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  • Quick thoughts...

    Ok, I've stayed up late (even for me) because I had an extra hour due to the time change so I will make this very very short.

    Pull all of the negatives you want out of this (sloppy offense, Jamaal with questionable play, lack of p.g. defense, Harrison being Harrison, etc., etc.) and it still adds up to a win for the Pacers.

    Look it is in my nature to find fault. In fact what I do for a living (well one of the things I do for a living) is try and find an underlying problem and correct it. So that is why often times I come on here and see a win and go "yea, but".

    However this is a new year and a whole new set of rules.

    There is something to be said for this, winning is contagous. We are finding ways to win games which, IMO, is a hell of a lot differant than the last few years when we were finding ways to lose games.

    Does it matter what the opponets record is? No, it does not. You play who you play. Yes I realize that we have yet to face a great team or even a great player (Arenas aside) but these are the same types of teams that we have had real trouble with over the past few years.

    Remember from games 1 & 2 "never surrender" because that held through on game 3 as well.

    That's not to say there may not be some trouble. It will be interesting to see how both O'Brien and Harrison react to that little incident.

    BTW, for the record LA you were not getting flamed by an entire room. There was one person in the room who had your back. Roaming Gnome immediately stood up when he read what you had to say and yelled at the top of his lungs "Damn straight, J.O. has got to learn to control this crap." He then went on about a 5 min. lecture on why Drew Gooden really isn't that much worse of a player and frankly in retrospect comparing J.O. to John Koncack was an insult to Koncack.

    We were all stunned, but hey what could we say it was his house and he has a viscous man eating dog that was ready to tear us up if we even dared to offer a rebuttal.

    Anyway, back to the game.

    This is a real and honest question that I thought about on the way home.

    Have the Pacers in their history ever had two wing players at the same time be dynamic scoreres? I know Mikey Johnson and Ricky Sobers for one season but they were not traditional wing players at all, then did Adrian Dantley ever play with John Williams here? Even if they did it was less than a season.

    Honestly, is this the first time that we have had this?

    Ok, crap I forgot Artest & Reggie. But I will argue that by the time Ron was here Reggie was way past being a dynamic scorer other than on rare occasions.

    Help me out here guys, I am drawing a blank.

    We need to pick up the rebounding a little bit, hopeing Troy's return helps with that.

    12 players played? Not in a blowout? Unheard of?

    Not anymore, this is the New Indiana Pacers.

    Look please don't anybody think I'm being a pollyana here. I just have low expectations going into the season and so far they are far and away going above what I expected.

    Oh one last thing about the small gathering.

    There was one person in the room who believed all night long that the team would win.

    Just call me the new Sally Sunshine.

    Maybe I better talk about Walsh or something so that way I can make my posts more balanced.


    Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13

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    Re: Quick thoughts...

    Originally posted by Peck View Post

    Have the Pacers in their history ever had two wing players at the same time be dynamic scoreres? I know Mikey Johnson and Ricky Sobers for one season but they were not traditional wing players at all, then did Adrian Dantley ever play with John Williams here? Even if they did it was less than a season.

    Honestly, is this the first time that we have had this?

    Ok, crap I forgot Artest & Reggie. But I will argue that by the time Ron was here Reggie was way past being a dynamic scorer other than on rare occasions.

    Help me out here guys, I am drawing a blank.
    er, do reggie and jalen count?

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    • #3
      Re: Quick thoughts...

      "Man eating dog" LOL. It takes her 10 minutes just to stand up and about 5 for her to make her way over to you - plus all the mooing gives you plenty of warning she's on her way.


      Peck, I agree with you that Granger and Dunleavy right now are making a lethal combination (you are forgetting Reggie and Jalen - 40 pts a piece in a playoff game is impressive)

      Right now the two greatest assets for the Pacers are Dun and Granger as a tandem, plus the excellent depth.

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      • #4
        Re: Quick thoughts...

        Besides Reggie and Jalen, Reggie and Mully were a good combo for the first year (Mully's later decline helped erase the first year from people's minds) but before that you go back to Reggie and Chuck.
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        • #5
          Re: Quick thoughts...

          Originally posted by Peck View Post
          BTW, for the record LA you were not getting flamed by an entire room. There was one person in the room who had your back. Roaming Gnome immediately stood up when he read what you had to say and yelled at the top of his lungs "Damn straight, J.O. has got to learn to control this crap." He then went on about a 5 min. lecture on why Drew Gooden really isn't that much worse of a player and frankly in retrospect comparing J.O. to John Koncack was an insult to Koncack.

          We were all stunned, but hey what could we say it was his house and he has a viscous man eating dog that was ready to tear us up if we even dared to offer a rebuttal.
          Oh I'm over it. The best part of the whole scene is that when a collection of our most lucid and thoughtful posters get together, they end up sounding like Dat Dude and Joneal7's love child.

          See what I did there? I flipped it. It's about quality posting, not my crackpot ideas. DEFLECT! DEFLECT!






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          • #6
            Re: Quick thoughts...

            OH and by the way. I very much like that the Pacers are beginning to play the right way.

            But I want to hold up another standard: I want them to ACT the right way too. Just because other star players act like 3 year olds doesn't mean it's acceptable behavior from OUR star.

            Considering the guys we're talking about were here on 11/19, I think I have plenty reason to want them to play with emotion but not let emotion take over. We've all seen what can happen. And no, once you're involved in something like that, you never ever ever get to live it down. Never.

