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Pacers Media Day Reaction with Greg Mengelt & Mike Rich (The Pacers Report, 3.59) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_05]: You are listening to the Pacer's report with Greg Mangel and Mike Rich, our reaction to the Pacer's Media Day, and it's only on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Welcome Pacers fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'm Greg Men Gueld, I'm joined by Mike Rich and we've rebranded the Pacers report a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_05]: First time in over two years, I put my own name on a podcast, Mike, because I'm so passionate about the Pacers, I can't wait to talk about them.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Every day starting right now and it is time, you and I're gonna react to the Pacers media day and in a season that it's been a long time since we've been this excited before.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I just hope that enthusiasm lasts for 82 games.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And there's definitely a possibility, and this is a very exciting team to go into the beginning this season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm super excited.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We had a lot of disappointment last year, the start of the season was a disappointment the season itself was disappointment and that
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[SPEAKER_04]: The end of the season and the draft, just not that seem to be going the Pacers Way in 2025-2026.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So let's hope 2026-2027 is the Pacers Year.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, there's really been almost no good news since Game 6 of the 25 NBA Finals.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It's just been all miserable since then.
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[SPEAKER_05]: We tried it, we tried to make it fun and have some excitement and...
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, we really were looking forward to the draft.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We were looking forward to getting one of those top four picks and, you know, that, that was just the cherry on top from the NBA.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I'm hoping that puts a chip on the shoulders of these players and we come out on fire and we start off strong, finish strong and compete for a finals championship this year.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And I think the key phrase that I came away with from media day was under dog mentality.
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[SPEAKER_05]: If Ty recent said, even if they had won the championship in 25, they would have come out the next year with a under dog mentality.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Because that's just how he is.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And that's just kind of how the city is, how this roster is.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And they've really embraced the under dog mentality.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I believe that if you look at their odds, they are the night, most likely to make the play off.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So that means that they would not be in the top six according to Vegas, and of course they're going to have an underdog mentality going into it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I love it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I rather be the hunter than not did.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And all props to the New York next and what they've done.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I've been asked for this.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They deserve that championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: No, they didn't have to go.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The best team Mike.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The best team wasn't available.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That's what I'm saying.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They don't have to go through the basers to win the championship.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It doesn't count.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I like that thought, but they got the rings.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Then count me, and count me, Mike.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't want it to count.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I really don't.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I really don't want to sit there and think that we have to sit here and hear about the New York next being the NBA champions and pick to go back, come out of the East again.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I mean, there's so much hype around everybody else.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I like that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that the players, I think Carlisle, will definitely embrace that mentality.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And, you know, yeah, don't count us out.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Alright, my glitz here from Tyre's Hall of Bergen on the Underdog mentality.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I, you guys know who, the type of person I am.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know that I search for any type of negativity at all times.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My screenshots, Boulder, my bookmarks, Boulder on Twitter is really crazy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's just who I am.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's always gonna be who I am, the last.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 16 months have allowed for a lot a lot of material for me and that's fun.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's fun.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's going to make the year fun for us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I look forward to all of the positive things that are going to happen this year, all the negative things, all the
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[SPEAKER_01]: in between moments.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's why I do this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's what makes this game so fun for me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's why I love what I do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I feel like as a team, we have a lot of, uh, a lot of, uh, bulletin board material to, to sense to say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, but again, it's just about internally approaching things the right way and, uh, you know, doing everything we can do to
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[SPEAKER_04]: I heard that and I saw that and I think coming from him is I've seen it as well I mean he looks good everybody's saying that he's looking good and he's and to hear it from him He's like I'm the source and I'm 100% I'm ready to go.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I mean, that's all I need to hear Yeah, it's been a long journey.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Of course.
