Announcement

Collapse

The Rules of Pacers Digest

Hello everyone,

Whether your are a long standing forum member or whether you have just registered today, it's a good idea to read and review the rules below so that you have a very good idea of what to expect when you come to Pacers Digest.

A quick note to new members: Your posts will not immediately show up when you make them. An administrator has to approve at least your first post before the forum software will later upgrade your account to the status of a fully-registered member. This usually happens within a couple of hours or so after your post(s) is/are approved, so you may need to be a little patient at first.

Why do we do this? So that it's more difficult for spammers (be they human or robot) to post, and so users who are banned cannot immediately re-register and start dousing people with verbal flames.

Below are the rules of Pacers Digest. After you have read them, you will have a very good sense of where we are coming from, what we expect, what we don't want to see, and how we react to things.

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"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

"He/she is just delusional"

"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

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

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

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.

If you see a problem that we haven't addressed, the best and most appropriate course for a forum member to take here is to look over to the left of the post in question. See underneath that poster's name, avatar, and other info, down where there's a little triangle with an exclamation point (!) in it? Click that. That allows you to report the post to the admins so we can definitely notice it and give it a look to see what we feel we should do about it. Beyond that, obviously it's human nature sometimes to want to speak up to the poster in question who has bothered you, but we would ask that you try to refrain from doing so because quite often what happens is two or more posters all start going back and forth about the original offending post, and suddenly the entire thread is off topic or otherwise derailed. So while the urge to police it yourself is understandable, it's best to just report it to us and let us handle it. Thank you!

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.

Rule #2

If the actions of an administrator inspire you to make a comment, criticism, or express a concern about it, there is a wrong place and a couple of right places to do so.

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.

The right places to do so are:

A) Start a thread about the specific incident you want to talk about on the Feedback board. This way you are able to express yourself in an area that doesn't throw another thread off topic, and this way others can add their two cents as well if they wish, and additionally if there's something that needs to be said by the administrators, that is where they will respond to it.

B) Send a private message to the administrators, and they can respond to you that way.

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.

Rule #3

If a poster is bothering you, and an administrator has not or will not deal with that poster to the extent that you would prefer, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, one that has recently been upgraded and is now better than ever: The ability to ignore a user.

When you ignore a user, you will unfortunately still see some hints of their existence (nothing we can do about that), however, it does the following key things:

A) Any post they make will be completely invisible as you scroll through a thread.

B) The new addition to this feature: If someone QUOTES a user you are ignoring, you do not have to read who it was, or what that poster said, unless you go out of your way to click on a link to find out who it is and what they said.

To utilize this feature, from any page on Pacers Digest, scroll to the top of the page, look to the top right where it says 'Settings' and click that. From the settings page, look to the left side of the page where it says 'My Settings', and look down from there until you see 'Edit Ignore List' and click that. From here, it will say 'Add a Member to Your List...' Beneath that, click in the text box to the right of 'User Name', type in or copy & paste the username of the poster you are ignoring, and once their name is in the box, look over to the far right and click the 'Okay' button. All done!

Rule #4

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.

Rule #5

When you share or paste content or articles from another website, you must include the URL/link back to where you found it, who wrote it, and what website it's from. Said content will be removed if this doesn't happen.

An example:

If I copy and paste an article from the Indianapolis Star website, I would post something like this:

http://www.linktothearticlegoeshere.com/article
Title of the Article
Author's Name
Indianapolis Star

Rule #6

We cannot tolerate illegal videos on Pacers Digest. This means do not share any links to them, do not mention any websites that host them or link to them, do not describe how to find them in any way, and do not ask about them. Posts doing anything of the sort will be removed, the offenders will be contacted privately, and if the problem becomes habitual, you will be suspended, and if it still persists, you will probably be banned.

The legal means of watching or listening to NBA games are NBA League Pass Broadband (for US, or for International; both cost money) and NBA Audio League Pass (which is free). Look for them on NBA.com.

Rule #7

Provocative statements in a signature, or as an avatar, or as the 'tagline' beneath a poster's username (where it says 'Member' or 'Administrator' by default, if it is not altered) are an unwanted distraction that will more than likely be removed on sight. There can be shades of gray to this, but in general this could be something political or religious that is likely going to provoke or upset people, or otherwise something that is mean-spirited at the expense of a poster, a group of people, or a population.

It may or may not go without saying, but this goes for threads and posts as well, particularly when it's not made on the off-topic board (Market Square).

We do make exceptions if we feel the content is both innocuous and unlikely to cause social problems on the forum (such as wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy Easter), and we also also make exceptions if such topics come up with regards to a sports figure (such as the Lance Stephenson situation bringing up discussions of domestic abuse and the law, or when Jason Collins came out as gay and how that lead to some discussion about gay rights).

However, once the discussion seems to be more/mostly about the political issues instead of the sports figure or his specific situation, the thread is usually closed.

Rule #8

We prefer self-restraint and/or modesty when making jokes or off topic comments in a sports discussion thread. They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.

