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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
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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.

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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.

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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.
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2019 Pacers Summer League

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  • Originally posted by kent beckley View Post

    Not looking forward to a whole season of people griping that TJ is playing over our future star pg.
    I know it’s summer league but I think Aaron’s gonna take a hit for his performance. He’s had a bad approach to the games and the effort hasn’t been there. That’s really all you can control in these scrimmages so that’s a bad look. And TJ’s solid, he’s played in big games, and while he probably won’t win a lot of games for us, he won’t lose any either. Still hoping Aaron gets a shot to start the season but at this point it’s probably TJs job to lose.

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    • Originally posted by CJ Jones View Post

      I know it’s summer league but I think Aaron’s gonna take a hit for his performance. He’s had a bad approach to the games and the effort hasn’t been there. That’s really all you can control in these scrimmages so that’s a bad look. And TJ’s solid, he’s played in big games, and while he probably won’t win a lot of games for us, he won’t lose any either. Still hoping Aaron gets a shot to start the season but at this point it’s probably TJs job to lose.
      I fully agree & in all honesty once we can make the TJ McConnell singing I am all for dangling Aaron in a trade to get a more established SF/PF with a defensive game.

      Ideal would be Robert Covington for Aaron Holiday, Doug McDermott + 1 or 2 of those 2nd round picks.

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      • Originally posted by festar35 View Post

        I fully agree & in all honesty once we can make the TJ McConnell singing I am all for dangling Aaron in a trade to get a more established SF/PF with a defensive game.

        Ideal would be Robert Covington for Aaron Holiday, Doug McDermott + 1 or 2 of those 2nd round picks.
        I would jump on that in a heartbeat, but would they?

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        • Originally posted by SaintLouisan View Post

          I would jump on that in a heartbeat, but would they?
          no ****ing way

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          • Originally posted by croz24 View Post
            Aaron Holiday continues to look awful. Summer league or not, he has demonstrated 0 understanding of the point guard position. I have no doubt he'll go off for a game or two this season, but those games will be few and far between.
            He looks the same as he did in college. He was a huge ball hog without the shooting to back it up. Low basketball IQ. I hated when we drafted him.

            we should’ve drafted Shamet, who went 3 picks later.
            Last edited by equilibrium; 07-12-2019, 12:33 PM.

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            • Originally posted by equilibrium View Post

              He looks the same as he did in college. He was a huge ball hog without the shooting the back it up. Low basketball IQ. I hated when we drafted him.

              we should’ve drafted Shamet, who went 3 picks later.
              Agreed. Time to buy Schroeder from Okc fire sale. We need him. We should’ve signed Tyus Jones, he will probably have a good career. we don’t have a back up pointgaurd. I guess we ride with T.J, at least he’s an nba caliber player. Kris Dunn is another player we could set sites on? Maybe we can throw in Holiday if we trade Sabonis?

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              • Consolation game. Friday. 8:30 pm. NBA TV. LA Clippers.

                The Clippers were 3-1 so we've got our work cut out for us. Right now we're dead last. Even behind China and Croatia.

                We need a win to save face.
                Last edited by Strummer; 07-12-2019, 03:36 AM. Reason: added "pm" so people wouldn't get up early to watch the game.

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                • TJ leaf looked like an abomination last summer league yet was much improved in the real season. I’m not too concerned about holiday.
                  "I’m your favorite player’s favorite player. And it’s not enough for me for him to know that. I want the world to know that." -- Michael Beasley

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                  • I am really irritated with KP's lack of foresight on Carsen Edwards. We are going to really regret not picking him with the 32 pick.
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                    • Originally posted by owl View Post
                      I am really irritated with KP's lack of foresight on Carsen Edwards. We are going to really regret not picking him with the 32 pick.
                      I was thinking about this too. At the time, KP seemed to be worried about a financial squeeze. I'm rather irritated by that line of thinking and want to bark, "Well, then we'd better see noticeable improvement in Holiday AND Leaf AND Sumner AND Johnson, 'cause you're passing on a gem of a specialist!"