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[SPEAKER_05]: He had shingles in the middle of that But what I'm expecting is an MVP level player
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think he's going to have a better season than he did when we went to the finals.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think the pieces that are around him, more mature, just the continuity that they have from.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They still have that core of the team that went to the finals and they've added some really great pieces, adding a true center and having Jaris Walker, I think he's going to, I think he's going to have a much better season this year with Haliburton back.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Halbert will be come back player the year and he will compete for an MVP.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I mean, if he's close to it, the voters are going to give in.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Here's the thing, Mike.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I think this is going to be the best roster in the NBA for the regular season at least.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I think they can go 11 deep, not necessarily that you could go 11 deep with starters, but you got three or four guys on the bench who are legit NBA starters, including a couple of new ones who were going to hear from here in just a minute.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I think you could have some guys be out for a few games and they're going to be able to sustain it because they go so deep on this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: they're definitely deep and they're definitely experienced.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that's one of the things we can take away as a positive from last season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: is the playing time that some of those younger players got.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think, you know, the G-League team, I think that that's another strong area for the Pacers.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I hope we don't have to go that deep into the G-League team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope Braden Smith doesn't see the light at day on the Pacers floor.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They built the right way.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And just super excited for this disappoint as we were last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm I'm just ready for this season to start.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope it's not a slow start.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope we come out of the gates and we hit the ground running and we take off and we're leading from beginning to end.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And of course, you and I'll talk more about our expectations and all kinds of stuff before the season begins, just reacting to media day, we're going to be talking a lot of Pacers and Mike is a very busy guy.
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[SPEAKER_05]: You may have noticed that we haven't had a Pacers report in a while, it's because Mike's a very busy guy.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And when he's not available, we'll make sure somebody's sitting in for him, but we're going to be talking so much Pacers on the Central Indiana Sports Report, you won't believe it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Let's hear from Coach Rick Carlisle about the make-up of this team.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You don't realize how important one player can be.
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[SPEAKER_03]: until you are without that player for a significant period of time in this in this case.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Our team is very much built as an ecosystem with all the parts really dependent on one another.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's one of the beauties of our team during the two years when we had successful playoff runs is that
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[SPEAKER_03]: We're build as a true team, and we all need each other, and we all need to function at the best possible level within the system and everybody needs to start in their role and our stars need to start in their roles too.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And when you start with the new guys, Mike, I think that you have to include zoo bots in that, and I think that's probably the most exciting new piece to what they're doing if you consider him a new guy.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're going to see if we want to deal with the Clippers this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think he's one of the top centers in the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think he's a true center.
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[SPEAKER_04]: This is something we haven't had in several years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that kind of changes how the flow of the game is going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And having somebody that's down in the box, rebounding the ball, getting, you know, getting dirty rebounds and shooting from two feet out instead of 26 feet out, I'm looking forward to it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, Tyreys said during media day, nothing against Miles Turner.
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[SPEAKER_05]: But when he came into the NBA and visioned himself playing with a true center, and he kind of had to adjust to Miles Turner, and the zoo bots is kind of the perfect center for his game, and for what the paces are going to be.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I didn't think he was the perfect fit when they traded for him.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I wanted someone who was a little more athletic and liked to run up and down the floor and not the Zubats can and by the way, this summer overseas he did look much more athletic, much maybe even slenderer, but his pick on the roll, there's no denying that his defense, there's no denying that there's no denying he's a better rebounder than Miles Turner, not that he's a great rebounder for his size, but
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[SPEAKER_05]: There's no denying it's an upgraded center and you and I've been talking about the problem with the Pacers for the last half decade was at center and now we might have a solution.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're going to find out if we were wrong having a true center and we've we've said it over and over, you know, and even Jay Huff last year I mean he was just a watered down version of Miles Turner and Oliver might not get Turner any shade, but I think we can Of course, I think I think he definitely had an impact on
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[SPEAKER_04]: the way we played and I think it was, it was compromising to success.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And again, I, as that's there last year and I look at JF's, the box score and look at the line and be like, did you shoot more threes than he had rebounds?
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[SPEAKER_04]: And often times he did and that's just extremely frustrating from a guy that's over seven foot tall.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I, as part of, partly what the NBA's about
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[SPEAKER_04]: Let's just run and gun and shoot threes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I see Zubot says more if somebody's going to be down banging and you know, picking roles and and and truly compliment how a Burton's game and, you know, I'm excited that Halibur was excited about having a true center.
