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3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

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  • #46
    Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

    Originally posted by diamonddave00 View Post
    I'm to the point I think Ian Mahinmi should start over Hibbert. Let Roy come of the bench and dominate back up centers to get his confidence back up. Mahinmi can start play 8 minutes then bring in Roy perhaps the demotion to the bench will light a fire under him. I don't care if he is making 13+ mil this year his performance ( more lack of) is not getting it done. Roy's too damn passive this season.
    He couldn't post up Larry Sanders, I dont think Roy can dominate back up bigs at this point. BUT I like the idea of starting Ian

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    • #47
      Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

      Originally posted by BillS View Post
      I'm not sure I completely agree here. There's a difference between moving without the ball while reading a defense and moving without the ball as part of an offense designed to put you in an area rather than plant you in a specific spot.

      While we don't have guys who do the former, the latter is within the reach of pretty much anyone smart enough to be in the NBA - IF the offense is designed for it, rather than being "go here - plant - don't move until something specific happens (like a screen set or a defense shift or whatever)". While that is a bit of an exaggeration, I feel like our offense is closer to "plant" than it is to "be in this area and be aware of the ballhandler".
      Don't think that the Pacers are the only team with a movin less type of offense, OKC's offense right now is as bad as the Pacers offense, they pretty much play ISO offense all the time, the only difference is that OKC has two superstars, just look at their starting unit, only Durant is a decent passer and I probably put him on the Paul George category regarding passing.

      New York had the same issue last year but do you know what they changed? their starting point guard and their starting shooting guard were replaced with two above average passer and high IQ players in Felton and Kidd.

      I guess my point is that for the Pacers to fix their issues they either have to have somebody to become some kind of star were he can take over anytime even if the offense is bad or they need to make some trades to bring high passing high BB IQ players to the team.
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      • #48
        Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

        Originally posted by MAStamper View Post
        You'd think with our size we would want to focus on setting a lot of off-ball screens to get someone open.
        This.

        Or anything a little more complex than iso ball with not very good iso players or pick and roll with not that great of pick and roll players.
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        • #49
          Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

          Originally posted by vnzla81 View Post
          Don't think that the Pacers are the only team with a movin less type of offense, OKC's offense right now is as bad as the Pacers offense, they pretty much play ISO offense all the time, the only difference is that OKC has two superstars, just look at their starting unit, only Durant is a decent passer and I probably put him on the Paul George category regarding passing.

          New York had the same issue last year but do you know what they changed? their starting point guard and their starting shooting guard were replaced with two above average passer and high IQ players in Felton and Kidd.

          I guess my point is that for the Pacers to fix their issues they either have to have somebody to become some kind of star were he can take over anytime even if the offense is bad or they need to make some trades to bring high passing high BB IQ players to the team.

          Walsh isn't going to make trades 9 games into the season. He'll wait and hope the players "bail" him out of his off season blunders. He'll only make a trade when he has no other option, and with a "wait and see attitude" it will be a long wait for others wanting a trade. Just get prepared to be more frustrated, and watch other NBA games if you want to view good BB being played.

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          • #50
            Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

            I think the "selfish" tag on Tyler and especially West is a little harsh. Both of these guys get the ball a lot in situations with very little time on the clock, nobody moving to open a lane, and both of them have taken those shots their entire career. Tyler is more of a ball stopper than David, IMO, but check the time clock when TH gets the ball. Unless he just takes it from someone, or grabs a rebound and goes for the foul, his time is usually very short to make a move. That being said, I've posted before that Frank should make Tyler shoot 500 elbow jump shots a day and fine him for misses. He came here with a jump shot, I think he traded it for those cool goggles!

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            • #51
              Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

              For those calling for Vogel to lay into his team (there were a lot of those posts in the last few game threads) - he is.

              "The normally mild-mannered coach lost his cool in the locker room at halftime of Tuesday’s loss to Toronto. Then he came unglued after the first quarter Wednesday with his team down 16 points. Vogel ripped into his team so loudly, he could be heard on press row along the baseline."

              http://www.indystar.com/article/2012...yssey=obinsite

              Also from the article:

              "Vogel is in a tough situation because he has to toe the line when it comes to criticizing his players. Players like West and George Hill can handle being scrutinized, but the Pacers as a whole are a weak-minded team. You can see it in their body language on the court. Their team morale is the lowest it has been since Jim O’Brien was coach."

              Ugh.
              Last edited by gummy; 11-16-2012, 05:10 PM.
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              • #52
                Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                Originally posted by gummy View Post
                For those calling for Vogel to lay into his team (there were a lot of those posts in the last few game threads) - he is.

                "The normally mild-mannered coach lost his cool in the locker room at halftime of Tuesday’s loss to Toronto. Then he came unglued after the first quarter Wednesday with his team down 16 points. Vogel ripped into his team so loudly, he could be heard on press row along the baseline."

                http://www.indystar.com/article/2012...yssey=obinsite

                Also from the article:

                "Vogel is in a tough situation because he has to toe the line when it comes to criticizing his players. Players like West and George Hill can handle being scrutinized, but the Pacers as a whole are a weak-minded team. You can see it in their body language on the court. Their team morale is the lowest it has been since Jim O’Brien was coach."

