Why are the Indiana Pacers playing so poorly? Can they turn it around?
The Indiana Pacers are not playing well at all, sitting at 9-14. Why? What does the team need to get going? Host Tony East is joined by Kevin Bowen from 107.5 The Fan to break it all down.
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I bought a reusable pacers bag at Kroger today they better win tomorrow
Timestamps-ish:
0:00 Intro And Pacers Difficulties
6:09 Pacers Current Struggles
12:21 Offensive Challenges
18:51 Team Dynamics and Physicality
25:31 Expectations vs. Reality
31:24 Future Outlook
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I think why the pacers offense is not as successful compared to last season is because other teams are able to adjust on how to play against it. Teams also know that the pacers are a very poor half-court team in which the Boston series clearly exposed that.
I feel the pacers should learn how to play the halfcourt game then insert the run and gun play style from time to time.
If the pacers would not accept that opponents know how to play them the success they got from last year will not work.
I feel the pacers need to hire a DEFENSIVE coach and convert the pacers into a defensive team instead of an offensive one until they discover there new offense.
In terms of moving players, I feel this is not the right time to move as the current price of players are very high. I would ride this out if this becomes a loosing season they should ask which position will they focus on replacing.
Turner will most likely enter the free agency and I personally feel that the era of Turner in the pacers should be good enough and its time to move on. When they move a latter time they can try to work on some deals in where they could have an opportunity to get good picks for the next draft.
If the possibility of getting Flagg would come up or getting a solid replacement for Turner that I feel is the biggest decision the pacers should decide on.
The pacers have players which can play the same position but those players right now is not playing at a consistent manner.
Their head coach is trash, for starters.
While this is far from all the things needed for this team to succeed I do think the Pacers coaching staff tried Mathurin at the SF a lot but originally he’s a SG, while depending on the matchup he can switch on a SF but on a consistent basis I think its enough evidence to show he should stay a 2 in which also puts more emphasis on perimeter scoring and other off ball movements that the coaching staff should execute more with him like off ball cuts to the rim for a dunk/alleyoop or layup and catch shoot 3’s or mid range shots to make things more simple while maybe more effective one of the examples of that is if u go to the Trail Blazers game when Carlisle ran a few plays for him and it looked pretty good and fitting enough within the offense flow…also in terms of the team and upcoming tough games ahead, this stretch might make or break the team depending on how they look it’ll be interesting to see what the young guys are made of and if they can take advantage of these opportunities specifically Mathurin, Furphy, Walker
At this point I'm waiting for the fever games to be watch
Nesmith is the biggest reason this team is not functioning like last year. By far their best defensive player capable of defending the other teams best 2 or 3, and occasionally 4. We don’t have that guy now. Also, Nesmith for most of the last season, ranked near the top of 3 point %, and with Hali stinking up the 3 so far this year, it’s clearly clogging up inside for Mathurin and Siakam. If we’re honest, last year was an aberration and things fell into place with playoff teams missing key players, that worked out best for Pacers advancement. Better to look at this year as a weeding out process for many of the younger players, and looking to build a team in Haliburton’s age years of 27, 28, and 29; Mathurin’s age years of 25, 26, and 27…
Nesmith's energy and D are sorely missed!! PLUS Tyrese just not the same!!! TO BE KIND!!!!!!!!!
It all begins and ends with Haliburton…can't win when your pt g…$$$$$ plays afraid!!!
Kevin is the first media head that I’ve heard express the clear lack of athleticism on this team. It’s responsible for our deficiencies on defense and lack of explosiveness on offense.