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  • #31
    The Pacers are third tier in the east. Boston and Toronto are at the top. Philly and Milly are in the 2nd tier. Indiana is in the third tier with Miami.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
      The Pacers are third tier in the east. Boston and Toronto are at the top. Philly and Milly are in the 2nd tier. Indiana is in the third tier with Miami.
      Not according to my observations If healthy and full strength - Toronto and Indiana are two top dogs. Toronto worriers: age. Lowry, Ibaka not getting younger day by day. Green, Kawhi, JV, Fred VanVleet , Powel, Delon Wright, CJ Miles are in their prime. Though only Danny Green is having the best season so far. Kawhi is a special one, but something wrong was with his quad muscle. JV is solid as a rock, and post-season is his time. Only one problem for him - bad luck. Refs let opponents hack him like he is a tough old oak, already resulting with the broken finger by Kobe and this certain Draymond Green cleanly, by the NBA basketball rule book ripped apart his off hands thumb. JV needed a surgery to put the strongest joint back to norm, and only time will tell how well it will heal. Strong Lithuanian bones (we drink A LOT of milk and use all the other possible dairy stuff) is a big plus, but you know, steel doesn't bend, it breaks. Best scenario for JV - a 100% ~8 weeks after clean strip happened. There are other scenarios too, but I don't want to think about them cause JV is my guy too. FVV is worst than he was, for whatever reason Delon is a black sheep between the Raptors. He is just not being used much. On the other hand, Nick Nurse treats FVV like his favorite puppy. Dude is always beautiful in the loved one eyes. Norman Powell crashed and burned, but life support machines still beeping. Maybe he will come back to existence as certain guy did in The Holy Land 2019 years ago....CJ miles became a horror show. Unplayable, unwatchable.
      Toronto age problems. OG and Siakam are good, but they are still puppies. Showing some bark, but not good enough to guard the junkyard.
      Greg Monroe, Boucher, Mccaw are at the bottom of the totem pole.
      Pacers. If full roster and 100% healthy - we are really, really good. We have everything that needs to be had to fight to win against ANYONE. And because the core is very young and very talented - time is on our side. With every single day current All star and projected future All Stars are getting better. One thing to monitor - Tyreke. I know what cortisone shot does and i know what other funny stuff does. Come post-season, inject him with the quadruple amount of good stuff in the knee and let's worry about his liver, pancreas, kidneys and heart latter. In June Pacers HUGE problem - ALL guys in the rotation have to be 101% in shape. But we that in sports it's almost unachievable.
      Beta teams - Bucks and Celtics. Bucks are a little better cause they have the phenomenon of the nature in one guy. If he is not a 100% - they done. Plus, Bucks have nice new home, plenty of positive energy for them in that building. Good Karma is a very important ingredient.
      Celtics? I'm not impressed. Coach Stevens is as good as they get and Boston is a HUGE sport market thus all the favorable winds favor them. Players? Just couple are really good. others are "used to be", or just not good enough or raw. BTW, if Pacers and Celtics will meet each other when the real season will star and Horford and Domas will share the floor for some time - I'm positive that Domas will annihilate the dude. One on one Domas for Horfod is the worst match-up possible.
      Sixers are C-, they better parts, high performance, and a good mechanic. Maybe? But unlikely.
      Miami? You must be kidding. If they make into the post season it's only because of special guy Spo. If someone is curious, just check their remaining schedule. I bet that it is the toughest in the whole NBA. Maybe I'll put couple hundred bucks that hawks will overtake Miami in the standings.
      Nets so far are in, but their remaining schedule is a daisy. They should finish the season with something like 33-34 Ws max.