Rule #9

Generally speaking, we try to be a "PG-13" rated board, and we don't want to see sexual content or similarly suggestive content. Vulgarity is a more muddled issue, though again we prefer things to lean more towards "PG-13" than "R". If we feel things have gone too far, we will step in.

Rule #10

We like small signatures, not big signatures. The bigger the signature, the more likely it is an annoying or distracting signature.

Rule #11

Do not advertise anything without talking about it with the administrators first. This includes advertising with your signature, with your avatar, through private messaging, and/or by making a thread or post.
See more
See less

My 3 trades....

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • My 3 trades....


    Everyone would get what they want.

    New Orleans gets under the luxury tax and doesn't have to lose David West.

    Cavs get thier Stretch PF and can resign Big Z after we buy him out. We would also get cash and thier 1st round pick this year.

    Minnosta gets a young prospect at SG and expiring contract of Dieneer

    We get a PF that can play in the post next to Hibbert, and can shift to Center when we bring in McBob or Hansbrough. We get read of TJ, and Murphy get a PG in Sessions and we get cap relief even though we are taking on Okfers contract. Which I don't think would be that bad if he stays health and averages 10 and 10 and can play D in the post instead of leaving Hibbert all alone under the paint.





    Incoming Players
    Zydrunas Ilgauskas
    7-3 C from Lithuania (Foreign)
    7.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 0.6 apg in 21.8 minutes
    Ramon Sessions
    6-4 PG from Nevada
    8.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.1 apg in 21.7 minutes
    Emeka Okafor
    6-10 PF / C from Connecticut
    10.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 0.5 apg in 29.4 minutes
    Outgoing Players
    Troy Murphy
    6-11 PF from Notre Dame
    13.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.0 apg in 31.1 minutes
    T.J. Ford
    5-11 PG from Texas
    9.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.6 apg in 24.9 minutes
    Brandon Rush
    6-6 SF from Kansas
    7.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.0 apg in 27.5 minutes
    Travis Diener
    6-1 PG from Marquette
    No games yet played in 2009-2010
    Solomon Jones
    6-10 PF from South Florida
    4.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.8 apg in 14.9 minutes


    Cleveland Trade Breakdown
    Change in Team Outlook: +5.9 ppg, +3.3 rpg, and +1.4 apg.

    Incoming Players
    Troy Murphy
    6-11 PF from Notre Dame
    13.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.0 apg in 31.1 minutes
    Outgoing Players
    Zydrunas Ilgauskas
    7-3 C from Lithuania (Foreign)
    7.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 0.6 apg in 21.8 minutes



    Minnesota Trade Breakdown
    Change in Team Outlook: -0.4 ppg, +1.2 rpg, and -2.1 apg.

    Incoming Players
    Brandon Rush
    6-6 SF from Kansas
    7.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.0 apg in 27.5 minutes
    Travis Diener
    6-1 PG from Marquette
    No games yet played in 2009-2010
    Outgoing Players
    Ramon Sessions
    6-4 PG from Nevada
    8.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.1 apg in 21.7 minutes



    New Orleans Trade Breakdown
    Change in Team Outlook: +3.7 ppg, -3.3 rpg, and +3.9 apg.

    Incoming Players
    T.J. Ford
    5-11 PG from Texas
    9.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.6 apg in 24.9 minutes
    Solomon Jones
    6-10 PF from South Florida
    4.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.8 apg in 14.9 minutes
    Outgoing Players
    Emeka Okafor
    6-10 PF / C from Connecticut
    10.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 0.5 apg in 29.4 minutes

  • #2
    Re: My 3 trades....

    This, my friend, is a very nice trade. Are we under the tax after this?
    "I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games

    Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: My 3 trades....

      Originally posted by Thesterovic View Post
      This, my friend, is a very nice trade. Are we under the tax after this?

      Yep. I'm trying to be realistic with my trades. I just miss the slow it down half court game with good ball movement on the Offensive side of the ball with a hard nosed solid defense on the the other end.

      Comment


      • #4
        Re: My 3 trades....

        Originally posted by esabyrn333 View Post
        Yep. I'm trying to be realistic with my trades. I just miss the slow it down half court game with good ball movement on the Offensive side of the ball with a hard nosed solid defense on the the other end.
        Oh, you must be talking about fundamental traditional Indiana basketball! Its been so long!
        "I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games

        Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.

        Comment


        • #5
          Re: My 3 trades....

          Originally posted by Thesterovic View Post
          Oh, you must be talking about fundamental traditional Indiana basketball! Its been so long!

          That statement just brought a tear to my eye.


          I just don't understand why anyone would want to run and gun. Who has ever won a champioship with it. Sacromento...Nope.....Dallas...Nope....Pheonix...N ope....And they had a couple of Stars on the teams....But you win in the play-offs with solid D and fundimentals.

          Comment


          • #6
            Re: My 3 trades....

            Originally posted by esabyrn333 View Post
            That statement just brought a tear to my eye.


