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By: chris

chris — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:45:45 +0000

reggie flopper

By: Great year

Great year — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:24:12 +0000

@little b
@StatMan31
I don’t want be a negative Nancy, but I don’t think one more year of experience will take the Pacers to Miami’s level. They didn’t have Bosh and beat us in 6… LeBron and Wade are at a level none of our players will ever see (everrrrr).
You predicted Pacers in 6 without Bosh? How could an intelligent person predict that? If Bosh plays, this series maybe goes 5. LeBron is only 27, Bosh 27, Wade 30, they are still coming together.
Past 12 NBA Champions best player: Dirk, Kobe, Kobe, Pierce, Parker, Wade, Duncan, Billups, Duncan, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq
Pacers don’t have one player near the same level as these players. Our best two players are 29, 31. At some point you need to take the next step – I don’t see the next step for West, Granger.
Chicago is a way better team than plus has a superstar.

@AkansasCityCheif
Good luck vs. Boston (assuming Rondo shows up). The Heat are beyond talented. I sat there and watched LeBron and was like:

LeBron averages more points than any Pacer player (by 9 points)
LeBron averages more assists than any Pacer player
LeBron averages more steals than any Pacer player
LeBron averages .9 less rebounds than Hibbert (7’2’’)
LeBron plays perimeter defense better than anyone since Pippen.

I’m convinced if you switched Granger and LeBron, the Pacers are a final team. Be grateful of him. Good luck!!

By: AkansasCityCheif

AkansasCityCheif — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:16:48 +0000

On or way back to ECF, this series shound have been over. Game 2 was or fault but the lil papers didn’t stand a chance against us. But we outta here, on to Espn Boston. That’s 8 down and 8 to go HEATLES

By: km

km — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:41 +0000

thank you for writing this:

“For as much as tonight hurts, I can’t help but smile. It has been a very long time since the end of the Pacer season arrived with regret, instead of relief. It is a familiar pain…a welcome pain. It’s the kind of pain you can only feel when your team matters to you again.”

By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:55:54 +0000

I agree with Tom. I also think it’s good to consider the immediate impressions of the series before they fade.

This was an amazing step forward. All I ever wanted in the post-JOB era was to see what this team could really do before some contracts expired…and we did. 18 months ago we were floundering with no hope of seeing the teams potential, or maybe fearing that we had. Vogel gave us three years of development in a season and half. That’s why he should have been coach of the year.

As Foghorn Leghorn once said, “Figures don’t lie.” We have two decent scorers (Danny and David), but only Danny squeaks into the top 20. We need a tandem that averages closer to 20 pts., shooting .450 or better as a duo. Every true contender has that tandem (see BOS, MIA, OKC, and–to a lesser extent–SAN). If we had a true floor general on the team (a la Mark Jackson), I think that would open up a new level of play for our top three (and, maybe, Paul as well). I didn’t see that floor leadership from any of our guards this season. Maybe DC could do it. At #29, he’s our only guard in the top 40 in assists.

That’s what I’ll be mulling over the off-season.

By: StatMan31

StatMan31 — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:44:05 +0000

It was a great season. Most would say that the Pacers did much better than expected and fans should be happy with the results. True, but I have been a die hard fan since ’92 and every year, although I try to suppress it, I believe they are going to win it all. No matter what.

This year was great for several reasons: they won the games they were supposed to, they won some games they weren’t, there were few injuries, and most importantly everyone got better–together. I hope they don’t disrupt the team too much. The chemistry was good and can only get better. There is no reason to rebuild or overly tweak a roster that produced the 5th best overall record and the 4th best road record. These guys did a great job!

Funny that when the Pacers were up 2-1 I heard a lot of people saying they don’t have a superstar, but they play good team-basketball and that’s why they are winning. Now that they get beat by essentially two superstars I hear the chants of we need a superstar to get it done. I disagree. They need chemistry, which comes with time. This was just the first season of what I hope is a team that gets to stay together and become a super-team (that was cheesy).

By: little B

little B — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:42:05 +0000

Good article Tim. It was definatley one of those fall in love stories that you know your heart is going to get broken but you go for it anyways. But not dissappointed at all in this season. It was a lockout shortened season and I believe this team made the best of it. Alot of things to learn from this season, but even more to take away from it. Hopefully this was enough to get Pacers Nation back in full, tired of seeing the attendance in the bottom barrel of the league. Great team to come watch and support. Thanks Pacers.
Alot of things could shake up the Pacers this offseason still: Bird retiring, Shaw getting a head coaching job somewhere, FA’s: Hibbert, Hill, Barbosa, Amundson, Price, Fesenko. Hibbert is the most crucial offseason piece to deal with, I think he sets the tone for years to come based on his contract and what it allows the Pacers to do. Next would be whatever the GM decides to do with the money left and how they try to structure the team. Could be an interesting off season.
Pacers didn’t win it all, but they are headed in the right direction. The team that wins the finals usually has something that is completely ustoppable. Last year it was Dirk, this year I think it is going to be Wade/James or Westbrook/Durant. From what happened last night I would go with Wade/James, but you never know when someone could go down with an injury or if a Wade’s knee could flare up again.
Pacers need the piece to make them on the Miami level. Does it have to be a superstar, I don’t think so. I think the piece is just experience. Put another year under this squads belt and some more development with Paul George, Roy Hibbert, George Hill, Darren Collison and this team is on the level of the Miami Heat. Veteran teams win the finals, this team still had some nubes on it.

By: Keepupwitdapace

Keepupwitdapace — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:04:04 +0000

Well it was a nice season for us as you can see now we need a super star its time to trade danny granger or signed a sharpshooter as for our 6th man that can create his own shot