Indiana Pacers – Tyrese Haliburton warned, not fined! IU offers #114 guard! Colts rookies work!

Indiana Pacers – Tyrese Haliburton warned, not fined! IU offers #114 guard! Colts rookies work!

yesterday found out that he’s not going to be fined for his Big Marbles celebration after hitting that three to win game two. All right, it doesn’t matter if he is fined. He doesn’t care if he’s fined. It’s tip money to Tyrese Hallebert and good for the NBA for just warning Tyrese Hallebertton. And we’ll talk about that for a minute. When celebrations are acceptable, when celebrations are not, we’ll talk about it. Game three tonight, 7:30 at Gamebridge Fieldhouse. Be there. You got to pay to be there. The tickets, they’re rather expensive in the secondary market. That’s the only way you’re going to get your hands on them to sit up in the nosebleleeds about 120 bucks. Not a bad seat in that house, though. And how much fun is that going to be tonight? This is going to be the kind of atmosphere that you do pay to see. And I think it’s going to be awesome. Uh Cavaliers favored by three and a half. So, the money’s coming back on the Pacer or on the Cavs. People must have a feeling that Mobley is gonna play. Maybe Garland’s going to play. I don’t care who plays. I think the Pacers are a better team. What are you going to do? Both teams, and I’ve said it before, since January 9th, both the Cavaliers and the Pacers have lost exactly the same number of games, 14. Cavaliers have won one extra game. So the Pacers, the Cavaliers, even in the regular season when the Cavaliers in the regular season were really, really good. They’re even steven over the more than one half of the season. I think Pacers get the win tonight and this series for all intents and purposes will be over, but you still got to play the game and hope for the best. We’ll talk about the game. We’ll talk about Indiana University. They got an offer out to a player yesterday from Maryland and and that guy is ranked over 100 and people are losing their minds. What are we? We’re we’re we’re digging into the 100 to 200 level players. Rankings don’t matter. And I’m going to give you a bunch of examples exactly how little rankings matter. We’re going to talk about the Colts. They’ve got rookie camp starting today at uh West 56th Street and and these guys, the the eight drafties are going to be working for playing time and a roster spot toward the back end of the of the draft. We know what happened last year, sixth, seventh round, fifth, I think, too. Gonn never never played a snap. They were cut. So, uh, the Colts, they’re they’re getting a little bit better at the bottom, and it’s harder to make the team now from the bottom of the roster. We’ll talk about the drafties and what their ceilings are as we look ahead to the 2025 season. Uh, and just the 2025 season. None of these are restrictive as far as what they’re going to be three years from now. It took Zier Franklin how many years as a special teamer to get on the field as a linebacker on the regular, right? And uh Pope Leo I 14th, the white smoke billowed from the chimney at the Vatican. And here comes the first American Pope born in Chicago, raised in Chicago. Was he a Socks fan? Was he a Cubs fan? That’s what people in Chicago wanted to know. And they found out from the Pope’s brother. What do we call the Pope’s brother? Does he have a title of some kind? Does he get to Is he like the prince? I I don’t know how that works. I’ve never known a pope had a brother. Isn’t that odd? I never think of them with with any kind of family. What do you got to do? This is Breakfast with Kent for Friday, May 9th, 2025. Brought to you by the great people at Today’s Dentistry. Today’s Dentistry is great. Dr. Mike O’Neal. Awesome as a dentist. Awesome as a human being. Graduate of Notre Dame. All right. And the IU Dental School. Tremendous. Who’s your bread? This is Dr. Mike O’Neal. 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Tyrese Hallebertton is not going to be fined, was not fined by the NBA home office in New York for his big marbles celebration. The the celebration that Sam Cassell made famous back in the day. I loved Sam Cassell. He was annoying. He was odd, but he played like a kid. He played with joy, right? Tyrese Hallebertton plays with joy. Hitting that three-pointer after people are chatting overrated in Cleveland. That was nice. That was a just result and Tyrese Hallebertton celebrated a little bit. It was not a gun. It It was not a John idiotic violent ideiation uh celebration. It was just I got big marbles. And he does. I got big marbles. Yes, I do. I got big marbles. How about you? He didn’t say anything like that because that would not have been any fun. But the big marbles celebration with the hands, that is fun. Game three tonight. The the Cavs are back to being three-point favorites in this game. I don’t know what the what what do the Pacers have to do to be favored. You know what? We’re not complaining. Heck, let that let it go. Turn that uh spread loose. Seven and a half, nine and a half, whatever it is. I don’t care. People don’t respect the Pacers. That’s