Comments on: The Indiana Pacers Approach the Trade Deadline – Part 1

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:02:59 +0000

Matt and Mike said it best. Granger is our best player and he does a lot more than score. You have to watch the game if you wanna post on this site not just look at the box score. DC is the only one i think we should even consider because he is a good player just not right for this team. I dont want any old guys in a trade (kaman) and i dont want to rent crawford for price.Gordon is injury prone and not worth any player on our starting lineup. I love GWall as a player but he just doesnt fit with this team because he cant come off the bench and neither can PG. It doesnt look like rondo is available sadly because he would complete our starting lineup being able to distribute and guard good point guards with his size and quick hands. I don’t care about giving up the 20th pick in the draft if it for a non injury prone younger bench type player. Josh Smith is sweet but again he cant be on the bench so he wont fit. Seriously if we cant get Rondo its all good we can stay put i mean we are 9 games over going to miami and we can just see what we can do in the offseason

To the insane and or mentally retarded people who want Rush and Capt Jack SMH!

By: richard

richard — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:29:23 +0000

get kaman an crawford, givn up a first rounder is a good idea, bc what ever rookie we get next wont see that much playing time anyway. and we will still have some cap room to improve for the future.

By: dwain

dwain — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:14:46 +0000

maybe we could rob China and pick up a Brooks or Marbury?

By: eric

eric — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:56:26 +0000

Gordon would be a nice fit, if he could ever stay healthy–dont want to give anything up for him, maybe sign him as a free agent at a realistic level based on his actual playing time. Move Collison to the bench and let Hill run the point, Hansboroughs numbers improve and the defense gets better on the first unit. Get Chris Kaman if we dont have to give anything up. Of all our top 6, I would look for a trade for Granger–need a more consistant, effecient scorer.

Those are just minor wishes, I am also happy standing pat til next year.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:00:16 +0000

Matt S – agree. The one player we can generally rely on from night to night – we want to get rid of.

Just skimming through these comments made me want to vomit. Someone suggested Stephen Jackson. Really? Really? Did you just read the Malice at the Palace story on Grantland a week or so ago? Jackson will never wear an Indiana uniform again. None of the players involved will. We just spent nearly a decade getting over that. He’s washed up. He’s never gotten over that pulled hamstring. I can’t even believe I’m still talking about this.

Someone else said we need to jump at the chance to get Solomon Jones. Umm. Were you a Pacers fan the last two years? SJones is a player somewhere between Lou and Pendergraph. Garbage time guy. Nothing more.

I think McBob would be a guy we can use now. I wasn’t a huge fan of him as much of the people on this site were, but looking for an energy big who can score a little and pass… he fits the bill. We didn’t “let him go” though. He ‘got paid’ by LAL.

All that being said, all I can say is we are weakest at the pg spot right now. DC isn’t a bad player, but he also isn’t leading the team to its full potential. How many elite teams are there with average pgs? Excluding Miami, I can’t think of one. The ball starts with him.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:45:04 +0000

Can someone ban the next person that suggests trading Danny Granger for a bag of basketballs?

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:07:45 +0000

Would anybody be opposed to getting Rondo for Collison and a first round pick?? I’m sorry but we need a facilitator and Collison is playing like crap as of late.

By: IU

IU — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:45:12 +0000

Gordon*

By: IU

IU — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:43:36 +0000

I also think eric gordan would fit perfect on this team. He would be the go to scorer we desperately need. I don’t agree with him off the bench though, he would start over pg

By: Donald

Donald — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:41:03 +0000

Standing Pat works for me as well. We do have available cap space so we we could trade a draft pick (second round?), cash, etc. to a team looking to bring their bottom line down and won’t be making the playoffs. A deal with no players outgoing to bring in a Kaman, or a Gerald Wallace; a vet who can fill a need. I don’t want to make a move to make a move. Miami has a window or they’ll start running into the huge luxury tax range. I dunno but I have to think Chicago has a window too. OKC’s window is about as long as rookie contracts.

Small moves, save the cash, try to get beneficial Free Agents.