                      "He’s no shrinking violet when it comes to that kind of stuff."

                      - Rick Carlisle on how Kevin Pritchard responds to needed roster changes.

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                      • I love Carsen obviously, and he's looked awesome thus far, but summer league.

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                        • Originally posted by ECKrueger View Post
                          I love Carsen obviously, and he's looked awesome thus far, but summer league.
                          If his body of work was just summer league I would agree.
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                          • I finally got a chance to watch these summer league games and I'm gonna be honest....whoever has been tasked with getting these guys ready has done a real ****** job. Idk if that's why Gansey has been MIA lately, but wow. This is a poor, poor reflection on that person, and I am just gonna write this whole thing off as a waste of time for us this year. I'm not gonna overvalue the summer league, but I do think we are missing an opportunity to utilize it for a specific purpose to help our young players.

                            As far as Holiday. Im not gonna let the summer league tell me this kid cant play, because I know he can. I think if our whole team looks like crap, then maybe there is a bigger issue. I am very excited for Aaron this year. He is gonna have a huge opportunity to fill a major role as an offensive cog off the bench. We wont know if he is up to it until he gets that opportunity.

                            I really want the team to re evaluate how they are using these tools like Summer League and the DLeague affiliate in Fort Wayne, to develop these young players, because they are just flat out not doing a good job of it. We barely utilize the Mad Antz for more than a game here or there, and we apparently dont value the summer league at all because we look for any excuse to sit our young guys out and dont seem to care who coaches it. It's the Pacers NBA summer league team and Mike Gansey is coaching for us? Really? The dudes not an NBA caliber coach, so why send him if you think it's an opportunity to grow our young players? Why not send a guy we deem worthy of actually coaching OUR NBA players?

                            Dan Burke should be coaching this team, and focusing it on teaching them our defensive scheme, because that's the biggest challenge our young players face, and it's the greatest barrier for them to earn minutes. If they can defend, you can more afford to forgive their mistakes offensively. That has always been the key to our success, we are historically a top defensive team. And these games are valuable teaching tools with a real live opponent. It also doesnt do the guys trying to make the roster any favors either. They deserve an opportunity to work with a NBA caliber coach for a few weeks.

                            TJ Leaf needs to be out there, working on his defense. Aaron Holiday needs to be focused more on his communication in pick and roll situations, not seeing how many 3s he can hit. Goga needed to be out there, working on his defensive rotations and defending the pick and roll with Aaron Holiday, which might help him stay on the court this year. There is a language barrier to work thru. He has also never seen this kind of athleticism before. We could've had 5-6 roster players out there for 4-5 scrimmages against quality opponents, and got some actual work done. But we totally botched it. Watching what you have been watching, how could anyone say we are gonna get anything positive out of the summer league this year? Brian Bowen has looked ok, at times. But that's about it. It's just a waste.

                            I dont get it. Whatsoever.
                            Last edited by Taterhead; 07-12-2019, 12:36 PM.
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                            • Originally posted by DrFife View Post

                              I was thinking about this too. At the time, KP seemed to be worried about a financial squeeze. I'm rather irritated by that line of thinking and want to bark, "Well, then we'd better see noticeable improvement in Holiday AND Leaf AND Sumner AND Johnson, 'cause you're passing on a gem of a specialist!"
                              KP actually said that he didnt want to add anymore salary to maximize cap space. So yeah, there was a financial aspect to it. So it's certainly a fair criticism, and it doesnt make sense because then you go out and apparently sign TJ McConnell for 3.5 million a year. Which I'm not against necessarily. But, "maximizing cap space" would've been to bring in a dirt cheap solution and not paying a 3rd string PG, more money than you have to. So its puzzling to say the least.

                              I liked Edwards and thought that's who we wanted when we got the pick, originally. He seemed to make sense there.

                              I would've preferred him over McConnell, for sure.
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                              • Goga got visa'd!!! And he's in Indy!!! But tonight's game is in Vegas!!! Doh!!!

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