      Summa summarum: if all East teams are in the best possible shape starting from now, with guys coming back from injuries and healthy guys staying healthy, some strategic roster adjustments... You know, ALL THE GRAVY. The final alignment in the East by my crazy "vision" should be:

      Raptors
      Pacers
      Celtics
      Sixers
      Bucks
      Hornets
      Heat
      Nets

      Hawks
      Wizards
      Magic
      Pistons
      Bulls
      Knicks
      Cavs

      That was my perfect scenario BS. Nuts, right?

      Real life will roll the dice like that (I'm just messing. or maybe not ):

      Pacers
      Raptors
      Sixers
      Celtics
      Bucks
      Hornets
      Nets
      Heat

      Who cares the rest of bottom dwellers???

      I'm done. i had fun, I hope i will not be banned permanently, but you never know...


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      Last edited by bball_nomad; 01-12-2019, 06:07 PM.
      12-12-2018, 09:20 PM


      Myles Turner during Vic's postgame interview: "Tell you what the East is in trouble now boy"

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      • #33
        Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
        The Pacers are third tier in the east. Boston and Toronto are at the top. Philly and Milly are in the 2nd tier. Indiana is in the third tier with Miami.
        We are 28-14 and we are in the same tier as a team that is 21-20?? Come on man, that is pretty silly. It is obvious that there is a huge separation between the top 5 teams and the rest of the East. If you want to say that the Pacers are in the third tier by themselves, then okay, but to lump them with Miami?

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        • #34
          For what its worth we've also played 22 games on the road vs 19 at home. Offsets the easy opponents a bit.
          Lifelong pacers fan

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          • #35
            Originally posted by kent beckley View Post

            We are 28-14 and we are in the same tier as a team that is 21-20?? Come on man, that is pretty silly. It is obvious that there is a huge separation between the top 5 teams and the rest of the East. If you want to say that the Pacers are in the third tier by themselves, then okay, but to lump them with Miami?
            Yes, I think you are correct about that. I will revise that to say Indiana is in tier 3 by itself. I agree all the other teams in the east are looking up to us.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by PacerDude View Post

              So, that means against teams @ .500 - the Pacers are 3-1.

              And I take these with a grain of salt anyway. We beat Atlanta twice. Which might not sound like much.. But, Atlanta was on a 5-2 run at that point. The 2 losses - to the Pacers.
              Beat the Nets in Brooklyn when they were streaking too.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by bball_nomad View Post

                Not according to my observations If healthy and full strength - Toronto and Indiana are two top dogs. Toronto worriers: age. Lowry, Ibaka not getting younger day by day. Green, Kawhi, JV, Fred VanVleet , Powel, Delon Wright, CJ Miles are in their prime. Though only Danny Green is having the best season so far. Kawhi is a special one, but something wrong was with his quad muscle. JV is solid as a rock, and post-season is his time. Only one problem for him - bad luck. Refs let opponents hack him like he is a tough old oak, already resulting with the broken finger by Kobe and this certain Draymond Green cleanly, by the NBA basketball rule book ripped apart his off hands thumb. JV needed a surgery to put the strongest joint back to norm, and only time will tell how well it will heal. Strong Lithuanian bones (we drink A LOT of milk and use all the other possible dairy stuff) is a big plus, but you know, steel doesn't bend, it breaks. Best scenario for JV - a 100% ~8 weeks after clean strip happened. There are other scenarios too, but I don't want to think about them cause JV is my guy too. FVV is worst than he was, for whatever reason Delon is a black sheep between the Raptors. He is just not being used much. On the other hand, Nick Nurse treats FVV like his favorite puppy. Dude is always beautiful in the loved one eyes. Norman Powell crashed and burned, but life support machines still beeping. Maybe he will come back to existence as certain guy did in The Holy Land 2019 years ago....CJ miles became a horror show. Unplayable, unwatchable.
                Toronto age problems. OG and Siakam are good, but they are still puppies. Showing some bark, but not good enough to guard the junkyard.
                Greg Monroe, Boucher, Mccaw are at the bottom of the totem pole.
                Pacers. If full roster and 100% healthy - we are really, really good. We have everything that needs to be had to fight to win against ANYONE. And because the core is very young and very talented - time is on our side. With every single day current All star and projected future All Stars are getting better. One thing to monitor - Tyreke. I know what cortisone shot does and i know what other funny stuff does. Come post-season, inject him with the quadruple amount of good stuff in the knee and let's worry about his liver, pancreas, kidneys and heart latter. In June Pacers HUGE problem - ALL guys in the rotation have to be 101% in shape. But we that in sports it's almost unachievable.
                Beta teams - Bucks and Celtics. Bucks are a little better cause they have the phenomenon of the nature in one guy. If he is not a 100% - they done. Plus, Bucks have nice new home, plenty of positive energy for them in that building. Good Karma is a very important ingredient.
                Celtics? I'm not impressed. Coach Stevens is as good as they get and Boston is a HUGE sport market thus all the favorable winds favor them. Players? Just couple are really good. others are "used to be", or just not good enough or raw. BTW, if Pacers and Celtics will meet each other when the real season will star and Horford and Domas will share the floor for some time - I'm positive that Domas will annihilate the dude. One on one Domas for Horfod is the worst match-up possible.
                Sixers are C-, they better parts, high performance, and a good mechanic. Maybe? But unlikely.
                Miami? You must be kidding. If they make into the post season it's only because of special guy Spo. If someone is curious, just check their remaining schedule. I bet that it is the toughest in the whole NBA. Maybe I'll put couple hundred bucks that hawks will overtake Miami in the standings.
                Nets so far are in, but their remaining schedule is a daisy. They should finish the season with something like 33-34 Ws max.