an opportunity, people. Yeah. Yeah. Hello. Thank you. I’ll take it. A Brinks truck drives by the house and a a big sack of cash falls out. That’s an opportunity right now. That, you know, of course, we would return it. We would not keep any of the cash, but we would hope for some kind of reward. That is the uh the reward. the kind of the opportunity that I’m talking about. All right. Uh but Pacers, I think, are going to win tonight. I don’t care who plays to tell you the truth. If Moy plays, and I think Moley’s going to play, I mean, he’s got an ankle for God’s sake. You know, uh Garland’s got a toe. Look, big toes. Although they call it in the injury report the grand toe. I don’t understand that. Toes are tough. like you can toes a big toe problem is a big problem for the person who has it. Being athletic at all with a a hyperextended big toe is really really tough. They said if this is the regular season they would have shut him down for two or three weeks. That’s what we’re encroaching on now or approaching two or three weeks for Darius Garland. I don’t care who plays for the Cavs. I think right now the Pacers are the better team. I think they’re the more aggressive team. whoever’s playing for I I think Jared Allen’s really played well. I like Jared Allen more than I thought I would watching him, you know, at length during these playoffs. I think he’s pretty good. And and Mitchell is good, but you can’t put the entire team on your shoulders in the playoffs and think that scoring 48 points is going to get you a win because it’s not. You’ve got to be the more aggressive five, not the more aggressive one. the other guys have to start carrying their weight if the Cavaliers even want to compete in this game tonight. I think it’s the Pacers. I think they’re going to go in there with an attitude. One thing you didn’t see a lot from Tyrese Hallebertton, you did see the big marbles dance, but you did not see Tyrese Hallebertton smiling a whole lot like the Pacers had accomplished something because they haven’t. Winning two games in a series is not a victory. Winning four games is a ser a victory in a sevengame series. And hopefully they get that done tonight. Uh Hunter, whether he plays, I don’t care. He’s a bench guy. I And Kenny Atinson being the coach of the year. I mean, what the hell are we talking about? Who are we crapping here? He’s the best coach in the NBA. You out of your mind. That’s insane. Rick Carile, like give give Atkinson Carile’s roster and let’s see what happens. I like the Pacers roster, but they’re bereft of stars. Tyresese Hallebertton, great player, not a star. Donovan Mitchell, a bit of a star, right? So, there you go. Uh, Indiana University, they have offered a scholarship to Prince Alexander Moody. He’s the uh he’s a combo guard, 6’4 in the class of 2026 from Bishop Bishop McNamera in Maryland. He’s ranked 121st in the country in the class of 2026. And I love it because anybody who recruits to rankings, if we learn nothing from Mike Woodson and his staff, recruiting to rankings does not guarantee anything in terms of wins and losses. 114 is cool or 121 is cool by me. Here’s what I’m talking about. All right, I’m going to give you uh 12 examples where rankings meant zip. Bryson Tucker was ranked 30th in the class of 2024. McKenzie Embco ranked 10th. Malik Renu ranked 38th. How’d that team do? All three of those guys on the roster got Mike Woodson fired. Tamar Bates number 30. Christian Lander was number 26. Romeo Langford five in his class. Duran Davis 48. Noah Vonlay 12. Jeremy Hollow of 42. Honor Mascara Perea 45th. Who’s doing the ranking there? What do you do? Shots with Moscara Perea at Knicks. What What are we at upstairs? What are we doing then? On the other side, Victor Adipo was 144 in the class of 2010 and Ojaninobi was 221 in his class. 221. What do rankings mean? Nothing. Don’t worry about this kid being ranked 121st. Go get guys. What was And that’s just Indiana guys. We want to start talking about Purdue guys and Braden Smith. Where was he ranked? Right. player of the year in the Big 10 and he’s coming back. All right, let’s talk about the Colts rookies for a minute and just their ceilings. All right, and these are only the drafties, eight draftes. What are their ceilings? Tyler Warren, 14th overall pick from Penn State tight end. His ceiling is all pro. An immediate allpro, uh, Ring of Honor type level talent at the tight end position. That’s putting a lot of weight on the kid, but you know what? That’s his ceiling. And we’re only talking about ceilings. We’re not talking about floors. Uh JT, um I I screw this up every single time. Uh two tuolo. Tuolo. There you go. TJ Tu JT to I got the wrong I got the easy part wrong. JT Tuolo. All right. his uh he a starter. That’s his ceiling this year. And I think somebody’d have to get hurt to do it. He’s a defensive end out of Ohio State taking 45th. He’s going to have to get over the top of pay, over the top of Latu, over the top of Ebom. I don’t think that’s going to happen, but he’s going to be a rotational player. And this year at 80, you got Justin Wall-E from Minnesota. He’s a quarterback