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Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

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  • Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

    The strength of our team is the fact that we are a team. On any given night any two players can lead our team in scoring and we are a nightmare to defend because we don’t have anyone in the starting five who is a designated anything. All five players can defend and all five players can score on any given night.

    Tonight our point guard had it going on at the offensive end of the floor so he led the team in scoring. However right after him was a balanced attack that both of our wings and our center all gave you double figure production. The one starter who didn’t get to double figures routinely is one of our better scorers.

    Our bench was not huge for us but it was fairly effective, however it did have some sloppy plays that led to Utah making a pretty big come back (although the starters didn’t fair much better during that time).

    To be 17 – 7 at this point in the season is really a dream come true. I never ever expected the team to be this good this quick and to do it while mostly on the road is even more impressive.

    It’s funny now when we play Western Conference teams that have winning records I no longer quake in my shoes as I have over past few years. The Jazz routinely have been a tough team for us to play and at one point in the 4th quarter I thought we might be looking at another tough loss again. But this isn’t the same Pacers team as in years past.

    Or better yet let me let Roy Hibbert make his statement about how the game might have gone in the past, per an interview with Mike Wells.

    Hibbert: "Last season before the coaching change, we probably would have lost that game."

    Two things you can take away from that statement. One is that this team really has improved and improved to the point that there is no team in the NBA that I don’t think we at least have a decent chance of beating (obviously Miami is a team that I fear but they are not impossible to beat). Two, Roy really thinks very highly of Frank Vogel. Notice how I didn’t take that wide open chance to make an offhanded comment about the former coach? Some of you should be proud of me.

    But in all seriousness he’s right and here is why. We are mentally tougher. Our talent level is better, sure that can’t be denied. But there is a real collective group feeling that nobody can beat us. Think about George Hill getting all indignant when one of our members (name escapes me at the moment) asked him if they were going to steal the game in L.A. They didn’t go into that game thinking they were going to steal anything, they believed they were going to win it, which they did.

    I think this starts with coaching and a coaching staff that believes in them and has them believing in each other. This is why every single day I am on here trying to convince some of you guys who are trying to make a different trade everyday that this collective group of players is already special and until something changes I have no interest in disrupting what we have going.

    Now one last thing before we get to the odd thoughts. Tonight’s attendance was pretty bad however it is what I expected. The balcony looked to be pretty crowded however if I’m not mistaken aren’t they selling tickets there for $6.00 per seat? I mean in all honesty for that kind of money the team is probably losing money on the seat but I guess it’s better than letting them go empty.

    Here is the truth though, this isn’t new and it didn’t start under the previous coach. Tuesday night games or worse yet Wednesday night game have always been sparsely attended unless a marquee team or player is in town. If the Lakers (or this season probably the Clipper) or the Heat or the Bulls were in town then the attendance would be near capacity, but Tuesday night in the early part of February in Indiana and the team is the Utah Jazz without any stars on their roster either. Well this is the attendance you are going to get. It’s not that the city still hates the club or nobody knows the team, I think it’s getting there. Slowly but surely people are starting to either understand or hear about the team. It’s sadly the way it is here and has always been.

    Ok now to the game.

    Let’s do tonight in bullet point fashion.