                Summa summarum: if all East teams are in the best possible shape starting from now, with guys coming back from injuries and healthy guys staying healthy, some strategic roster adjustments... You know, ALL THE GRAVY. The final alignment in the East by my crazy "vision" should be:

                Raptors
                Pacers
                Celtics
                Sixers
                Bucks
                Hornets
                Heat
                Nets

                Hawks
                Wizards
                Magic
                Pistons
                Bulls
                Knicks
                Cavs

                That was my perfect scenario BS. Nuts, right?

                Real life will roll the dice like that (I'm just messing. or maybe not ):

                Pacers
                Raptors
                Sixers
                Celtics
                Bucks
                Hornets
                Nets
                Heat

                Who cares the rest of bottom dwellers???

                I'm done. i had fun, I hope i will not be banned permanently, but you never know...


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                Bball Nomad, did you start taking meth? You've gone from normal posts to numerous wild, long treatises!
                "Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by McKeyFan View Post

                  Bball Nomad, did you start taking meth? You've gone from normal posts to numerous wild, long treatises!
                  I understand your little concern . But first I had to google "treatises" Before googling that word I knew what it meant. I knew that the origin was french. I just wanted to get the "taste" of the word. It's full meaning

                  Don't worry, buddy, about the meth. Somebody some time ago gave it to me to try on couple occasions. Didn't like it, so no, I'm not on meth. I hate meth, I hate what it does to the world. I want meth to be terminated forever. Never was.
                  Just right now I'm working from home and to have a little mental timeout I go to some social places and let my steam out

                  Actually, myself, I am wondering if I will not get kicked out from this beautiful place. For a many years the books in my libraries and my numerous notebooks are collecting dust. And I don't know if my verbal diarrhea is not bleeping the members and lurkers the bad way. BUT, my intentions are pure. I just type what I think and I post it. If majority thinks I need to back of - I'l be glad to oblige it a split. It would do me good to be normal again . I ALWAYS play be the rules I'm a goood boy (or maybe not, you never know ).

                  Sincerely Yours, formerly board member "Ghost" who came back as a "bball_nomad". "Ghost" and "bball_nomad" are pretty correct my street (ooops, board ) names.

                  P.S.

                  Eh, for real. If I need to cool down - let me know. Not knowing is harmful to all sides.

