    The Pistons are an extremely rare case.

    If you look at ANY modern championship team in the NBA, each of them had that one special player. That one player that was taken extremely early in the draft. That one player you can easily build an entire franchise on.

    The Pistons are the ONLY team that didn't have that one player. The Pistons are the exception to the rule. They won a championship with several very good players, but let's be honest, the Pistons don't have a top 5 player in the NBA, like any other modern championship team. We could argue all day about who Detroit's best player is. You can't count on building a championship squad like that. Did it work for the Pistons? Obviously, but like I said, they're an exception to the rule. Let's look at the past champions besides the 2004 Pistons.

    1999, 2003: Spurs(Duncan)
    2000-2002: Lakers(Shaq)
    1991-1993, 1996-1998: Bulls(Jordan)
    1994-1995: Rockets(Hakeem)
    1989-1990: Pistons(Isiah)
    1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988: Lakers (Magic)
    1981, 1984, 1986: Celtics
    1983: Sixers: (Dr. J)

    Isn't it fascinating that since 1980, only 7 franchises have won NBA championships? The Sixers were the only single time winner.

    That's every NBA champion since 1980. What do they all have in common? They had that one superstar, that one player you could count on to lead you to the promise land, that special guy who you knew would take over when the game was on the line. That's how you build a championship team. Outside of 2004, a team of "several good players", but no superior superstar never wins the championship.

    Let me clearly state that I am not knocking the Pistons at all. Their formula worked for THEM, but no other franchise can count on putting several very good players together like that and taking home the big prize.

    The Pacers have never had that special player. Reggie was an exciting player to watch. But let me clearly state, while he is a first ballot hall of famer, he was never one of THE BEST players in the NBA. The BEST meaning top 5 or so. Reggie found a niche, and road it for 18 years. That brought alot of excitement to Indiana, and it was a great ride. But Reggie was never a player that was on par with Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, whomever.

    Do the Pacers have that special player in Jermaine O'Neal? The answer to that question will determine the future of the Pacers for the next several years. JO has the talent, that's obvious. But if JO can turn into the perfect leader, the guy you can count on to take you all the way, then we may see a banner hanging from Conseco a couple of years down the road.

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    Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

    it should be mentioned that this isn't the FIRST time the Pistons have pulled this off.

    The bad boys had all-stars, yeah. But so does this current one. They just dont get the acclaim, because they didnt have enough time in their younger years to make names for themselves.

    the 1989 Pistons didn't have a 20ppg scorer. They didnt have a 10-assist passer. They didnt even have a 10-rpg rebounder.

    That team had no dominant player. Just a bunch of stars that sacrificed to win. It irritates me that people say Isiah was the superstar of that team, because he was NO WHERE NEAR what he was in the early 80's. You could go entire GAMES and not realize he was on the court. Did he take the big shots? Yeah. But so does CHauncey Billups, does that make him a superstar?

    This team plays the exact same freaking team concept that the pistons of old did. Joe built the team the same way his old one was built.

    And by the way: check out the Spurs. Duncan is just another part of that team now, he doesn't dominate everything. They don't spread it out quite like the pistons do, but they come damn close.

    It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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      Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

      Originally posted by Kstat
      it should be mentioned that this isn't the FIRST time the Pistons have pulled this off.

      The bad boys had all-stars, yeah. But so does this current one. They just dont get the acclaim, because they didnt have enough time in their younger years to make names for themselves.

      the 1989 Pistons didn't have a 20ppg scorer. They didnt have a 10-assist passer. They didnt even have a 10-rpg rebounder.

      That team had no dominant player. Just a bunch of stars that sacrificed to win. It irritates me that people say Isiah was the superstar of that team, because he was NO WHERE NEAR what he was in the early 80's. You could go entire GAMES and not realize he was on the court. Did he take the big shots? Yeah. But so does CHauncey Billups, does that make him a superstar?

      This team plays the exact same freaking team concept that the pistons of old did. Joe built the team the same way his old one was built.

      And by the way: check out the Spurs. Duncan is just another part of that team now, he doesn't dominate everything. They don't spread it out quite like the pistons do, but they come damn close.

