Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 2, 2019 3:42:32 GMT
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Push Kevin Pritchard into a corner, assume he cannot make the necessary moves to improve the Indiana Pacers, and he says: Watch this. He says: With no leverage at all, I’ll trade Paul George for two rising young stars in Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. That’s what he did two years ago.
See what he did Sunday night?
Holy …
This wasn’t quite that good, but it was close. It was really close. Add Sunday night’s haul to what he did on draft night, and Pacers President Kevin Pritchard is having one heck of an offseason. That means: So are you, Pacers fans.
Because this might just be the starting lineup for the Pacers during the 2019-20 NBA season:
Point guard: Malcolm Brogdon, who averaged 15.6 points and 3.2 assists last season in Milwaukee.
Shooting guard: Jeremy Lamb (15.3 ppg, 5.5 rebounds in Charlotte).
Small forward: T.J. Warren (18 ppg in Phoenix).
Power forward: Domantas Sabonis (14.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg).
Center: Myles Turner (13.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg).
Defense could be an issue, especially in the frontcourt, but coach Nate McMillan and assistant Dan Burke usually find a way. And at the other end? That’s five starters, all in double figures a year ago, all capable of spacing the floor. Some more than others, I’ll give you that, but that fivesome averaged 76.3 ppg last season. Seems like we’re forgetting somebody, forgetting somebody, forgetting …
Oh, right: Victor Oladipo (18.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.2 apg).
Oladipo won’t be ready for at least the first month of 2019-20 as he rehabs that torn quadriceps tendon he suffered in January, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he misses half the season (or more). Pritchard has said he will be “cautious” and “methodical” with Oladipo, but here’s what we know:
When he comes back, whenever that is, Oladipo will join a roster chock full of shooters – and scorers. The two are not always the same thing, as we saw a year ago. Tyreke Evans was a scorer, not a shooter. Doug McDermott was a shooter, not a scorer. Cory Joseph and Thaddeus Young, bless them, were neither.
Push Kevin Pritchard into a corner, assume he cannot make the necessary moves to improve the Indiana Pacers, and he says: Watch this. He says: With no leverage at all, I’ll trade Paul George for two rising young stars in Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. That’s what he did two years ago.
See what he did Sunday night?
Holy …
This wasn’t quite that good, but it was close. It was really close. Add Sunday night’s haul to what he did on draft night, and Pacers President Kevin Pritchard is having one heck of an offseason. That means: So are you, Pacers fans.
Because this might just be the starting lineup for the Pacers during the 2019-20 NBA season:
Point guard: Malcolm Brogdon, who averaged 15.6 points and 3.2 assists last season in Milwaukee.
Shooting guard: Jeremy Lamb (15.3 ppg, 5.5 rebounds in Charlotte).
Small forward: T.J. Warren (18 ppg in Phoenix).
Power forward: Domantas Sabonis (14.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg).
Center: Myles Turner (13.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg).
Defense could be an issue, especially in the frontcourt, but coach Nate McMillan and assistant Dan Burke usually find a way. And at the other end? That’s five starters, all in double figures a year ago, all capable of spacing the floor. Some more than others, I’ll give you that, but that fivesome averaged 76.3 ppg last season. Seems like we’re forgetting somebody, forgetting somebody, forgetting …
Oh, right: Victor Oladipo (18.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.2 apg).
Oladipo won’t be ready for at least the first month of 2019-20 as he rehabs that torn quadriceps tendon he suffered in January, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he misses half the season (or more). Pritchard has said he will be “cautious” and “methodical” with Oladipo, but here’s what we know:
When he comes back, whenever that is, Oladipo will join a roster chock full of shooters – and scorers. The two are not always the same thing, as we saw a year ago. Tyreke Evans was a scorer, not a shooter. Doug McDermott was a shooter, not a scorer. Cory Joseph and Thaddeus Young, bless them, were neither.