                  P.P.S. Cheers, guys

                  P.P.P.S. Let's win it all this year. Just for a fun of that
                  Last edited by bball_nomad; 01-13-2019, 07:41 PM.
                  12-12-2018, 09:20 PM


                  Myles Turner during Vic's postgame interview: "Tell you what the East is in trouble now boy"

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                  • #39
                    Are we talking about playoff caliber teams or teams above .500? Because in the east that's two different things
                    Lifelong pacers fan

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                    • #40
                      The only contenders, meaning teams that could win a championship against one of the top teams from the West, are Toronto and Milwaukee.

                      Boston is so overrated and after beating the Pacers have lost 2 games to teams they should've beaten. Kyrie had a little meltdown after losing to Orlando and called out his young teammates in the media. The Sixers are wildly inconsistent, aren't a good road team, and surprisingly are only 19-13 against the East. That's a really bad sign considering that's the worse of the top 5 East teams.

                      So the Pacers, despite having the easiest schedule in the East, have been mopping up the East and winning on the road. So they're still a really good team. The biggest reason that 4-9 record against above .500 teams is flawed is because 4 of those loses came on the road out West and without Victor Oladipo. The 2 most recent loses we're without Myles Turner, the leading shotblocker in the NBA. So 6 of the 9 loses were on the road and without key starters. Take that loss record with a heaping grain of salt.

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                      • #41
                        what i like is we dont shoot too many 3s. I like our two big men to be more of a mid-range gamer when shooting in the perimeter. But myles can really stretch the floor.

                        And ola shoudl control his 3point selection.

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                        • #42
                          If Boston gets it together they are easily the 2nd best team in the east. But as of right now with their issues I agree Milwaukee has them beat. I have very little faith in Kyrie leading that team. Let’s just say he is no LeBron in terms of leading a team. So I guess I have another revision but Boston certainly has better raw talent.

                          Ok maybe I am enamored by the talent...it may be a collection of great talent instead of a great team.
                          Last edited by BlueNGold; 01-13-2019, 11:36 PM.

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                          • #43
                            Dipo has missed 11 games, and Turner has missed time. As we have seen it’s very difficult to win against good teams w/o those guys.

                            But the important thing is to win the games you’re supposed to win in the regular season. I don’t care if we win 45 games or 55, I just hope this team is built for playoffs.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                              If Boston gets it together they are easily the 2nd best team in the east.
                              Eh, I think people overrate Boston's talent. I think they are talented enough to be the 2nd seed, but are in no way easily better than the Bucks or Pacers. All of these teams are very close in talent and ability. If one team wins more games than another team it is only because it is an 82 game season and quantum fluctuations can be the difference between 56 wins and 54 wins.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                                If Boston gets it together they are easily the 2nd best team in the east. But as of right now with their issues I agree Milwaukee has them beat. I have very little faith in Kyrie leading that team. Let’s just say he is no LeBron in terms of leading a team. So I guess I have another revision but Boston certainly has better raw talent.

                                Ok maybe I am enamored by the talent...it may be a collection of great talent instead of a great team.
                                Boston is HUGELY overrated. JMHO I mean Boston players, not the coach. BUT, then a very good new coach shows up, after awhile other good coaches (there are like half or even maybe more in the NBA) cracks his little magical tricks that makes him special. After that, still maybe even the best coach's impact on the team's overall performance diminishes. To what degree it diminishes - that depends. Let's not get into that. Initially by a slight margin, later it goes up and down and finally someone else takes his place as the best of the best.
                                Sure, Celtics drubbed us, but after - they put two stinkers on the road: against MIA and WAS.
                                So, let's agree to disagree
                                Last edited by bball_nomad; 01-14-2019, 02:00 AM.
                                12-12-2018, 09:20 PM


                                Myles Turner during Vic's postgame interview: "Tell you what the East is in trouble now boy"

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