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  • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

    There is only one way Redick fits here - if you take my view that the primary goal should be to keep the core 5 together for 3 more years (at least) and that this will run the RISK of not being able to keep Lance, and then you look at Lance regressing this season which puts a bit more weight against the "he's just about to take off" view, then trading Lance + pick for Redick makes a lot of sense for Indy.

    What that is doing is basically letting Lance go a year earlier than you will have to in exchange to have the extra bench scoring that you need right now. Even when Danny returns the team has a problem with Lance and Green not scoring well at all and not being reliable to recover for the playoffs. Swapping Lance for Redick while also adding DG would definitely seem to be a "over the top" move for the Pacers this season.

    Next year you are without Redick or Lance, and that's a setback, but we've had some signs that maybe OJ can become a solid bench scorer and the FA/trade market in general for those issues is a long way off.


    I agree that Orlando might not have interest in Lance and might be able to get better, but I'd certainly offer it to them as MAStamper suggested.




    You 100% do not trade Danny this year, it makes zero sense. And DWest??? Did people not watch the Utah game where he was the main defensive stopper for the critical parts of the game. All the insider comments are what a key piece he is, how great his leadership is. Denari was talking about how much he noticed West calling out the defense during the TNT game where he got to watch rather than working the game. Everyone is talking about West being the team vet QB, the persona that Bird as a coach brought to the Pacers or maybe a Mark Jackson.

    Basketball is a game/competition with rules and strategy, it's not just a straight-up athletic performance. Knowing how to win the game is a real skill with extremely high value. And that's not "how to draw fouls" and that BS stuff, I mean reading the floor and knowing where you have advantages or disadvantages and what you can do to make the most/least of those. West brings that more than any other skill and it means wins.

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    • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

      I don't get the Danny hate and now more recently, the David West hate.

      I've read in game threads people bash his attitude, calling it "****-poor" and calling him worthless.

      The guy (D.West) has put the team on his back multiple times this season. Some people just don't know how to be happy with things. We have a pretty damn good thing going here, and all I ever read is bickering and complaining.

      Trading Danny this year would be one of the dumbest moves of all-time. We haven't even seen this team 100% yet.

      But then again this is the same board that calls players like George Hill and David West worthless after a few losses....so what do you expect.

      I'd like to get JJ, but no way if it means trading Danny. I mean come on.
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      • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

        Originally posted by Anthem View Post
        Man, how times change. The last infraction I got on this forum (lo these many years ago) was from a guy pushing for us to acquire JJ Redick.

        http://www.pacersdigest.com/showthre...kulous-Thought!

        It hurts me to say it, but that guy (long since gone) was right and I was wrong. I didn't think Redick would still be in the NBA after his rookie contract.
        What?!? You're being too hard on yourself.

        I'll ignore this line of argument, other than to say that in my opinion, Jeff's career has more left in it than JJ's.


        To be fair to the subject, Redick had to develop his game in a way that a lot of players with his NCAA experience don't. This idea that guys suddenly change drastically as a normal thing is wrong. I recall someone posting some McBob highlights from Duke and they were the same types of dribbles, passes, back-door oops and everything else he was showing here in Indy. For a time I did a lot of amateur NCAA scouting and I can't think of a player yet that has really played a lot differently than they did in college. Guys improve their shot a little, get some confidence or maybe a little strength, and maybe coaches and players just learn how to interact with them better, but non-rebounders don't suddenly start knocking guys off the block and ripping away boards.

        And a catch and shoot screen runner that is undersized for having the speed of an average SF and not quick enough for an NBA SG is not normally the kind of guy that figures something out and takes off. To me Redick is the classic MIP type of player, a guy who doesn't just get more minutes where only his raw numbers improve due to volume of play but rather is a guy who actually really improves his game in a couple of critical ways. He improved his strength IMO, and in statistical terms he learned to pass better (his AP36 went up) and learned to play better defense and to "keep up" which resulted in a noticeable drop in his FoulsP36.

        He always had the 3pt shot and could run off screens, but he started getting more minutes when he learned to play the other end of the court at a higher level.

        And back in 2008 I think the idea was more of a comparison to Reggie, and JJ has never developed that FTA game or overall scorers game. He still takes a large PCT of his shots from behind the arc, a higher PCT than Reggie ever did (like 50% vs 33%). This is why I still wouldn't trade for him as the starting SG. But as the specialist 3pt guy he'd give you what Green and Lance haven't been able to the last month or so.

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          Originally posted by Pacer Fan View Post
          Here is a trade that could possibly work. Goes with JJ and Davis coming here that some are talking about on here. I personally don't like it, but it is interesting.

          http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b4qyqqd

          Pacers get:
          JJ Redick and Glen Davis

          Spurs get:
          Danny Granger

          Magic get: Stephen Jackson, Cory Joseph, Miles Plumlee, Orlando Johnson and 1st round pick from Spurs.
          Whoa. Granger, Miles, and OJ for Redick and Big Baby? Overpay much?

