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Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

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Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

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  • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

    Originally posted by Kstat View Post
    Hey, I can relate. I thought I could live with Gordon and Villanueva, too...

    Best laugh for the day!

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    • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

      Originally posted by Doddage View Post

      Don't think McGee is an option. Denver should match any reasonable offer he gets.

      His signing is interesting to me, b/c while in Wash he stated he wanted 14 mil to re-sign. Wash traded him.

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      • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

        Pacers can always match Hibbs and then trade him. Take that ***** for trying to go to Portland!

        /green
        First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.

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        • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

          Originally posted by Hicks View Post
          Something else I keep coming back to: If the Pacers just can't bare to pay Roy this much because of TEAM SALARY concerns, why on earth wouldn't you dump Danny Granger to keep Roy? I don't see any reason why they can't just keep them both, but if for some reason they feel it's too much money combined, you should dump the small forward to keep the center. It's just common sense to me.
          not being sarcastic, but the reason you keep Danny and not Roy is because Danny is a much better player than Roy. Danny is a guy that can give you 25 night in and night out. Roy is a guy that gives you 15 and 9 at most. You may disagree that Danny is better or not, but that is the/a reason for keeping Danny and not Roy.

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          • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

            Originally posted by Sparhawk View Post
            Pacers can always match Hibbs and then trade him. Take that ***** for trying to go to Portland!

            /green

            You jest but signing and then trading him at some point still would at least net something for the Pacers.
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            • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

              Originally posted by owl View Post
              You jest but signing and then trading him at some point still would at least net something for the Pacers.
              I was only jesting about trading him immediately after signing him. Yes, I think you could match and trade him in a year if that's what they wanted to do. He'd still bring in good value, and at least you wouldn't lose him for nothing.
              First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.

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              • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                Originally posted by Naptown_Seth View Post
                If they go 8-2 it means that SOMEONE has done SOMETHING good enough to go 8-2. You can't picture what that is, but it would have to be something. Those game winning plays, game winning stat lines, would quickly erase fan anger.

                I didn't say sell tickets if you are going for the "fans didn't support winning last year" angle because frankly that angle doesn't support paying Roy. If they aren't coming regardless then save the cash for certain.


                As for paying Roy there is no way in the world the fanbase would ever react poorly to a 2-8 start with Roy going 8 ppg, 6rpg, 1 blk per game as a central factor in the 8 losses under his new $14m deal. The fans would love it and would never, ever whisper things like "bust" or "bad deal".
                So then your real argument is you're assuming that we'll immediately rebound from his loss and have a team as good or better than the 2012 team. That is HARDLY a given. As is your worst case scenario with Roy staying.

                How I miss those days of JO and Tinsley love later in their Pacers career, or the sweet sounds of affection they sang out every night when they heard the names of Croshere or Bender mentioned.
                JO and particularly Tinsley were disliked for more reasons and circumstances than mere performance issues, but that's a whole other thread I don't want to even read, let alone participate in, right now.

                Bender was injuries first, performance second. Croshere was never as good or as important as Roy even is now, let alone if he ever improved anymore. A backup PF we thought could be the starter. WE ALREADLY KNOW ROY CAN START BECAUSE HE IS BETTER AND MORE VALUABLE THE CROSHERE EVER WAS, and center is much more valuable spot to have a good player than a PF. So don't waste anyone's time with such a silly comparison.

                You're continuing to rationalize; assuming Roy will disappoint or get hurt, that the team won't do well with him back, and present the only alternative to be this fantasy where we make these great moves to stay as good or better than last year even without Roy and we win 80% of our early games. That's a false dichotomy.

                So the "watch the fan reaction" cuts BOTH WAYS. Everything in these scenarios depends on results, not the initial action. If the choice works then fans will be happy, if the choice flops then fans will be mad, period. So make the choice you (TPTB) feel most comfortable with and fans-be-damned.
                Then we're simply back to basketball decisions, not appeasing fans, which I get and I'm fine with. I still say it's a bad idea.

