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Rule #1

Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

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"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

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We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

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.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

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All of the above is going to be subject to a case by case basis, but generally and broadly speaking, this should give everyone a pretty good idea of how things will typically / most often be handled.

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The wrong place is to do so in the original thread in which the administrator took action. For example, if a post gets an infraction, or a post gets deleted, or a comment within a larger post gets clipped out, in a thread discussing Paul George, the wrong thing to do is to distract from the discussion of Paul George by adding your off topic thoughts on what the administrator did.

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If this is done the wrong way, those comments will be deleted, and if it's a repeating problem then it may also receive an infraction as well.

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Regarding infractions, currently they carry a value of one point each, and that point will expire in 31 days. If at any point a poster is carrying three points at the same time, that poster will be suspended until the oldest of the three points expires.

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  • #46
    Re: Paul George Tonight

    The big question is what happened all of the sudden for him to have great shot selection?

    This isn't a case of him suddenly getting hot. It did help that he hit his first few to increase his confidence. But I don't really care if he was 40 percent from the field the other night. He was taking the right shots, in the right places, getting to the rim and helping the offense create.

    Did somebody talk to him? Did the light bulb just go on somehow? Will it suddenly go off next game? That's what I'm interested in watching.
    "Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

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    • #47
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      So now we have two Iguodalas (Granger/George) on the team?

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      • #48
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        “In five years,” the Eastern Conference scout said, “Paul George will be the best player to come out of this draft.
        “Trust me.”
        PG is in his 3rd year in the league. He is 22. Not many players have come into the league at such a young age and played consistently at a extremely high level, like all star level which you are talking about. Give PG some time. Danny being out right now makes us need him to mature faster, but it also puts a lot more on PG than he has been ready for. He's not going to be consistent on offense this year imo. He's going to struggle to get to that next level. But that doesn't mean he is trash now. His 4 point and 0 point outings against Sacramento and GS are unacceptable. PG knows this. Thats why he's taking 500 jumpers a day now.

        Give the kid time. Was Danny in the league at his age even?

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        • #49
          Re: Paul George Tonight

          Originally posted by King Tuts Tomb View Post
          To be an elite perimeter scorer, which is what people are talking about here, you have to have near elite handles. I don't see George being that kind of player. I think he will be great, just in a different way.
          As long as he is improving we should be happy. We will have to wait and see what he becomes.
          "The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig

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          • #50
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            While it has been brought up that Paul George isn't a great ball-handler, and that will limit his overall ceiling he has as a scorer. Keep in mind a lot of guys with average to below average ball-handling have scored a lot of points in this league and he has the tools to score even with out elite ball-handling skills he has the out side shot, length, and athleticism to consistently get to the spots he needs on the court to score. You have to look no further than our own team to find an example of a guy that has scored a ton of points over his career with limited ball-handling skills in Granger. Will Granger even iso a guy break his ankles and score? No but he does do a good jump at taking angles, using a quick first step, sealing guys off with his body when he gains a step on a person, etc. that gets him to the bucket/FT line consistently enough to be a high scoring player. So while PG is limited in that we can't really call isos for him etc. I still think he has the tools he needs to be a guy that can get to the basket/the spots on the court he needs to be effective. For one he has shown some what of a post game the last 2 games something we have seen the Pacers try in past but it was never successful he has made some solid plays last 2 games in the post......He has driven past guys that are making hard close outs the last few games a lot more often than I had seen him doing.......and lastly he is FINALLY using his length as a factor on offense instead of just defense the last 2 games......I told my brother after the first 37 point 9 3 point performance when we were both going nuts watching the game bowing down to PG in the performance, that while it was fun and amazing to watch it still actually wasn't the kind of game I was looking for from PG to get the next level as a player.....Simply because repeating that type of performance is obv. almost impossible considering Reggie is a 10x better perimeter player than he is and his career high in 3s was 8.......However, these last 2 games have shown me things that make me excited that PG may have finally figured "IT" out......once he consistently starts using his length to good effect on offense he has the potential to be a very good player, even with limited ball-handling skills.

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            • #51
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              The great thing about George, that gives him greater potential than Granger offensively is that he's a much better passer than Danny is or ever was, he creates for others, just compare the plays where frank ISOs GH or DW vs. plays where George even touches the ball, the latter got us an open shot almost every time, whether we sunk it or not.
              Goodbye Captain, My Captain. I wish you had the chance to sink or swim with your ship on its quest for the "ship".