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          • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

            JJ's 5-5 from 3 in the 1st qtr. against the Pistons. Dude's got it stuck on auto right now.

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            • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

              Originally posted by Doddage View Post
              Whoa. Granger, Miles, and OJ for Redick and Big Baby? Overpay much?
              It's an example to go with others idea of a trade. As I said, I don't agree with it.
              Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL

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              • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                Originally posted by Justin Tyme View Post
                Staying with a team doesn't necessarily have anyhing to do with loyalty. It could be b/c they like the team, they can make more money with their team, their family likes the city they live in, it's better for their career with their team, etc.

                I kept a job for years not out of loyalty, but b/c it met certain criteria that was quite beneficial to me. I was one of the best at what I did. I owed them no loyalty b/c I rec'd a paycheck from them, and they owed me no loyalty just b/c I gave them years of service.

                Stacey Paetz interviewed Foster at a game, and he stated he didn't want to leave the Pacers and wanted to come back. He waved the flag then he would take less money to stay. Why pay him millions more out of what you call loyalty in the "sunset of his career"? He was getting paid millions as it was. The 1st and foremost thing about professional sports is it's a business. He knew his career was winding down, and he had a history of injury problems. You want to reward his loyalty give him a car when he retired not mils that cause the team possible problems retaining players or getting other players.

                Again, we have a different view about what loyalty is.
                IIRC, Foster was being offered more by San Antonio than the Pacers could afford, and yet chose to stay here. So, yes, Foster showed his loyalty to the Pacers, and the Pacers reciprocated.

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                • The notion of DWest being overrated is completely insane to me. This team is not a contender without that man in our locker room, period. Big Baby Davis is sure as hell not changing that.
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                    Originally posted by Nuntius View Post
                    A player has to perform and play 100% for his club. When a player gives you 110% for so many years then I have no problem if the ownership is going to give the player some more money than he deserves as long as it doesn't hurt a team.
                    Joining the convo late, but I think you can reward loyal players in many ways, like giving them a job in the FO. Or a Bentley, as in Reggie's case. The idea of giving players "thank you" contracts at the end of their careers is just bad cap management.

                    Now whether Jeff's (and Reggie's) last contract was a loyalty reward or just simply another bad contract is open to question. We wouldn't be the first team to give large $$$ to players who we thought could play, but turned out to be injury plagued.

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                    • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                      Originally posted by Ant View Post
                      The notion of DWest being overrated is completely insane to me. This team is not a contender without that man in our locker room, period. Big Baby Davis is sure as hell not changing that.
                      You can not possibly know that until we go on a losing streak of epic proportions and miss the playoffs without him. Unfortunately right now I consider the Pacers pretenders. I've been so high on them for the past few years I have already started to grow tired of Vogel's maddening rotations. I think we are no better than we were two years ago when Vogel took over other than the development of our young players. This team is not going to beat Miami or Chicago with a healthy Rose in 7. As good as Paul George is, this team is still lacking. David West is the best scorer from the PF position I've seen the Pacers have, JO included, but trust me he is no Dale Davis with his rebounding or defense either, even though he is good. He is a good player that I'm starting to think is way overvalued around here. Definitely not worth a quarter of the salary cap, but neither is Hibbert but at least he is elite defensively. West is not an elite scorer even though he is more than solid. Lebron is elite. Duncan is elite. West is not. He is not going to put the team on his back and win you a championship.

                      My point is if Orlando had Howard last year it would have been no different than the Series with Chicago the year before. We just didn't match up well enough with either team to beat them in a series. But beating up on a shell of the Orlando team that dominated us for years and being up 2-1 on the champs was the biggest fools gold I've ever witnessed as a Pacers fan. We lost the next three in such a manner that has me questioning this teams true ceiling. West may be the weakest link in the chain defensively for the starters. If not him then who? You could argue Lance or Hill, but I tend to think they both are better defenders at their position that West is, and I'm not that high on Hill. He definitely is not a better defender than Granger, so when healthy you are arguing between West and Hill being the weakest link.

                      I think this team is better constructed for the power forward to be our fifth option. I think Hill needs his touches, Granger, George, Hibbert. They all need theirs. But that would only work if we had a real point guard that can create for others and also play defense, and we haven't had that since Mark Jackson. (Just leave Tinsley out of this, please). Maybe it is the offensive system we run. Maybe remnants of the JOB days still linger hence why our assist numbers are still bottoms of the NBA.