      The Duncan in 1999 and 2003 was a little more dominant than today, and that's the years the Spurs won their rings. Will they this year? That remains to be seen.

      You make a good point with the Pistons' title teams, but still, I think most people would agree that Isiah was the Pistons' best player. Was he really superior to anyone else on the team? No, but I think he was a little ahead of anyone else.

      With the 04 Detroit team, it's really impossible to decide who the best player in the team was, it's pretty easy with any other championship team.

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        Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

        Originally posted by vapacersfan
        First of all, I dont think Reggie will be a first ballot hall of famer. But thats a debate for another day.

        As for this thread, I honestly beleive EVERY NBA team could win a NBA title if they followed the forula the Pistons (and Spurs) use. Granted TD is a great player, but he isnt forced to do everything.

        I think everything has to fall in place, but I dont think you need a team full of all-stars in order to win it all.

        Now as for who that player is for us, I think if we ever win a NBA title if will be because others step up, and JO isnt forced to carry the team. He will have to hit big shots, and he will def. be the go to guy, but if we do win one, I bet you it will be because JO took on more of a Timmy D role (and thats means not only JO has to step up, but so do his teammates)

        I agree, everything has to fall into place perfectly. You have to have a little luck to win it, I think everyone knows that.

        Yes, the role players MUST step up. But you have to have that one player that steps up, that one player that you can count on to will you to victory. That's what JO must become.

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        • #5
          Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

          Originally posted by PacerFanAdam
          The Pacers have never had that special player. Reggie was an exciting player to watch. But let me clearly state, while he is a first ballot hall of famer, he was never one of THE BEST players in the NBA. The BEST meaning top 5 or so. Reggie found a niche, and road it for 18 years. That brought alot of excitement to Indiana, and it was a great ride. But Reggie was never a player that was on par with Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, whomever.


          I agree on everything you said, except this part, its super FOOLISH... Not just because it hurts me that you said that Reggie was NEVER one of the best players in the NBA. But you say that Reggie wasnt on par with Jordan etc. One thing you are forgetting is to ask yourself WHY? Why was Jordan winning all the time? Why is Shaq winning still all the time... Why didnt Miller get a ring? etc.

          Jordan was surrounded by dominant players at their position, all-stars & great players like Pippen, Rodman, Horace Grant, Toni Kukoc, BJ Armstrong, Steve Kerr, Paxson etc. Phil Jackson? Heck! He even had David Stern on his side overrating him... What would happen if Jordan switched place with Reggie? Would Jordan still get some rings without any great players in Indiana? I dont think so... Would Reggie be classified as the greatest player to ever play the game if he played with team and manage to get maybe even more rings? Reggie was almost Alone on Offense in his prime and STILL managed to get close so many times.

          Shaq (the best center today) had Kobe (one of the best SG) and they had Phil Jackson and a crazy team who always step up.
          Kobe does not have Shaq anymore right? He didnt even managed to get his team to the Playoffs...
          Shaq did switch team, but now he have even greater players in his team and they have big chance of being this years champions...

          Isiah? 90s? Pistons? = TEAM PLAY, TEAM OFFENSE/DEFENSE

          As u can see, its ALL about Team play my friend... Reggie NEVER had any All-Star player in his team, until it was to late, until he got old. But
          This year the Pacers was 100% Champions with that lineup we had, until November 19...

          Never understimate Greatness my friend, Reggie at 39 was so good than most of players in NBA will ever be. WTF are u talking about, Reggie was the most special player the Pacers will never have!

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          • #6
            Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

            Originally posted by 3ptmiller


            I agree on everything you said, except this part, its super FOOLISH... Not just because it hurts me that you said that Reggie was NEVER one of the best players in the NBA. But you say that Reggie wasnt on par with Jordan etc. One thing you are forgetting is to ask yourself WHY? Why was Jordan winning all the time? Why is Shaq winning still all the time... Why didnt Miller get a ring? etc.

            Jordan was surrounded by dominant players at their position, all-stars & great players like Pippen, Rodman, Horace Grant, Toni Kukoc, BJ Armstrong, Steve Kerr, Paxson etc. Phil Jackson? Heck! He even had David Stern on his side overrating him... What would happen if Jordan switched place with Reggie? Would Jordan still get some rings without any great players in Indiana? I dont think so... Would Reggie be classified as the greatest player to ever play the game if he played with team and manage to get maybe even more rings? Reggie was almost Alone on Offense in his prime and STILL managed to get close so many times.