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              • #52
                Re: Paul George Tonight

                Good to see another solid game from him tonight.

                People need to realize, our expectations for him are just too high. I don't think he will ever be a superstar caliber player, its unreasonable for us to expect him to be, in his 3rd season at age 22 no less.
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                • #53
                  Re: Paul George Tonight

                  Originally posted by Pace Maker View Post
                  Good to see another solid game from him tonight.

                  People need to realize, our expectations for him are just too high. I don't think he will ever be a superstar caliber player, its unreasonable for us to expect him to be, in his 3rd season at age 22 no less.
                  He won't be an offensive superstar, as in can average 25+ sustained for an entire season.

                  I do see potential for 18-22 ppg though, with elite defense and a hefty serving of assists and rebounds. That's one of the top players in the NBA if he finds his consistency.
                  Goodbye Captain, My Captain. I wish you had the chance to sink or swim with your ship on its quest for the "ship".

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                  • #54
                    Re: Paul George Tonight

                    Originally posted by daschysta View Post
                    He won't be an offensive superstar, as in can average 25+ sustained for an entire season.

                    I do see potential for 18-22 ppg though, with elite defense and a hefty serving of assists and rebounds. That's one of the top players in the NBA if he finds his consistency.
                    I agreed he can be a consistently good scorer, but I see 18-22 ppg as the range of his top-out season. I think 15-18 ppg is a more realistic average for him.
                    Time for a new sig.

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                    • #55
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                      2 games down....I need to see 5 of 20+. I am so happy with where he is even without the scoring, this is just the first time we've reallys een any signs of this .


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                      • #56
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                        Originally posted by aamcguy View Post
                        I agreed he can be a consistently good scorer, but I see 18-22 ppg as the range of his top-out season. I think 15-18 ppg is a more realistic average for him.
                        18-22 is a number we can agree on, which really, is all that a player like Paul needs to average since he's so good at the non-scoring aspects of basketball generally.

                        After tonights game though, he's averaging 15 ppg on the dot this season, I wouldn't be suprised to see him continue to push that average into the 16ish-17ish ppg range by the end of the season, as he becomes more consistent with time (I've noticed a shift in his aggression and attitude recently already, beyond just the results from boxscores) he should be able to eclipse that range without too much trouble imo.

                        I want to see him put up a prolonged string of 15+ point games, he has all the ability to have games like tonights one consistently, it's just going to take some time for that mindset to ossify. I think the Pacers consistently winning when Paul tries to be aggressive offensively and score 20+ ppg is doing alot for Paul's confidence to consistently be aggressive, he's a team oriented guy I believe we'll see him have games like this regularly once it sets in for him that playing like this, rather than deferring and wavering is what helps the team win, particularly with Danny out.
                        Last edited by daschysta; 12-06-2012, 02:35 AM.
                        Goodbye Captain, My Captain. I wish you had the chance to sink or swim with your ship on its quest for the "ship".

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                        • #57
                          Re: Paul George Tonight

                          Paul has 9 free throw attempts in the past two games. 4.5/game would make him tops on the Pacers, just above Tyler.

                          That would be fantastic.

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                          • #58
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                            Originally posted by ilive4sports View Post
                            PG is in his 3rd year in the league. He is 22. Not many players have come into the league at such a young age and played consistently at a extremely high level, like all star level which you are talking about. Give PG some time. Danny being out right now makes us need him to mature faster, but it also puts a lot more on PG than he has been ready for. He's not going to be consistent on offense this year imo. He's going to struggle to get to that next level. But that doesn't mean he is trash now. His 4 point and 0 point outings against Sacramento and GS are unacceptable. PG knows this. Thats why he's taking 500 jumpers a day now.

                            Give the kid time. Was Danny in the league at his age even?
                            Yes Danny was a rookie, he averaged 7.5 pts, 4.5 rebounds
                            Good is the enemy of Great


                            We're changing the identity of our basketball team -- dramatically. We're a power post team -- a blood-and-guts, old-school, smash-mouth team that plays with size, strength, speed and athleticism. We attack the basket. . . . This is the new identity of our team. It was a great effort. I'm very proud of our guys."
                            -- Frank Vogel.

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