                      Granger or no Granger our system is not championship quality. We don't have good enough shooters or good enough creators at the wing positions. You need one or the other, and we have neither, hopefully only until Lance develops more and gets past his growing pains. West or no West, we will be lucky to get out of the second round. Home court chances are fading fast and I don't think we could take Miami, Brooklyn, Chicago, or the Knicks. We don't have a Lebron, or Dwade, or Rose, or Carmello, so what does it matter? We have borderline All Stars, and unfortunately to win championships in this league you seem to need at least one perennial All Star starter. Our road record makes me believe if we don't have any type of HCA, we will not escape the first round.

                      Ok that may be most negative post ever. I'm just going to stop there. I literally turned off the other game early in the third the other night and just left. It's like I don't even get excited about this team anymore. We are starting to slide towards a first round exit in the playoffs.

                      Yes our defense is great, but our offense and careless turnovers are just sickening to watch. That is not Pacers basketball. I want Reggie era basketball. Reggie was a pure shooter, and I can't think of one since. And it doesn't surprise me we haven't sniffed the Finals since and I don't think we will until we have at least one.

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                      • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                        As to Redick, the fact that Orlando wouldn't accept Granger for him doesn't mean he's more valuable than Granger, it just means they're looking for a different kind of return. By the way this notion that Granger is over the hill while Redick is some upcoming young SG is ridiculous - Redick is just a year younger!

                        Seems to me that if Orlando rates Redick as highly as this thread indicates, they'd be better off just re-signing him. I doubt that Orlando will get more than a mid first rounder for him.

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                        • Redick and Afflalo cannot play together. No way Redick is resigned unless they trade Afflalo.
                          Last edited by Kstat; 01-28-2013, 08:11 AM.

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                          • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                            It seems like quite a few of you on here have the "what have you done for me lately?" syndrome goin' on in regards to Granger..

                            Ya'll gonna look real foolish WHEN DG33 comes back full force , not skipping a beat.....



                            Reminds me of that song "Forgot about Dre" only substituting Granger for Dre..

                            ♫♫♫ "Nowadays everybody wanna talk like dey got somethin to say, but nothin comes out when dey move dey lips... just a bunch of gibberish and muthaf#@%#% act like dey forgot about Grange (er)" ♫♫♫


                            DG is one hell of a player, and will most definitely be the cog we've been missing in our offense..

                            For my analogy, we will assume that this team is like high-end racecar with a souped up engine.. and for arguments sake the max amount of cylinders in this fantasy analogy is 5... which 5 represents our 5 starters... (we will exclude the bench in this example)

                            So anyways... offensively.....
                            This team started out this season only firing on 1 or 2 cylinders ... then after that first month and a half we started firing on
                            3 consistantly, and 4 every once in a great while (blue moon)...

                            Now defensively, I'd say we have consistantly been firing on 4 cylinders at least 90-95% of the time, and occasionally we'd be fully dialed in totally..

                            I truly believe that once Danny comes back and shakes some rust off, offensively we will consistantly be firing on 4 to 5 cylinders 90-95% of the time matching our defensive intensity...
                            I also think Roy will come back around offensively once DG gets back, and that our already top defensive ranking, will only get better with Danny on the floor...

                            I really think Danny is the missing piece that will make everything come together for this team..
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                            • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                              Originally posted by Midcoasted View Post
                              I think we are no better than we were two years ago when Vogel took over other than the development of our young players.


                              I'm sure that 98% of the posters here are going to disagree.

                              Originally posted by Midcoasted View Post
                              We don't have good enough shooters or good enough creators at the wing positions.
                              Show me the great shooters and creators that Memphis has. Can you? Of course not.

                              Teams that are post heavy do not have great creators at the wing positions. Why? Because there is not enough space for iso or penetration. It's the same reason why our PGs tend to spot up rather than penetrate.

                              If people consider Memphis championship contenders then they have to consider the Pacers as well. If they don't, fair enough. I can understand why some people think that Miami, OKC, Spurs and LAC are on another tier. It makes sense.

                              Originally posted by Midcoasted View Post
                              Home court chances are fading fast
                              They really are not fading fast. A win tonight and we are exactly where we want. February is our homestand and the time that we will make a run. If we start losing in February I will agree that home court chances are fading. But the most logical thing is that we go on a run in February and get some seperation from the Bulls until Rose returns. And then it's everyone's game. Our home court chances are far from over.

                              Originally posted by Midcoasted View Post
                              Our road record makes me believe if we don't have any type of HCA, we will not escape the first round.
                              Our road record without Granger is going to be irrelevant in the playoffs with Granger. Doesn't it make sense?
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                              • Re: RicBucher, Pacers interested in JJ Redick.

                                Originally posted by Kstat View Post
                                Redick and Afflalo cannot play together. No way Redick is resigned unless they trade Afflalo.
                                Is Afflalo going to ever be any good? Should Orlando keep Redick, since he has an elite NBA skill, and go ahead and trade Afflalo? Just curious, I always though Afflalo would turn out to be a really good player and he seems to be just another guy so far.

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