            Shaq (the best center today) had Kobe (one of the best SG) and they had Phil Jackson and a crazy team who always step up.
            Kobe does not have Shaq anymore right? He didnt even managed to get his team to the Playoffs...
            Shaq did switch team, but now he have even greater players in his team and they have big chance of being this years champions...

            Isiah? 90s? Pistons? = TEAM PLAY, TEAM OFFENSE/DEFENSE

            As u can see, its ALL about Team play my friend... Reggie NEVER had any All-Star player in his team, until it was to late, until he got old. But
            This year the Pacers was 100% Champions with that lineup we had, until November 19...

            Never understimate Greatness my friend, Reggie at 39 was so good than most of players in NBA will ever be. WTF are u talking about, Reggie was the most special player the Pacers will never have!

            I never said Reggie wasn't great, and I'm certainly not dishing him at all.

            But, let's all take our number 31 jerseys off for one second and answer this question.

            I was implying that Reggie was never a top 5 player. If someone would have asked you who the top 5 players in the NBA during any point of Reggie's 18 year career, could you have honestly listed Reggie as one of them?

            Come on.

            I certainly hope you aren't trying to equate Reggie to Jordan. Reggie would NOT be considered the greatest player in the game had he switched players with MJ, because Reggie simply wasn't as good as MJ.

            The stats aren't even close, while you could count on Reggie to hit some big shots, you could always count on MJ in the playoffs to WILL your team to victory. I'm not knocking Reggie, but MJ was the greatest player of the era. No matter who MJ played with, he was going to get rings. The players he had by his side were far from "dominant", as you implied. Outside of Pippen, they were all role players. Great players like MJ make role players shine.

            Reggie certainly was not alone on offense. Rik Smits was huge during the 1995 playoffs, outplaying Patrick Ewing. Are you forgetting Jalen Rose's scoring ability when he was here?

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            • #7
              Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

              I'd join in this discussion because my extreme hope is that the NBA is moving away from being star-driven to team-driven.

              But I'm too stunned at trying to deal with someone calling BJ Armstrong or Steve Kerr great players.
              The poster formerly known as Rimfire

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              • #8
                Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                Originally posted by DisplacedKnick
                I'd join in this discussion because my extreme hope is that the NBA is moving away from being star-driven to team-driven.

                But I'm too stunned at trying to deal with someone calling BJ Armstrong or Steve Kerr great players.

                I know, it was shocking to hear.

                But please, give some insight.

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                • #9
                  Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                  Originally posted by DisplacedKnick
                  I'd join in this discussion because my extreme hope is that the NBA is moving away from being star-driven to team-driven.

                  But I'm too stunned at trying to deal with someone calling BJ Armstrong or Steve Kerr great players.
                  .....and if you really think about it, Kucoc was overrated as hell. He could shoot and pass, but defensively, he made Dirk look like ron artest. He also rebounded like a WNBA small forward.

                  I see Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman/Grant. Other than that, throw in 4 or 5 random role players and you win titles.

                  I thought Bill Cartright was the worst center to win 3 straight titles.

                  Until I trembled in terror of Luc Longly.

                  It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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                  • #10
                    Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                    Reggie was almost Alone on Offense in his prime and STILL managed to get close so many times.
                    Methinks you are not giving guys like Rik enough credit. IIRC, I always thought Rik Smits was the most important player on those teams. Reggie couldn't do it alone. When Smits was on, the Pacers almost always won. Jalen was a pretty good offensive player when he was here too, although he couldn't guard my grandma. Saying that Reggie was a one-man show offensively is a slap in the face to Reg's supporting cast from the 90s, IMO.

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                    • #11
                      Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                      Hmm....I seem to recall a guy named Mark Jackson averaging 10 assists per game....I can assure you they weren't all to reggie.

                      It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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                      • #12
                        Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                        Originally posted by Kstat
                        Hmm....I seem to recall a guy named Mark Jackson averaging 10 assists per game....I can assure you they weren't all to reggie.
                        Well, there's the problem... Any of those 10 not going to Reggie is shots Reggie didn't get!

