Comments on: The Indiana Pacers Are Better Than You Think

By: TooBigN-daPaint

TooBigN-daPaint — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:40:32 +0000

You guys are ALL NBA retards. Watch the game against the Denver Nuggets and tell me IF the Pacers ain’t for real this year. Even without Pyscho-T and Luther Head or Dun Dun, the shot lights-outs and completely outplayed Denver’s starters in the first and third quarters and were leading by 26pts when O’Brien called off the dogs……enough said.

Preseason or no preseason, you can’t tell me that last year’s Pacer’s team which finished ONLY 3 games behind the turd Pistons didn’t dramatically improve over the summer. Larry Legend brought in some experienced NBA young veterans who ALL play defense and with heart. Add in a dramatically improved Hibbert, Rush, AJ Price (rookie who’ll be a quick study), and the College Player of the Decade (Pyscho-T) to a team of Dahntay Jones, Earl Watson, Troy Murphy, Solomon Jones, not to mention by old boy Jeff Foster….enough said. We’ll see ya in Eastern Conference FINALS against Orlando!!!

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:32 +0000

For the people who say Danny Granger is not a franchise player, WTF are you talking about? Have you ever watched an NBA game in your life. No one averages those kinds of numbers without being an elitist. He gets better every year with his skill and his leadership. This team lost so many close games last year that it made them look worse than they really are. They played the top teams better than anyone else, and beat the top four which no other team did. Truthfully if they would have had an average score about two points higher per game, they would have went from a 9th ranked team in the east to a 4th ranked team in the east. I would have rather kept Jack than Ford but that is not the end all be all to this team. They are fighters and will come out of the gates very strong this year.

By: erk2044

erk2044 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:20:47 +0000

My pacers will make it to the playoffs this year with true grit and determination. Granger is awesome. Dunleavy will be the glue for this team. Hibbert is going to be much more reliable this year. And of all the people I personally think is going to be a surprise is Josh McRoberts. He has really worked his tail off this summer and he looked absolutely amazing in the summer league. We beat all the best teams last year. Boston, L.A., Cleveland and alot of our losses were by less than 3 points. Yes T.J. needs to pull it together to really help but earl watson will be steady and travis diener had like a 4or 5-1 assist to turn over ratio last season. We don’t really need to depend on our point guard to score he needs to distribute to danny, brandon, murph, dunlievy, hibbert and so on. Anyways we’re a 6 or 7 seed.

By: SJ

SJ — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:55:32 +0000

The Pacers should have found a way to drop TJ Ford and keep Jarrett Jack… Jack is more of a team player, whereas Ford seems to kill any team he’s on. I think the Pacers will do alright his year. The fanbase is growing and people will be going to the games more than last year. Granger will be a beast this year. That dude works hard as hell.

By: Brown

Brown — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:32:31 +0000

Replacing Jarrett Jack with Earl Watson is not a good look.

By: doc

doc — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:01:45 +0000

Average team.41-41 is written all over them.Granger is a beast though.

By: chebs

chebs — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:38:34 +0000

TJ FORD WILL HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR

By: Dime Magazine

Dime Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:50:39 +0000

@life-p.

This is Gerald. I’m a big Hansbrough fan. I definitely think he was worthy of being a lottery pick. I agree, me saying he will never be an all-star is just an opinion. You never know, he might one day be. I just think there are so many guys in the league I see that have more potential, that I think it will be difficult for him to reach that level. But I know he’ll be solid for years to come.

By: life-p

life-p — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:15:22 +0000

How do you know Tyler H. will never be an allstar, Gerald? That’s like me reading your body of work and declaring you will never be a real journalist. Feel me. Next time, you should preface your statement with “in my opinion…”

No disrespect man…

By: jzsmoove

jzsmoove — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:59:45 +0000

The Pacers are good. It just happens that 25 other NBA teams are better than them. And banking on a TJ Ford to carry the PG and some of the scoring load doesnt make it any better.