Can Indiana Pacers turn season around during NBA Cup break again? Roster moves coming? 24’ draft?
The NBA Cup break is approaching for the Indiana Pacers. Can they turn their season around during the break again? Plus, what moves does the team have coming up? Host Tony East breaks it all down.
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Timestamps-ish:
0:00 – Pacers Cup Break Preview
1:21 – Roster Moves & Injuries
7:01 – Turnaround Potential & Playoff Odds
13:13 – NBA History: 5-18 Starts
18:59 – Value of Development vs Draft Position
23:11 – Transaction Updates & Draft Debate
The media covering the Pacers is unbelievably passive! No one questions anything, no one pushes back, and not a single reporter has called out the Scouting Department for the terrible decision to pass on Ryan Nembhard!
This is the same Scouting Department that previously passed on Jalen Duren, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Williams, and so many others… only to select Jarace Walker, Ben Sheppard, and Isaiah Jackson — players who have clearly shown their limitations and still haven’t justified those picks.
The Pacers media is comfortable and complacent, with no courage to challenge the front office.
They treat every mistake this organization makes with a smile — as if it’s perfectly normal!
Ryan interview answers and the way he points and directs suggest a very high basketball iq.
Can anyone explain the value in any teams competing in the playoffs when they know they can’t contend with the best teams like okc and the rockets?
Why doesn’t every team end up trying to tank?
32:27 Andrew wanting Ryan to go to Dallas makes sense. Because he knows that finding the best "fit" is more important than just getting into a team. He was disappointed to be drafted in the 2nd round, but in retrospect was happy it was with the Pacers, where he was able to get playing time.
Dallas needed a PG, he knew Ryan would get playing time, which would be a better situation than getting drafted and then benched for a year.
I'm rooting for Dallas to do well, because of lil bro.
I enjoy the nba much more by not thinking about the draft until it comes. Grow your talent and win the same time. Its paid off for us. Were miles better than the franchises who are in the lottery every year. And one injury prone non shooting at times star doesnt take u from bottom to finals
The Pacers picked up Andrew Nembhard in the 2nd round and Jarace Walker high in the first. Top ten pick is no guarantee of a quality player and vice versa. 30-38 wins wouldn't be the end of the world for the draft. I agree with Tony on second guessing the draft after the fact though it's usually ridiculous. So many Pacer fans wanted Steve Alford instead of Reggie Miller but how many wanted it 3 years later? If KJ averages 20&10 in 3 years nobody going to admit they wanted RN Lol
I hate tanking so much but I can understand the argument for this year. I’ll still watch and want us to win every game. Also, I agree that Bama isn’t going to win anything but they played a far harder schedule and a conference championship game vs a top 5 team, that has to count for something.
People forget that "stacking" people on your bench means that good players won't play, and because you have to "run with your best horses" you won't FIND out what you even have. The team wastes good players, and the player wastes good years. GO to the team that is the best FIT for you, and at the time, we didn't need more "guards".
They can turn it around still rooting for them. Let's go Pacers you can do it TWICE😂❤🙏
Good pod bad attire 😂
The Hoosiers finally beat Ohio State. Daniel Jones goes down with a heartbreaking injury. What a crazy year for Indiana sports. The Pacers turning it around to some degree would be a great way to start '26.
Ive been saying I was pretty sure Ryan chose his own path. The Pacers drafted Kam already. They still had Drew and TJ and Hali would be back the following year. They wanted him to go so where he could actually get playing time. and they couldnt for see all the injuries where he would have got playing time this year. Sure they could have drafted him anyway but you also want to keep the relationship with Drew good. 😅😂
Turn it around for what? The 15th pick in the draft? Getting drilled in the first round?
Do you think there is any chance we can keep Mathurin? Because it feels like almost every other Pacers podcast, it sounds like he's going to get traded. Like I feel like he's improved a lot this year and, it would kill me to see him gone.
As you said, mid-30’s is the worst possible outcome. They should play weak teams to win and play strong teams hard for 3 quarters and then pull their starters. The most important thing for them is to evaluate young players, rotations, and schemes.
23-59
Two Indy team leaders, two achilles. Caitlin was injured too. What are the odds?
Im only at 17:38 so you might mention it, but I wonder statistically how unhealthy all these teams were. The Pacers don’t suck, they need to get and stay healthy. We are just now starting to see true chemistry amongst the team even though we are still adding and subtracting players. I’d love for us to go on a crazy run and be the first to do what others couldn’t. If we had Nesmith, Shep, and Toppin all back, they’d be dramatic game changers for so many reasons (chemistry, bench production, defense, offense, etc). Then throw in Quenton too, that’d be massive. I hope Shep isn’t out too long and Obi is back early/mid November.
So is it: the worse we do this season, the earlier we get our first round draft pick during the NBA draft?