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                        • #13
                          Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                          Originally posted by PacerFanAdam
                          I never said Reggie wasn't great, and I'm certainly not dishing him at all.

                          I certainly hope you aren't trying to equate Reggie to Jordan. Reggie would NOT be considered the greatest player in the game had he switched players with MJ, because Reggie simply wasn't as good as MJ.
                          No I agree that your not dissing Reggie, but If Reggie would have had the supporting cast that Jordan had, He would have easily had MJ's rings on his Fingers right now.

                          I in no way want to demean the careers or importance of Rik Smits,Sam Perkins, or Mark Jackson, they were all great players.However, Jordan had a help with the MONSTER rebounding of Dennis Rodman, the amazing help of Scottie Pippen (who never really got the apreciation he deserved), Harper,and Kerr.

                          Both Reggie and Michael are outstanding clutch and franchise players, but the only thing that I think that MJ has on Reggie is the AWESOME dunking abilities. I honestly believe that if Reggie had been a Chicago bull, and Michael an Indiana Pacer, their life and team roles would be totally reversed.

                          We can discuss this for years, but we would all still have the same opinion we started with.
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                          • #14
                            Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                            Originally posted by 8.9_seconds
                            No I agree that your not dissing Reggie, but If Reggie would have had the supporting cast that Jordan had, He would have easily had MJ's rings on his Fingers right now.

                            I in no way want to demean the careers or importance of Rik Smits,Sam Perkins, or Mark Jackson, they were all great players.However, Jordan had a help with the MONSTER rebounding of Dennis Rodman, the amazing help of Scottie Pippen (who never really got the apreciation he deserved), Harper,and Kerr.

                            Both Reggie and Michael are outstanding clutch and franchise players, but the only thing that I think that MJ has on Reggie is the AWESOME dunking abilities. I honestly believe that if Reggie had been a Chicago bull, and Michael an Indiana Pacer, their life and team roles would be totally reversed.

                            We can discuss this for years, but we would all still have the same opinion we started with.
                            i don't really chime in tOo much, but all i can say to that is "WOW" i about choked on my popcorn chicken after reading that.

                            i loved watching reggie miller play, and i understand where the bias comes in... but i just watched a player this year in LeBRON JAMES do more statistically in one season then reggie ever did in his career.
                            he averaged more points, assist, rebounds, steals, and blocks then reggie ever came close to.

                            and with that said he's still light years behind jordan, too me that makes reggie a bit further behind then LeBRON.. now if you want to talk about a body of work, and clutchness- well then it's JORDAN > REGGIE > lebron (incomplete)

                            i'm not even saying lebron is on reggie's level, but i do know he is more of a complete all around player then reggie is.

                            jordan was an all around player.. reggie was not... but he was darn good.

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                            • #15
                              Re: The Pacers have never had that one player

                              Originally posted by KING JAMES
                              i don't really chime in tOo much, but all i can say to that is "WOW" i about choked on my popcorn chicken after reading that.

                              i loved watching reggie miller play, and i understand where the bias comes in... but i just watched a player this year in LeBRON JAMES do more statistically in one season then reggie ever did in his career.
                              he averaged more points, assist, rebounds, steals, and blocks then reggie ever came close to.

                              and with that said he's still light years behind jordan, too me that makes reggie a bit further behind then LeBRON.. now if you want to talk about a body of work, and clutchness- well then it's JORDAN > REGGIE > lebron (incomplete)

                              i'm not even saying lebron is on reggie's level, but i do know he is more of a complete all around player then reggie is.

                              jordan was an all around player.. reggie was not... but he was darn good.
                              respectable post, I see and understand what your saying.

                              hehe I am pretty biased aren't I? Well I have been called the anti-indytoad before.
                              Life without water is tough, life without air is hard,life with one leg only is wobbly, Life without Reggie Miller, is impossible.

                              Do Not Trade Austin

                              Originally posted by Conrad Brunner
                              Veteran Austin Croshere, the longest-tenured Pacers player on the roster, has proven reliable when called upon, invariably ready to step in regardless of the circumstance.

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