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RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 05-21-2025
Stupid question. Caruso is a great defender but why don’t players try to fight over screens like this instead of an automatic switch. Is there a reason why this is not done more often?
https://x.com/thunderfilmroom/status/1925026091304976548?s=46
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Jym - 05-21-2025
Gonna be wild if Brunson actually wins a title as the #1 option
I was one of the bigger Brunson homers here and I didn't ever see that as an option
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-21-2025
Holy Cow
RE: AROUND the NBA: - SwisherPrice - 05-21-2025
ECF could be a classic. Haliburton vs. Brunson will live up to the hype while SGA vs. Edwards will be a dud
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-21-2025
Suck it, JB!
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-21-2025
It's just one game, but the Pacers are deeper, and the pace they play at getting up the court on makes or misses is going to tire the Knicks out during the course of this series I believe. If they can stay close in rebounding they can win this.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-22-2025
He blew a dunk early that helped open up a Knicks run, but I'm kind of impressed by Toppin.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 12:07 AM)cow Wrote: He blew a dunk early that helped open up a Knicks run, but I'm kind of impressed by Toppin.
He's athletic as hell, can jump out the gym, and can shoot the 3. He actually could have helped the Knicks because they have no one on their team with his athleticism. Don't know why the Knicks gave up on him.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 05-22-2025
What a game. Indy is so tough. Just keep coming at you.
This has been settled for a while, but I was wrong on Nesmith. That was a weird draft (Covid year), but he played like 13 games against poor competition and shot a ridiculous percentage. I thought there was no way that was real. I was hoping he would get picked before the Dallas pick. The first few years in Boston he did very little. It shows you the value of scouting though. Indy traded Brogdon for a packaged where Nesmith and a future first was included to Indy. Nesmith has turned into a great role player. In some ways, he is exactly the type of player I hoped Josh Green would have turned into. Unfortunately that did not happen.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - DanSchwartzgan - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 06:53 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: What a game. Indy is so tough. Just keep coming at you.
This has been settled for a while, but I was wrong on Nesmith. That was a weird draft (Covid year), but he played like 13 games against poor competition and shot a ridiculous percentage. I thought there was no way that was real. I was hoping he would get picked before the Dallas pick. The first few years in Boston he did very little. It shows you the value of scouting though. Indy traded Brogdon for a packaged where Nesmith and a future first was included to Indy. Nesmith has turned into a great role player. In some ways, he is exactly the type of player I hoped Josh Green would have turned into. Unfortunately that did not happen.
If only we had connections to a former Mav's player who coached him in college. That would have been helpful, right?
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-22-2025
Nesmith was one of the few times I was right about a college prospect.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Winter - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 08:33 AM)cow Wrote: Nesmith was one of the few times I was right about a college prospect.
Nesmith had the best jumpshot of anyone in that draft. However, I don't think anyone saw him as a 2-way player at that moment. You never know when someone can pick up enough NBA defense to be a good rotation player.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 08:42 AM)Winter Wrote: Nesmith had the best jumpshot of anyone in that draft. However, I don't think anyone saw him as a 2-way player at that moment. You never know when someone can pick up enough NBA defense to be a good rotation player.
And considering his start in the league, I thought I was wrong as usual. lol
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 08:16 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: If only we had connections to a former Mav's player who coached him in college. That would have been helpful, right?
Jerry Stackhouse, correct?
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/05/thunder-wolves-game-1-viewership-nba-wcf/
Slow start to the WCF in viewership.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 05-22-2025
That 2020 draft was franchise changing for the Pacers...despite not having a first round pick. In time, they wound up with Haliburton, Nesmith and Toppin.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
https://bsky.app/profile/inpredict.bsky.social/post/3lpq6bmif6c2h
Of the 10 most improbable comebacks in the playoffs since
1997, the 2025 Pacers have 3 of them.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
https://bsky.app/profile/nateduncannba.bsky.social/post/3lpq7h7srdh22
This is just the 5th playoff game in history with
4 30-point scorers.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Ghost of Podkolzin - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 12:07 AM)cow Wrote: He blew a dunk early that helped open up a Knicks run, but I'm kind of impressed by Toppin.
I've loved Obi since the draft. I really wish we could have landed him.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Scott41theMavs - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 12:29 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: I've loved Obi since the draft. I really wish we could have landed him.
Back then he could neither shoot nor defend.