            I just don't understand why anyone would want to run and gun. Who has ever won a champioship with it. Sacromento...Nope.....Dallas...Nope....Pheonix...N ope....And they had a couple of Stars on the teams....But you win in the play-offs with solid D and fundimentals.
            I just wish I could be the GM just to get a decent coach. All I want. Rush isn't that bad, neither is anyone else. I'd rather have 3 wins with solid basketball than nine with this hot garbage.
            "I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games

            Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.

            Comment


            • #7
              Re: My 3 trades....

              I like the idea of this trade. Nice job.


              Now someone e-mail this to Bird.
              First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.

              Comment


              • #8
                Re: My 3 trades....

                I like the trade, but the idea that a half court offense is better than a run and gun offense is as flawed as your spelling

                Comment


                • #9
                  Re: My 3 trades....

                  Originally posted by IUfan4life View Post
                  I like the trade, but the idea that a half court offense is better than a run and gun offense is as flawed as your spelling

                  Yea my spelling has always sucked. Just downloaded the ispell application maybe that well help.

                  As for your opinion on the styles of O everyone has there own opinion. I like structure.

                  I like a pg that is a facilitator take control of the offense. A leader on the court.

                  I like a solid defensive PF that takes pride in his D and rebounding. That doesn't shoot 3's all the time.

                  I was just spoiled grew up watching Reggie, Mark Jackson, Rick Smitts and the Davis brothers. Insert SF here, Jalen, Chris Mullens, McKey, Persons, Detlef, etc...

                  Anyway I don't believe the run and gun is ever going to bring us a tittle. Or anyone else. Play-off basketball is about Defense and making adjustment game to game its a chess match not an and 1 tournement

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Re: My 3 trades....

                    I like this trade scenario, but I doubt that the other teams were to be just as sweet on it.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Re: My 3 trades....

                      Originally posted by jeffg-body View Post
                      I like this trade scenario, but I doubt that the other teams were to be just as sweet on it.
                      Minnosta.....Who Knows maybe they don't like it

                      Cavs.... I don't see why they wouldn't be if they want a prototypical stretch Power Foward.

                      New Orleans....Reports are they are going to have to trade David West because they won't be able to move Peja or Okafor...I don't think we have anything to get David West but I would be happy with Okafor especially if we could move Murphy


                      Maybe if we are lucky we could trade Obie for mark Jackson while we are at it

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Re: My 3 trades....

                        Hornets would never do this
                        "So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.


                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Re: My 3 trades....

                          Originally posted by Thesterovic View Post
                          I just wish I could be the GM just to get a decent coach. All I want. Rush isn't that bad, neither is anyone else. I'd rather have 3 wins with solid basketball than nine with this hot garbage.
                          I WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND!
                          I CANT SPELL!

                          THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE AND THOSE THAT WILL!

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Re: My 3 trades....

                            The trade I'd like to make is one that would solve our Troy problem and the under-achieving Rushh problem.

                            Send Troy Murphy, Luther Head (to even out the trade $$ wise) and either our 10' or 11' first round pick to Detroit for Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon is siiiiick. I think that'd be fun to watch when Danny gets back.

                            PG- TJ Ford- Earl Watson- Price- Diener
                            SG- Ben Gordon- Rush- Dahntay?
                            SF- Danny- Dunleavy
                            PF- Tyler- Solo- McBob?
                            C- Roy- Jeff

                            Or you could slide Danny to PF and Mike to SF if thats what youd like to see, but I would not. Tyler is a good young player. Plus, he has def shown potential and flashes of talent.
                            I personally love this. And it works too.
                            Coach Vogel on the Chicago crowd in game 4 : "I only heard pacers fans. I didn't see any red, I saw Pacers fans I saw yellow and blue, and I heard Pacers chants. That's all I heard the whole game."

                            http://www.cacawebdev.com

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Re: My 3 trades....

                              Originally posted by KnicksRGarbage View Post
                              The trade I'd like to make is one that would solve our Troy problem and the under-achieving Rushh problem.

                              Send Troy Murphy, Luther Head (to even out the trade $$ wise) and either our 10' or 11' first round pick to Detroit for Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon is siiiiick. I think that'd be fun to watch when Danny gets back.

                              PG- TJ Ford- Earl Watson- Price- Diener
                              SG- Ben Gordon- Rush- Dahntay?
                              SF- Danny- Dunleavy
                              PF- Tyler- Solo- McBob?
                              C- Roy- Jeff

                              Or you could slide Danny to PF and Mike to SF if thats what youd like to see, but I would not. Tyler is a good young player. Plus, he has def shown potential and flashes of talent.
                              I personally love this. And it works too.
                              I'd love this, and I'm a huge fan of Ben Gordon, but I can't see the Pistons doing this. I think the logic of them signing him was that they want to go with him long term and trade Rip when they can

                              Now, they might very well do this deal for Rip, but I don't see how this helps us much. He's owed more than Murphy, and he seems to be fading pretty quickly.
                              SportsTwo.com

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X