Why Indiana Pacers were crushed by San Antonio Spurs again + how the team evaluated roster vs Spurs
The Indiana Pacers lost by 29 to the San Antonio Spurs to close out the preseason. What went wrong? And what steps did the Pacers take to evaluate their team in San Antonio? Host Tony East breaks it all down.
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Timestamps-ish:
0:00 Pacers lose to Spurs in preseason
3:33 Evaluating roster and rotation
7:37 Experimenting with no point guard lineups
11:10 James Wiseman's performance with starters
14:44 Cam Payne's preseason play
18:16 Roster cut predictions and needs
Why does taelon peters have more rebounds than 3 of the 4 centers? He had just as many as Jay Huff. These centers need to step it up. At this point we don't need a center. Bradley is lost and playing him with Huff is disgusting.
If it's between Payne and Bradley, I think we cut Payne. He doesn't feel like a good fit in our system and probably wont see playing time because there would easily be 12-13 players ahead of him in the rotation.
Maybe Payne would likely be better after being in the system for a month. Wasn’t a big fan of his occasional ‘shoot first / pass last’ approach.
The second unit looked a little out of sync and not quite in rhythm with each other yet but I also saw glimpses of what will come. Seeing both Jay and James on the court together was cool. Once TJ comes back and the new guys get more familiar with the team we will be fine. In spite of the score most of them looked better in this game. They just needed two more preseason games Lol
Keep in mind The Spurs played their starters deep into the 3rd quarter, that was where the game got away.
Spurs are a top 5 team this season. Fox hasnt even played yet. Pacers will be fine in the weak East.
If they were evaluating why play the exhibit tens the entire second half. I didn't watch the fourth but looked like a no more injury games.
Coming here as a Spurs fan to say that the Pacers played really well and surprised me with their resilience. Both in this game and overall in their attacking mindset after such a tough end to their season. Though I’m not a pacers fan I can definitely respect the organization after a showing like that!
Markelle Fultz is still young and athletic
Why don’t you look at the camera/your viewers? …I understand looking at your notes on occasion but not nearly the entire time.
I just don't get a sense that Cameron Payne wants to be here. I'd say keep Bradley and go with what we have at guard. Obi has a seasoned presence this season and works as a leader for the second unit until TJ comes back. Dinwiddie doesn't fit. Jared Butler could be interesting.
TANKATHON this season