    • I spent the first half of the game thinking to myself, didn’t you use to be Devin Harris a young and up and coming point guard? This was all while Darren Collison was beating him like a rented mule. Sometimes when Darren has it going on and is being defended by a player who, well to be polite I’ll say, isn’t giving the best effort on defense you have to let him do his thing. I know we all prefer point guards who point but tonight you could not argue with the results. The fact he does all of this without turning over the ball at all is really remarkable. Great game by our point guard and that is something we have been able to say quite a bit this season.
    • The rest of the first half and the entire third quarter I spent thinking to myself, didn’t you use to be Danny Granger who only last week scored 36 points? In the middle of the third you probably could have confused me with Vnzla81 because I was ready to ship Danny out for about anybody with a pulse. Because I was convinced at that point in time Danny didn’t have one. Then came that 4th quarter. He was everywhere during that time. Not only did he find his shot but his defense went from warp speed to plaid. However the greatest thing he did all night long will not show up in a box score. Late in the 4th he drove the lane and drew three defenders to him; instead of forcing up the contested layup he kicks the ball to Collison who quickly kicks the ball to George who hits the mostly uncontested three point shot. However that play was set up by Danny drawing the defense and getting the ball to the open man. Just beautiful basketball.
    • Paul George is getting there. That dunk and the national attention he got from it (& probably the butt chewing he got from David West for not dunking the ball) has seemed to kick Paul into the next level of play and he now is aggressively looking for his shot. However the beauty of Paul is that he does a lot of this by getting his shots off of defense that he provides. The sky is the limit for this young man and it will be a real pleasure for Pacer fans to watch him grow. However one little thing that he has got to work on is he has got to stop fouling players in the act of shooting. His first foul of the game was another touch foul that got the and 1.
    • Roy Hibbert has become so good that you almost forget how good he is until he goes to the bench. Need two points? Get it to Roy. Need a big block? Here comes Roy. Need a tough interior rebound to secure the game? There is Roy as well. That last part is the one thing that I think surprises me more than any other thing. I never expected Roy to rebound the way he does. I had a feeling he would be a decent scorer, although he has become more of a weapon than I ever thought he would and I even suspected he would be a decent shot blocker. But rebounding was something I was ready to say that we would always need to get him help. He doesn’t get weak chase the ball into the corner rebounds either. He is in there battling each and every play. Roy will be an all-star and he really deserves it.
    • David West had a completely unspectacular game although he wasn’t what I would say was bad. But like I said above that is why our team is so special, we didn’t need his offense tonight. But let’s give him credit for a play that was like Grangers above in that it won’t appear in any statistics. The game sealing shot by Granger was made possible because David West ran a pick and roll with Darren Collison then he slipped the pick and instead of popping out for a shot he ran over and set another pick on Grangers man freeing him up for a wide open 15 foot shot that Danny nailed. But he wouldn’t have been open if West didn’t pick his man into the next parking lot. Of course Frank Vogel gets credit for drawing up that play as well.
    • I swear poor Tyler gets slapped in the head more than anyone on the team. I almost want the guy to wear a Hibbert style mask out of fear of the head shots he takes. I think his physical style of play is kind of working against him at the moment with the refs. because the guy is getting fouled like crazy and very rarely gets the call anymore. He had what I like to call a game tonight, not great not bad. Once again though this speaks to our overall team strength as remember at the beginning of the season that a lot of our offense was David West & Tyler Hansbrough? He was very active and I think he did a little better at defending Millsap than West did. I hope he has a big game in Atlanta because we are going to need it.
    • Lou Amundson was Lou tonight. He didn’t provide much in the way of statistics but he gave a few min. of rest to Roy and didn’t blow the lead when he was in there. Also I’ll take this time to tell everyone now, this Enes Kanter of Utah is going to be an absolute monster of a player if he continues to develop. This guy is going to be like Demarcus Cousins in that he doesn’t have any hops but this guy is wide as a Mack truck and knows how to use his body. This is not Mehmet Okur; this is a physical player who our guys could not move.
    • Lance Stephenson, like Paul George, is getting there. He’s obviously taking longer than Paul but he actually contributed solid valuable production to this game. His defense has improved 100 fold over what it was last year and he even attempted a perimeter shot tonight. I wonder in 2-3 years where he will be at in his development. In fact that should scare the league a little bit really. We are this good now and both Paul & Lance have almost not even scratched the surface of what they could be as players. I don’t know if both, either or neither of them will develop to their true potential but like Paul the sky is the limit if he keeps working. I know a lot of people don’t like him because he wears his heart on his sleeves and that burnt a lot of Artest fans. But in all honesty this is a big kid we are dealing with here. I know to a lot of people Ron was the same way but I’m hoping Lance doesn’t have the same mental issues.
    • Dahntay Jones was like Lou, he played. He had a nice drive with a foul but that was about it. His shot was off tonight, however he didn’t let up on defense so at least we can always count on him for that. He has been great for over a month now so if he has one game where he is a little off we can agree to let it go.
    • A.J. Price had a couple of shots that he had to take cause the clock was expiring however there was one instance he let a shot fly from about the hash mark that there was still 4 or 5 seconds left on the clock. I don’t know what was up with him when Utah put on the pressure defense; I’ve never seen him make bad plays like that before when teams move up on him. I’m really hoping this is rust but sadly I wonder if this isn’t who he is as a player now. If any one player was damaged by the previous coaching staff it was probably him.

