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The Pacers Report with Mike Rich (2.142.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_00]: Every Monday on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's in the lane, he nearly lost any backs up and I'm loads of three, oh, that did not happen and hit the back of the rim, it popped high into the air and it dropped, gently through the net.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back, Pacer's fans to the Central India Sports Report for our latest Pacer's Report with my Grinch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Year two, talk about what's happened in the previous week and look ahead to what's coming up in the next week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We also are reacting to most games after they happen, so please join us for those.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Mike, this Pacer team is pretty good when they got a Nim Harden Eastmith, Siakim, and McConnell, which hasn't been very often this year, but when they do, they're actually a pretty good team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They played really well against the heat, just the flow, the speed, the pace of the game is just so much different, and to have four individuals like that healthy is just extremely important.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We've said it all year along, without injury, this team was a playoff team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what we saw against Miami and Charlotte.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's the caliber of team this is and pretty exciting stuff.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It was exciting to watch the game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I didn't think that had a chance against the league and I was wrong.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I called it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I called it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think you're got to admit that the overs probably can happen now, right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll stick to my guns, but it's they continue to play the way they did.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm fine with being wrong.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Those of you who are listening, and I said that during the six game stretch, the Pacers would win at least three games, Mike said that they would win under three, and so far they've won two, and they have three left.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So all I have to do is win one of the next three, and I'm right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's correct.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And what I like, Mike, and this is my favorite stat of all basketball stats, 37 assists on 44 baskets, and you're never going to lose the game when you do that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That just talks about the flow of the game that they had.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It came out against the heat, and again, it was just a really strong first quarter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They had the crowd into it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were into it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It looked like last year's team, minus Haliburton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, absolutely, best game for Nim hard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm for Siakim to, I don't even know what he scored at least or 11 points is one of the lower performances for him, so to have Nim hard step up and some of the other guys stepped up in this game, it was good to see.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, Jared's Walker to best game of his season 13 points on four of eight shooting three of five from behind the three point line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has been a tire nine rebounds, which was my favorite thing four steals his defense has been good since he got here and four assists, which is his long his most in a long time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The game is 10 games ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We didn't know where Jaros Walker was going, but this is what we expected and was hoping for is what we're seeing right now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He is on fire.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's hitting the three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's playing good defense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's rebounding the ball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Everything that we thought he could do, it's starting to evolve.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think a lot of that just comes with the
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, sticking with it and sticking with the plan in the playing time, Johnny Furpy had a freaking phenomenal first court against the heat and was me was on fire, just aggressive and just he was taking the shot.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He wasn't hesitant to take the three pointer.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm just starting this center.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, he takes the starting of the center.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And by the way, I kind of like Jay Hoff was a backup center.
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[SPEAKER_00]: don't like him as your starter.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I kind of like him as the back up and man, he had to be beautiful.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, beautiful, don'ts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, that, yeah, the, uh, the, um, statue of Liberty, don't go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's impressive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: One over his head, dude.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he had a couple of reverse donks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it came through the other side and dunked it over his head.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Very good move.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The thing is still pisses me off as too many three pointers he went over for, and I just hate to see him go over for four.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I really like the, the, the, the, Nimards will go little like a fish out of water at point guard.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know why because I thought it was just natural position.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But putting Quentin Jackson in the living with him and letting them kind of both be combo guards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like he is with Haliburton is really, I thought really helped his game the other night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That might be a good move.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was gonna say the same exact thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was just thinking that the line up that they had with NEM hard and Jackson on the floor.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Cause that's what it kind of reminded me of last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Like I said, they played like they played last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: without halver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the pace, the speed, the force turnovers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they force like 19 turnovers or something like that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I guess Miami, and I don't have any points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They score 27 or something like that off a turnover.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I thought,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I went back and watched the recap after watching the game and saw a lot of a lot of the highlights and it seemed like the Pacers were just constantly getting thrown over.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Being aggressive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Luxury blocks of hands on balls.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I love.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of hustle plays too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Going after the ball fighting for the ball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, Miami's a good team and they've been playing well against good teams and they got a good team coming up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Quentin Jackson and Micah Potter I think are both real NBA players who are going to be good 10th 11th 12th men on next year's team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Mike's a potter's played really well these last few few games been really impressed what they might have no much about him before he came to the Pacers and I've never heard of him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As a couple guys on this team, I hadn't heard of him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What the heck?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ethan Thompson, yeah, Mike's a potter, so yeah, but now he's fit right in and the
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, Mike, everybody's been talking about at the Paces or looking for a center.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've asked you when we play against guys who are potential trade, targets for the Paces, kind of evaluate your thoughts on Bam out of Bio as a Pacer next year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Big great fit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I might not complain.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just don't know if it's worth giving up everything I have to give up for you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, I'd rather stay young, has going to be tough on the salary cap as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's great.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what is he?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thirty, twenty, ninety, twenty.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not a likely one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: How many years of signing for?
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[SPEAKER_01]: How many years do you getting for her in a trade?