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                • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                  Originally posted by Sparhawk View Post
                  I was only jesting about trading him immediately after signing him. Yes, I think you could match and trade him in a year if that's what they wanted to do. He'd still bring in good value, and at least you wouldn't lose him for nothing.
                  I thought the Pacers have already been that route.... or is there a new Scot Pollard hiding out there we don't know about?
                  You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

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                  • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                    Originally posted by Naptown_Seth View Post
                    I'm not saying you were, I'm not even against your point.

                    What I'm saying is that if you put consolidations of talent in the SAME TERMS of the "Roy value" discussion, then OBVIOUSLY any NBA team would push their mother in front of a bus for the chance to swap (1 AS) Dwight for (2 AS) Roy and Danny.
                    Who the hell agreed those were the terms? You're speaking nonsense as far as I can tell. This 'all all-stars have equally value' talk is nonsense. I never said that or otherwise intended to imply such a silly thing.


                    IMO spreading Roy out as more bench talent and less starters talent makes sense because the team is in no-mans-land now, halfway between consolidated and deep. Balanced starters but no star, and yet as the playoffs showed there really isn't much bench depth. So you are losing at the top end and the deep bench end. You have no point of advantage in terms of top end or deep.

                    If Barbosa, Tyler and Lou had given teams fits in the playoffs it would be different, but that's not what happened. What we thought was a strength started looking like a weakness.
                    WE ARE IN A POSITION TO KEEP OUR STARTING FIVE AND STILL IMPROVE THE BENCH.

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                    • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                      Originally posted by Strummer View Post
                      Hibbert hasn't signed the offer. He can't until the 11th. But he intends to sign it. That means he isn't shopping himself to any other teams as a free agent.

                      But it doesn't mean he won't consider a sign and trade. It would be foolish of him to rule that out at this point. And he can be signed and traded as long as he hasn't signed the offer.
                      Foolish? What? How? He's going to Portland. Unless we keep him. Why on Earth would he want to make his new team weaker if he's going to Portland?

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                      • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                        Originally posted by Shade View Post
                        I don't want to hear a word from the Pacers about "Roy costs too much money" after handing out $8 mil/year to George Hill.
                        Damn straight.

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                        • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                          Originally posted by Naptown_Seth View Post
                          If I could recover from the Detlef trade at the point in his career/Pacer star status, then you guys can recover from losing Roy now. It doesn't have to mean the end of the world.
                          The thing is, It's NOT a matter of whether I CAN recover from the loss of Roy, it's a matter of me NOT WANTING to recover from it ...
                          Given all the known variables, I would find it totally unacceptable for the Pacers not to match Portland's offer ... PERIOD, end of story ...

                          Ya'll can think what you want about my reaction and what it will be if Roy isn't a Pacer come opening tip-off, but I am deadset in my mind on this and my conviction is strong..

                          .
                          "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

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                          • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                            Originally posted by Kstat View Post
                            Hey, I can relate. I thought I could live with Gordon and Villanueva, too...
                            This. Not bringing back Roy will just make the Pacers mediocre for years to come.

                            I will keep loving the Pacers but I'll continue to root for Roy as well.
                            Originally posted by IrishPacer
                            Empty vessels make the most noise.

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                            • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                              Originally posted by able View Post

                              Ana make no mistake, he's the gm, DW may be president, but certainly fror now, KP is makingthe decisions on players
                              Really? They give Donnie higher rank than Pritchard, he's obviously Herb's guy first and foremost, Walsh made it abundantly clear they're working together as a team (he and Pritchard) and that he's (Walsh) ultimately in charge, but you're going to go with this concept that it's in no way, shape, or form his responsibility as to what happens from here on? Really. Really.

                              So if you're going to stick with that, something I consider to be pure fantasy, you're basically endorsing him while he sits back playing the fiddle while Pritchard sets Rome on fire. Unbelievable.

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                              • Re: Portland offers Roy max (via Sam Amick)

                                FWIW (I know, off topic...kind of) Conrad is no longer employed with the Pacers.

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