    Ok a minor announcement, not that anybody really cares, but there will probably not be an odd thoughts after the Atlanta game due to some work related issues I will have to attend to instead. If I do get one up it will be very abbreviated, yes I know I need to do that anyway.

    Guys I would love to come on here and complain more. In fact I feel a lot like a Pollyanna with my constant gushing over the team. But after more than a decade of either disliking how we played or some of our players or really disliking our coach I am at total peace with this current roster and coaching staff. It makes these Odd Thoughts kind of redundant and probably boring to read. However there is really nothing I feel like complaining about in general. They are far exceeding my expectations.

    One last thing before I go, I realized the other day that I have been writing these things for 18 years. You’d think in all of that time I would have improved or learned how to spell or use proper grammar but somehow that has always escaped me. I am not a professional writer (obviously) and I am not a mathematician or analyst. I am nothing more than a lifelong fan of the Indiana Pacers who talks too much and in the past complained too much. I’d like to thank each of you guys who have given me support and interacted with me over the years. When Hicks approached me a couple of years ago about changing over to more of a blog format I really was hesitant because well one I was not familiar with blogging even though I’ve done this for so long but it’s always been on a bulletin board format and second of all I was very much afraid of losing the interaction with other posters. To me that is why I do this, I am really only trying to have a conversation and the thought of typing all of this out and not getting any response didn’t appeal to me. Eventually I agreed and tried it for a good period of time. I was able to keep the interactions going so that made me happy. Recently we’ve had another small change and so I’ve now started posting them directly here again. *this was for those of you who were wondering why all of a sudden robohicks is no longer posting odd thoughts*.

    Either way thanks to Hicks for letting me continue this over here and thanks to all of you who I have interacted with, it’s really one of the great Joys of my life.

    Ok enough sappy stuff, let’s keep this Pacers train a rolling right over Atlanta.



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

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    Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

    Paul seems to be making at least one play a game (shot wise) that just makes you go, OMG PAUL GEORGE. Tonight for me it was his behind the back cross over jumper that he made with ease.

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      Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

      Originally posted by ilive4sports View Post
      Paul seems to be making at least one play a game (shot wise) that just makes you go, OMG PAUL GEORGE. Tonight for me it was his behind the back cross over jumper that he made with ease.
      Indeed. The 3 that he hit from the wing leaning rightwards was great as well.
      Originally posted by IrishPacer
      Empty vessels make the most noise.

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      • #4
        Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

        The players seem to be maximizing their abilities as a team. There are of course some weaknesses, but teamwork tends to minimize those. Then to see people like Roy and even coach Vogel himself having so much success and positive vibes around them.... it does make you think that nice guys do still stand a chance in this world.... AND stand a chance in the NBA....
        Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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        "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

        -John Wooden

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          Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

          Oh... and to paraphrase Chevy Chase: Jim O'Brien is still not coaching the Indiana Pacers...
          Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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          "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

          -John Wooden

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            Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

            I like having your thread. The "official post game thread" is usually just a continuation of whatever was being argued about in the game thread. Most of the knee jerk stuff goes there.

            This thread lets the dust settle, then You provide a good starting point for a conversation about the Game. I agree with VNZLA ,who stated a couple weeks ago, that yours is the best postgame thread on the digest. I typically make a point to check for it before I go to bed on game nights(yeah I'm always up late to).

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              Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

              Originally posted by Peck View Post
              I think this starts with coaching and a coaching staff that believes in them and has them believing in each other. This is why every single day I am on here trying to convince some of you guys who are trying to make a different trade everyday that this collective group of players is already special and until something changes I have no interest in disrupting what we have going.