                Ugh.
                Weak minded team.

                Man, that hurts.
                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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                • #53
                  Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                  @ChrisDenari: The @Pacers "D" and rebounding good enough to win. 4th in Scoring "D", 1st FG% "D". Major problem: 30th in scoring, FG%; 26th 3FG%, 20th FT.
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                  • #54
                    Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                    Originally posted by Sparhawk View Post
                    Weak minded team.

                    Man, that hurts.
                    To bad it is true, and it all starts with Hibbert.

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                    • #55
                      Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                      Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                      . . . Scout No. 1
                      "They're searching for who should get the ball at the right time. (Coach Frank) Vogel has condensed his offense to only a handful of plays and runs them all the time. You know what's coming. They're easy to defend because you can play everybody straight up without the concern of getting beat. There's only occasional times where Roy Hibbert is going to go off. You know how he's getting the ball, the plays that are coming. They don't strike fear in anybody."
                      Originally posted by Naptown_Seth View Post
                      . . . The playbook is too simple and has very little "punish you for attacking too much" type of secondary responses in terms of movement, picks and screens. . .Frank needs to take the next step more than Paul, Roy or George do. I hope he can, but I'm worried that he can't.
                      Originally posted by Peck View Post
                      Obviously the professional scouts are correct however in defense of Frank here a little I want to say this. . . I'm not saying Franks offense hasn't been an issue, it has, but Phil Jackson couldn't win with your only two reliable post players are continually missing easy shots that the offense has produced for them.
                      I read the scout's take as a defense of Frank, not a condemnation. That Frank is doing pretty much all he can to make the offense simple enough for the players to run. The comments were not that the offense was bad in and of itself, but that Frank has had to simplify things so much [so the team is able to run it] rather than Frank's offense is bad. I thought it was saying our Pacers players are not very smart, not that the coach can't design an offense.

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                      • #56
                        Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                        Originally posted by xIndyFan View Post
                        I read the scout's take as a defense of Frank, not a condemnation. That Frank is doing pretty much all he can to make the offense simple enough for the players to run. The comments were not that the offense was bad in and of itself, but that Frank has had to simplify things so much [so the team is able to run it] rather than Frank's offense is bad. I thought it was saying our Pacers players are not very smart, not that the coach can't design an offense.
                        I think you are right. And before the next person says "How much more simple can it get?" (a comment based on last year's system) the implication is that the coaching staff tried to install a more complex system during camp and the players can't run it. Consequently, we have never actually seen it this year.

                        Now that's partly on our team (low BB IQ overall) and partly on the coaching staff - they need to have a good feel for what the players can handle. But I understand that this can be difficult, because you do want to challenge your team to grow. Now that we're in the mess we're in I think it's clear that Frank and co. are going to need to do more than just simplify. We also need to diversify (even if the additional plays end up being relatively "simple").
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                        • #57
                          Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                          Really. I thought those guys were brutal on Vogel. Maybe its the unsaid part... hard to imagine an experienced coach having some of the same issues right now, and I think that is what those anonmymous scouts were getting at. Frank looked good in the honeymoon period, but now that things aren't going well it could be that we're seeing a lack of depth in his bag of coaching tools. Vogel has simplified the offense for the benefit of his no-so-smart, poor ballhandling team and the scout is saying, "this is pretty easy to defend", questioning the decision to over simiplify (as he's clearly not getting the desired results.)
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                          • #58
                            Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                            Originally posted by OlBlu View Post
                            The fan base fell in love with McBrick a few years ago because he made thundering dunks. That was all that he could do. Green may be about the same but more athletic.....
                            That was not all he could do. He was the best passer on the team and better at that than anybody the Pacers have now. Heaven knows we could use that now.

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                            • #59
                              Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                              Originally posted by presto123 View Post
                              That was not all he could do. He was the best passer on the team and better at that than anybody the Pacers have now. Heaven knows we could use that now.
                              Oh, please. He shouldn't even be in the NBA......

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                              • #60
                                Re: 3 scouts brutally honest assessment of the Pacers - Indystar

                                Originally posted by beast23 View Post
                                Tim, would you be of the opinion that making West a larger part of the offense at this time, in a sense encouraging him to be a bit selfish, would enhance the probability of winning a few more games until either additional players (Hibbert, George) can "step up" or Granger returns?
                                Sorry...got wrapped up at work.

                                I agree with this, though I think "assertive" is probably a better word. West is shooting at a near-career high clip in terms of attempts, but he's been missing over the last three games. I think West & Hill should be the guys looking to score, and every one else should play off of that.

                                BTW...one of the big things about West needing to score more is that it alters the mechanics of the offense. Last year, West did a great deal of facilitating, and was generally the guy who reversed the ball, getting the offense to move from side-to-side. That isn't happening consistently - and when it does, they aren't converting on the shots as much.

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