            The pacers should play the right way and ACT the right way. Neither JO or Harrison behaved well last night. I suggested that JO as team leader deserved a little responsibility for Harrison's actions but then I recanted and I admitted that each man is responsible for himself.

            But in the end JO should at least be held accountable for losing his own cool, right?

            With JO the T worked - he immediately cooled it and the refs got their word in: "hey pacers, don't **** us off." So maybe Harrison didn't follow his leader and get the message. But then, has he ever?

            EDIT: I reserve the right to flip-flop on this issue all season long.
            Last edited by Los Angeles; 11-04-2007, 11:31 AM.
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            • #7
              Re: Quick thoughts...

              Originally posted by peck

              Roaming Gnome immediately stood up when he read what you had to say and yelled at the top of his lungs "Damn straight, J.O. has got to learn to control this crap." He then went on about a 5 min. lecture on why Drew Gooden really isn't that much worse of a player and frankly in retrospect comparing J.O. to John Koncack was an insult to Koncack.

              We were all stunned, but hey what could we say it was his house and he has a viscous man eating dog that was ready to tear us up if we even dared to offer a rebuttal.
              What?!? Like J.O. in Los Angeles....I was misquoted, but my dog is a man-eater....

              I personally didn't see what happened to get J.O. his tech. I figure if it wasn't anything so demonstrative that it attracted the attention of the cameras, it was no big deal.

              As for Harrison, since it is a new coaching staff and everyone started with the slate clean, I'd expect them to have a spirited talk with him that may cost him a little $$$, but in the end I expect what ever they do will be done in the coaches' office and not in the public eye. Anymore incidents I'm sure will be handled by means that are evident to the public, like not playing.
              ...Still "flying casual"
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              • #8
                Re: Quick thoughts...

                I love JO. I was disappointed when watching the feed to hear him complain in the manner that he did. I was hoping that was something that would change as well.
                "They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.

                "'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."

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                • #9
                  Re: Quick thoughts...

                  So far Danny and Mike have been awesome. Just awesome.

                  However neither has scored like this for a whole season. So I don't know that I would count on them to do so.

                  I guess I never have thought of Mike as a big time scorer. A very good all around player though. But I guess I have always seen him being a 15 point scorer and doing all the little things to help. Not this 22 point scorer. Either way I don't see much wrong.

                  Danny can be a 20 point scorer. However, as with Dunleavy, he hasn't proven it. Off to a good start though.

                  Jermaine hasn't shot the ball a lot in his 2 games. So I think how much shooting he does will have a big impact on the scoring that Mike/Danny do.

                  Hard to say if Mike and Danny will keep this up the whole season. If they can, then wow that would be great. If they don't then i'm sure that we all would still be pleased with their production.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Quick thoughts...

                    Originally posted by rommie View Post
                    So far Danny and Mike have been awesome. Just awesome.

                    However neither has scored like this for a whole season. So I don't know that I would count on them to do so.

                    I guess I never have thought of Mike as a big time scorer. A very good all around player though. But I guess I have always seen him being a 15 point scorer and doing all the little things to help. Not this 22 point scorer. Either way I don't see much wrong.

                    Danny can be a 20 point scorer. However, as with Dunleavy, he hasn't proven it. Off to a good start though.

                    Jermaine hasn't shot the ball a lot in his 2 games. So I think how much shooting he does will have a big impact on the scoring that Mike/Danny do.

                    Hard to say if Mike and Danny will keep this up the whole season. If they can, then wow that would be great. If they don't then i'm sure that we all would still be pleased with their production.

                    I think O'Brien has a lot of confidence in Dunleavy. The Pacers run a number of very nice offensive plays to get Mike shots and it seemed especially last night that whenever we really needed two points the pacers ran a play for Mike. He's excellent coming off screens and curling around picks to get open 18 ft jumpers. But I've been extremely impressed how the Pacers execute the plays

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                    • #11
                      Re: Quick thoughts...

                      It appears we have our own big 3 with JO,Dun and Granger. A little bit younger also. I like our support cast a little better than Bostons.
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                      • #12
                        Re: Quick thoughts...

                        I was thinking before I made my season predictions that if G&D averaged 18 & 6 we would win over 50 games. So far they have exceeded my expectations.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Quick thoughts...

                          Originally posted by aceace View Post
                          It appears we have our own big 3 with JO,Dun and Granger. A little bit younger also. I like our support cast a little better than Bostons.
                          Hey, I like our team but let's not get away from ourselves here. In terms of wins this season, I'd trade Jermaine for KG, Danny for Peirce, or Dun for Ray Allen. Our guys are younger, sure, but as for this season we lose in each one of those matchups.
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                          • #14
                            Re: Quick thoughts...

                            even thought JO lost his cool and got T'ed up - it was essential that he did. Once he got back in the game he managed to get a few favorable whistles go his way...

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                            • #15
                              Re: Quick thoughts...

                              Originally posted by bellisimo View Post
                              even thought JO lost his cool and got T'ed up - it was essential that he did. Once he got back in the game he managed to get a few favorable whistles go his way...
                              That's a good point...Neither of those charges he took in the 4th were actually charges, IMO. (One was Rudy's fifth foul, and I think the other one was Mighty Mouse.)
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