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[SPEAKER_00]: might be worth it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think that one's more unlikely than the others that we've been hearing about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If I compared anything to we got a siak, I mean, it was a little older and I think he's played better than he has any season in his life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, and sometimes guys are playing in over 40 now and still performing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think BAM out of buy would it's a need we have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It is definitely a need we have, but what I rather have something younger and something that is potential or do I want to take something that's proven and how many more years do we have left?
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[SPEAKER_01]: What's that?
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[SPEAKER_00]: The other thing I talked about going into this game was one of the final all-star spots could go to someone like
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[SPEAKER_00]: Pascal Siakim or could go to someone like Norman Powell, so we're going to keep an eye on that the other night and the truth is, they both pretty bad.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm 26 for 27 from the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They were combined 1 for 10 from the 3.1.
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[SPEAKER_01]: that they must have had that, all stars spot in their head.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That night, too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And honestly, Siocca looked, I think he missed three layups.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I don't think I've ever seen them do now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, you're shocked.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he missed like three the other day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It didn't seem that big of a deal because they've controlled the whole game, but it was like, what's going on, Siocca?
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's one of those games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is one of those games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I've said it over and over.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's been consistent.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's somebody we've always been able to depend on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when his game is down to see other step up is, that's what you want to see.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's team back came up and he had a down game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And but other people got involved and other people took advantage of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, Mike, this is the third two game winning streak of the season, and it was great to see him win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I looked at the standings today, and I just want to say that I love the winning.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I love them playing well, but we're getting to a point where there are only five games behind ruining their locking up a top five pick in the draft, and it's kind of a balance that we're going to be watching all year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be a balance that we we are going to be watching and I don't know which way to wish Have game behind
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[SPEAKER_00]: the Kings, the Pacers have the work record and like half game behind the Kings, one game behind the pelicans, and then they are a game and a half two games behind the wizards, and there are four games behind the nets.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's fine.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can get that far.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can pass all of those team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: What you don't want to do is then pass the jazz.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then it's a whole bunch of bad teams that you're competing against.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's a balance.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say this if they start winning and they ruin this draft pick, at least it's a great sign for when you add in Tyre's Hall of Burton.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's really not a bad situation to be had here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: No, and then I think if we see the trend go in that direction, then I would be looking more at trade than draft.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If there's opportunities to make some trades before the trade deadline, but you're still not going to know what the end of the season is going to look like.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this team had a slow start last year and they took it all away to the finals once they got hot.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And they got hot, really hot in January last year and we're kind of trending that way again.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I want this team playing for championships not to make the playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if they can't, if they can't contend and through the playoffs, I'm
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm hoping that, you know, they're in the in the top of the draft this year and get to take advantage of not having a solid center and their start player and Haliburton and be able to pair Haliburton with somebody really good next year either through trade or through draft.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Normally I'd say just go ahead and win because you'd never know what you're going to get in the draft, but this year's a little different, there are four franchise players.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe all four of them don't become franchise players, but four guys who certainly look like franchise players, the types of player, the places have just never had in there in the history of the franchise.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I don't know if the NBA would allow the Pacers to get the number one overall pick, but it's top four is fine.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it'd be super cool to have that number one pick and have that choice of what you're gonna pair with us this team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: talking to Mike Hutt's all earlier than I'd on the IU report and he really, really wants to Bonsa.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think he has a good point.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll tell you what.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the guy who's going to be the best for next year and I think that's a big deal is Booser.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has just such a smart player who just makes all the right plays already.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he's a little slow in his movements, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's some some
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[SPEAKER_00]: Anyway, now the Pacers have three more games at home, Boston, Toronto and New Orleans, for me to be right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They only have to win one more for you to be right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They have to lose all three.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Come on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to be New Orleans.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's the only one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was one of the two I thought they were going to win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Listen to this, Michael.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the final load trip that follows that the pelicans game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: At Detroit at Philadelphia at Boston at Oklahoma City, at Atlanta.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Whoo, that's probably all in five.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's definitely all in five.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think they're going to win two or the next three.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Toronto Toronto is good, but they're not certainly not unbeatable at home.
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[SPEAKER_01]: No, and I think the play boss in a while, I mean, it'd be nice to see him be Boston, and that'd be their first three, and my name's tricky, because it's season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, that'd be cool.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would love to see him in all the winning streak.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It would just kind of be a bummer if they blew this draft thing because there's in such a good position.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's going to
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that that trip the the five games after these next three or like you said I think they'll they'll struggle to win one or two of those games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So they'll be back on that trend of losing again and but they might surprise me and take a few more than we expect.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well Mike either way everything looks pretty darn good for the pacer's future.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know how to hurt him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We got him in my heart.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We got niece myths.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We got Siakim McConnell.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No matter what happens the rest of this year, the core is really strong.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And there, no question going to start winning again next year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh no question.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just hope they start early in the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think I don't want to go through a ten and fifteen star or anything like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's like this is like four years in a row now that they've just gotten off to awful starts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and less soft tissue injuries, and just hopefully we can get healthy, stay healthy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Get through this season without any major injuries from your mouth to God's ears, Mike.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so say your prayers every night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Say your pastels prayers every day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your pastels prayers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for catching up with you and talking pastures.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's do it again tonight, all right, go pastures go pastures Something like I whistle through my teeth, go pastures Yeah, yeah, go bills go bills
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