What Indiana Pacers have missed without TJ McConnell so far + closer look @ Siakam, Sheppard, Toppin
The Indiana Pacers haven’t even had T.J. McConnell in the preseason yet. What can the team still learn during their tune up games? What have Obi Toppin, Ben Sheppard, and Pascal Siakam shown? Host Tony East breaks it all down.
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Timestamps-ish:
0:00 — McConnell missing preseason
3:59 — Bench shot creation analysis
8:21 — Haliburton injury update
11:36 — Toppin's preseason impact
16:16 — Sheppard, Walker, Siakam notes
21:13 — Thunder game
Looking forward to watching TJ run that baseline dribble like a boss
McConell is definitely missing , he's good at dictating the speed mindfully (and stealing in-bound passes lol)
Hot Take: We thought Shep v Walker for the final rotation spot was the battle. Now Nesmith, Oubre, and Walker for starting small forward will be the battle
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I agree I think THEY ALL should play. Everyone before camp and at media day and so many times during other interviews said we need to play together against other teams as much as possible. So put your money where your mouth is and play and show that you all mean business and put people on notice. Rick has said multiple times players say they like to play fast but once they do they maybe second guess or don’t understand how fast that the coaches want to play. So as professionals play do your job and get better.
The bright side of McConnell missing time is we see jarace can be the creator for the second unit. I like TJ but he dribbles the ball to death and isn’t the best at moving the ball. With jarace the ball is moving around
Thanks Tony. Hopefully OKC starters play tn that would be fun.
This team will waste Walkers season if they don’t get a guard on the floor with him that forces the defense to begin rotating, you will get the best from Walker when he’s making decisions on the fly against a rotating defense.
Shep looks like trash so far.
Thank you ❤❤❤❤
Even Zach Lowe talked about how hard Pascal played in the first game