How Good Are The Indiana Pacers?
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I think they'll be good, have homecourt advantage come playoffs and go out in the 2nd round in a tough series.
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youre the only person ive ever heard consistently use the word 'cool' to mean "just okay"
they are done, same run wont happen again unfortunately
Their window is likely closed. They’ll be a good team but they had some INSANE playoff luck a couple of years back
Yes
Since you live in Portland now. You should start going to blazer games.
No
Only people who say no are Knicks fans, Bucks fans, and Maybe Cavs fans idk if they hate us tho
Michael porter doesn’t pass enough
No… the east got better since they made that run.
People are sleeping on Miami so bad
I see Pacers I click
Something nobody figured out was how to keep up with Indiana. They ran everybody out of the gym in the 2025 postseason, and they only got deeper.
Probably not, but I'm rooting for them for sure!
Trading for mpj would make the pacers op not gone lie
Pacers made the conference finals in 2024, finals in 2025, and they are supposed to be treated like the under dog in 2025? You don’t know ball
I disagree in you saying they have expectations now. The media do not rate them at all right now. Kendrick Perkins doesn’t even have them making the play in
Youth also tends to heal better. So with Hali and Tatum being on the younger side compared to being on 30s I kind think that could be on their side with recovery and duration. But really only time will tell.
I’m rustying my bucket
Obi can also being their 5 out spacing at center. He often closed palyoff games at center when they were going for scoring over defense. Knicks and OKC comeback happened with Obi at center.
As a traumatized Knick fan I am pretty curious to see what they are gonna do. One of the biggest wildcards in the league
The pacers werent a dark horse. They literally had the best record in the entire nba from january to the end of the season. If they didnt have a bad start, they would have been the first seed no doubt. Idk why people seem to forget that they were a legit contender and them going on a deep run was expected for anyone who paid attention to that season.
Probably not but that’s what we said last time as well
Spacing probably won't change much zubac need a player on him at all time when he is near the basket I will put it in or grab the rebound of there not a player on him
The pacers made it to the eastern conference finals the season in 2024… so to me it wasn’t surprising they made it to the ecf and then the finals in 2025.
WHO WOULD WIN between 2026 Knicks and 2025 Pacers
If Haliburton plays great, Haliburton, Zubac, and Siakam will be an electric trio. I don't know if the others will have the same magnet ball they had during their 2025 run
Do what again, finish at the bottom of the East?
As a Knicks fan, I think they can.
Yo I saw you on a trivia game you cooked up bro
Wow a 60 win caliber team? You have a lot of faith in this team
I hope Indiana gets back there, they went 7 games and then Hali was injured. Could be the dark horse team of the year!
Nembhard should be the best backup pg in the league not a undersized SG
Respectfully, I don't think so
My take is that although zubac is better than turner, turners fit made them so dangerous and they’re not gonna be what they were without Myles
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0:56 just Imagine the knicks in this past finals series. That was the Pacers that year in the postseason times 10 😂😂
Probably not
how long are we gonna keep pretending like mpj isnt a jaden ivey level cancer to the locker room and no one should want him
his super alt right grift doesn’t work with most players my guess
How can you say traditional point guards are overrated when that would have solved a lot of the Rockets problems last season. No position is overrated . What does your team NEED ?
I get that they had relatively easy run to the finals but they still were toe to toe with okc and there are very few teams that could actually compete with healthy okc
Unrelated bro, but I’ve been subbed to you since the beginning. Proud you’ve lost all this weight, you look good 🎉
you know why tho? bc you didnt take the NBA cup seriously.
Mark my words the pacers will be juggernauts in the eastern conference once they get a little momentum. They have one of the deepest teams in basketball from the starting lineup down to the bench. It's easy to sleep on a team that had half the roster injured and out last season but my team is gonna wake people up for sure.
4:40 Been saying this same exact thing since the trade; Zubac is a better center than Turner in a vacuum, and Turner didnt do much in their 25 run anyway, but just them having a floor spacing big scares me much more than them having a more traditional big in their offense.
Sure, Zubac might be a different playstyle but he is a top 5 screener, rebounder, and interior defender in the league. Pacers also have Obi that ran the 5 for 50% of their playoff run that can run and shoot while Jay Huff was just ranked higher than Turner in 2k that can come off the bench to play with Hali that has great rim D.
Disliking traditional point guards is an extremely interesting take. You're a brilliant dude, enjoy your videos.. I hope you see this and possibly expand more on that? Maybe in a separate video. I think that would be a dope video – if you haven't already