              Amen...Thank You

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                Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                Originally posted by ilive4sports View Post
                Paul seems to be making at least one play a game (shot wise) that just makes you go, OMG PAUL GEORGE. Tonight for me it was his behind the back cross over jumper that he made with ease.
                And the put back dunk (which didn't count).
                "Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

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                  Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                  Originally posted by Peck View Post
                  In fact I feel a lot like a Pollyanna with my constant gushing over the team.
                  Lol, Peck.

                  You've got nearly a decade of happy positive left before you reach equilibrium.

                  "Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

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                    Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                    For me, that was probably Lance's overall best game other than the FT misses and overreaction. He played well individually, but I thought he really seemed under control and within the flow of the game/team concept.

                    Evaporating big leads occur, but was it just me or was that one of the quickest erasures of a 21 point deficit ever? Ball movement goes away on the offensive end. Defensive intensity drops. Next thing you know, you're down by three. Lesson learned?
                    I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

                    -Emiliano Zapata

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                      Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                      A little pat on the back to you Peck.

                      You always write coherently and your content is always spot on. I for one really appreciate your work. You write very, very well.

                      I know full well what a pain it is sometimes to try to cram cranking out stuff for PD on a deadline into the demands an otherwise normal life. But don't stop. I love Odd Thoughts.

                      A couple of things. You mentioned Devin Harris. I think he's playing hurt. He came back to play the other night from a week off and the Knicks' Lin burned him for 28. Collison just added to his misery. I'm thinking he's not 100%.

                      Totally agree with you on Hansborough. It seems like everyone has a green light to foul him egregiously with no worries about getting called for it. I think Vogel should ***** about it in the media. That's what other coaches do. Ultimately, the refs take notice and stop swallowing their whistles.

                      David West has been in an offensive funk for the last 2 or 3 games. I don't know what's up with him. I just hope it ends.

                      Granger said in a post-game interview that he took an overdose of some kind of sleep medication and that he hadn't been able to purge it going into the game. He attibuted his early poor shooting to that. My new nick for him is "Sleepy" (it's better than "Sominex" or "Lunesta", which sound like the names of hostile aliens). I doubt if Sleepy Floyd would mind.

                      Agree with you about Kanter too. A sleeping giant who's going to be very good.

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                        Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                        Originally posted by spazzxb View Post
                        I like having your thread. The "official post game thread" is usually just a continuation of whatever was being argued about in the game thread. Most of the knee jerk stuff goes there.

                        This thread lets the dust settle, then You provide a good starting point for a conversation about the Game. I agree with VNZLA ,who stated a couple weeks ago, that yours is the best postgame thread on the digest. I typically make a point to check for it before I go to bed on game nights(yeah I'm always up late to).
                        Well said, Spaz. Hmmm ... although ... if we're in agreement that Peck's "Odd Thoughts" threads are more fair and balanced than other post-game threads, shouldn't they be titled, "Even Thoughts"?

                        Or, for James Bond aficionados, "Odd-JOB Thoughts"?


                        "He’s no shrinking violet when it comes to that kind of stuff."

                        - Rick Carlisle on how Kevin Pritchard responds to needed roster changes.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                          I don't post very often, but I wanted to thank you Peck for doing the Odd Thoughts. I really get enjoyment out of them, and it doesn't feel like a Pacers game until I read your post. I hope you continue to post happy thoughts for the next decade

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                          • #14
                            Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                            Hey Peck, as a German member of PD, I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoy reading your articles, especially after a game which I wasnt able to cover, cause of the different timezones.

                            So keep it coming This year is great so far, and the Pacers are a special team to follow!!!

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                              Re: Odd Thoughts: All that Jazz

                              Originally posted by Peck View Post
                              Either way thanks to Hicks for letting me continue this over here and thanks to all of you who I have interacted with, it’s really one of the great Joys of my life.

                              I consider "Odd Thoughts" a must read after the games.

                              Unfortunately for Wells it makes his column seems insignificant!

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