I recently got the chance to contribute to this season’s first “issue” of Voice on the Floor, an online audio magazine covering the NBA. This is the second season of Voice on the Floor and it is one of the most creative, in-depth, delightful hoops-related offerings on the whole internet.
The issue has a theme: ghosts.
This team’s fans know all too well about the demons that have haunted this franchise since November 19, 2004. I opted to take it even further back and highlight how the tale of the Indiana Pacers is one of survival. They have made it through multiple existential crises and this Brawl-kickstarted JailPacers era is just one more cross to bear. Now, the franchise is moving on; exorcizing the ghosts if you will.
Anyway, that’s the synopsis. If you wish to listen to me banter on about it for 10 minutes, head over to Voice on the Floor. And even if you understandably don’t, go anyway. Some other fellas have other excellent thoughts of their own on NBA ghosts.
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Jared Wade founded 8 Points, 9 Seconds in 2009 and has written about the NBA for outlets including ESPN, Sports Illustrated,TrueHoop, Hoopspeak, Both Teams Played Hard, and Hardwood Paroxysm. Follow him on Twitter @Jared_Wade and @8pts9secs.
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I think that whole palace incident has been already exocised. All the players on that team have been sent away. It’s really not worth harping about if you ask me.
For a lot of fans, myself included, the demons will never be fully exorcised. That 2004-2005 Pacer team was special, and would have been a good bet to win the franchise’s first NBA title. On an almost as important level, it would have let Reggie go out with a ring. If there are Pacer fans out there that aren’t haunted by that, they’re stronger people than me.
Yeah 2004-2005 sucks pretty bad, but I think looking at our team now, we are much better off than Detroit.
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