starter potentially oddsized for the Colts. odd speed. He’s uh 510 but really fast. Usually the Colts draft uh tall, rangy, slow quarterbacks. This time they uh they kind of broke the mold. I think that’s Lu Anarumo saying, “Hey, look, give me somebody with speed. What are you people doing? He could be a starter uh or post Kenny Moore. He he’s more a slot corner kind of guy. could be a starter eventually this year likely not, but a rotation guy could be. Uh Jaylen Travis 127, he from Iowa State, a uh swing tackle. That’s his ceiling this year. We hope that he’s a competent swing tackle. Both Braden Smith and Bernard Ryman are going to be free agents after the season unless they sign an extension. So, uh depth at the tackle position at a premium. DJ Giddens 151 running back out of K State. He’s another Marlon Mack. I think that’s his ceiling. Riley Leonard, I I think his ceiling this year is the air parent to Sam Ellinger. That’s what he is this year. Unless something stupendous happens, horrible happens. Stupendous for Leonard, horrible for the Colts. I don’t think you want Riley Leonard playing at all this season if you’re the Colts because it means that both Anthony Richardson and Daniel Moore got hurt. Uh Tim Smith although you never know like uh Leonard when people think of Brock Pury when he was Mr. Irrelevant, right? Uh Tim Smith the defensive tackle Alabama. Look, you don’t you’re not the full-time starter for two years at Alabama at defensive tackle without being able to play football a little bit. I think his ceiling is a little bit higher than others. I think he could be a rotational player this year behind Stewart and behind DeForest Buckner. And then Hunter Ler. I got a feeling about this kid. I think he sticks on the roster. I think he’s a special teamer to start. I think he bulks up a little bit and he becomes a guy kind of like Grant Stewart was where he’s a hustle player on teams and then if he gets an opportunity to play linebacker in games, I think he’s going to prove himself quite capable. I got a feeling about him. I watched him at at Wisconsin. I like the way he played. Reminded me a little bit of Doug Plank back in the day for you Bears fans from a long time ago. Uh who who teamed with Gary Fensick to be the most violent safeties maybe in the history of the NFL. Pope Leo the 14th named yesterday. So the Cubs all of a sudden on their scoreboard, uh yes, Cubs fans or yes, he’s a Cubs fan. No, he’s not. His brother on Chicago TV said he always rooted for the White Socks. He never ever rooted for the Cubs. Mom was a Cubs fan because her family was from the north side. Dad, a southsider, he liked the Cardinals. He never ever rooted for the Cubs. So, straight from the brother’s mouth, we get it straight about Pope Leo I 14th, the first American pope. Uh, yeah, he was always a Socks fan. He he didn’t get indignant about it. But you know what? He he was striding. Not indignant, but striding. Let’s celebrate some birthdays, shall we? On this Friday, that’s going to be going to kick off a beautiful weekend. By the way, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for business this morning. Indie car practice at 9:30. There are going to be events all day long at the track. Head out there. I’m headed out there right after the radio show on WGCL. I can’t wait. Sheila Orcut, happy birthday. The great Duncan Smith, one of the great improvisers at Second City back in the day, celebrating a birthday. Sam Ag, happy birthday. Bill Nichols, the great Bill Nichols, the great Jenny Scott celebrating a birthday today. Happy birthday to Jenny, an outstanding market manager at Intercom when I worked there for 5 years. Jessica Sherman celebrating a birthday. How many people can can legitimately say they have danced with me at Iken Jonesies? only Jessica Sherman. She’s the only one. And Madison Rotor, a great distance runner, a a great kid, celebrating a birthday today. I think he’s going to be today. I think he’s 36. So, while you know what, not a kid anymore, but still awesome. And uh uh there you go. If today’s your birthday, you celebrate like hell. If it’s not your birthday, you celebrate somebody else. That’s best done with an honest and specific compliment. Lift each other up. Don’t pull each other down. Be good to each other. yell, “Go Pacers.” When you’re at the Kroger, you’re going down the aisle just all of a sudden, “Go Pacers! Go Pacers!” And see if anybody smiles and points and laughs. Nice to make somebody’s day by being a buffoon. So, go ahead and do that while communicating a positive message about your Indiana Pacers. Do it in line like at the Chipotle. There you go, Julie. Do it again. There you go. That’s your your yell at Chipotle. You’re waiting to order your burrito. Go bases like you got some kind of fandom Tourette’s. Awesome. We’ll talk later today. I’ll be at the track in a little bit and then we’re going to rookie camp and uh then we’re going to watch the Pacers game. It’s going to be an awesome day. This is wall- to-wall fun, is it not? And yeah, I’m sure I’ll bring you along.

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