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[SPEAKER_05]: All right, Mike, Pascal Siakum spent some time with Zubot over the summer in Nashville.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And he said the number one thing that
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[SPEAKER_05]: he realized was just how big if he says who about this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, no, I think he's an awesome basketball player.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's a big guy.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think like, you know, you don't really realize it or two.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're out there playing with him, and I played against him plenty of time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I know, but I think just being on the same team and, um, yeah, it's massive human being, you know, and, um, and, and at least he's off with smart, like he, you know, he,
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[SPEAKER_02]: He plays with his IQ, super high, his passing ability, things that you don't really see until you get up close.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He reads the game well, just a phenomenal basketball player in there and again, again, smart.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's what you need.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I played with big guys kind of like his size a little bit like before, so you know, I understand the gravity like it's a different kind of gravity that he has compared to other people, but he has died and I think, you know, we excited to have you on that team and and you know, get the ball rolling.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And do boxes not the only newcomer, of course.
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[SPEAKER_05]: They've also added Larry Nance Jr. and Kelly Ubrae Jr., who both we assume are coming off the bench.
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[SPEAKER_05]: We assume we know the starting five, although I can't believe no one in the media asked Rick Carolial.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Hey, Rick, we think we know the starting five is that definite, but we're pretty sure we know the starting five.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Both Rick Carolial and Kelly Ubrae said Ubrae,
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[SPEAKER_05]: had an option of several different teams.
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[SPEAKER_05]: He wanted to go to a place that he felt could win a championship.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And that was in the end of got to kind of like that, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, I love that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I love a guy that's coming in.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's not going to have any type of attitude.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that's one of the key things with this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I have said it the last few years that I just think the chemistry and seeing these guys together and probably seeing him go to fever
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[SPEAKER_04]: just to support they have for each other, the excitement they have for each other, and I think that that bleeds over to these new guys coming in.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you you missed one of the my favorite players that they resigned and brought back was you know having James Johnson back the American badass back and up the Pacers man.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're we're pretty excited about that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I hope he's here
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[SPEAKER_04]: But no, I just think the chemistry of this team and that's another perfect example.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think James Johnson loves this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He loves being on this team because of that camaraderie and that chemistry that they have.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think that's the secret sauce to win in a championship is how well you mesh with the other guys you're playing with and being able to tell you break to come in here and be like,
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[SPEAKER_04]: the talent that's on this team and I can be part of that, that's that's the right attitude.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I just think that's, uh, I think that's a great move by Kevin Pritchard.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think it's a great move by Carl Lyle to bring that type of mentality.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And same thing with Larry Nance Jr.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I mean, bringing him in, I think, having another veteran on this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think they're putting really good pieces around that core that made it to the finals.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think they're much better than they were in 2025.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I do have some questions about exactly how Kelly Ubrae fits in with the philosophy of the team.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Not personally, I'm sure he'll be great personally.
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[SPEAKER_05]: There's never been any issues with him in that.
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[SPEAKER_05]: But just his game and how it fits.
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[SPEAKER_05]: But it could be great.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Carlisce is he thinks he has the perfect role
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[SPEAKER_05]: what sold him on the Pacers and he said, you know, the great thing is you didn't have they didn't have to sell him.
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[SPEAKER_05]: He would never play an against him.
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[SPEAKER_05]: You could tell how much they enjoyed playing together and how much camaraderie there was.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So he never even had to be sold off in the Pacers.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So, hey, let's hear what we call you, very much.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I'm just trying to be like water and just go with the flow, but also just be super confident in myself and my own abilities that I can help push the next guy along.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The next guy's guy or guy and just adapt into this situation and do whatever coach the team needs me to be and to do.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've been able to just kind of like be a Swiss army knife throughout the last five, six years and adapt to whatever role I was given on any given day, so I don't want to put a label on it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't like being in the box, but I do love being on this team where the opportunities and the possibilities are endless.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I have to be all the questions coming at everyone about Tyreys, Haliburton, and Pascal's response when they were talking about the time off.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's asking if we had a question about five degrees.
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[SPEAKER_05]: You know, for time off, and he thought he's at Tiree.
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[SPEAKER_05]: He was in here.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Mr. Back of his mind, I guess.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Yep.
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[SPEAKER_05]: All the questions.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And of course, the next question was about Tiree's caliber.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Because that really is the question, right?
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[SPEAKER_05]: If he is in the level, this team is championship worthy.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Right.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Right.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So he was prepared to answer questions about Tiree.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So he was in the back of his head.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You say tyries.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know time off.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, but you just say tyries and one of the questions.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, no.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Um, but I'll put guy to question it too, but this is a lot of it, um, but in all honesty, this year is really about Tyre's caliber, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's the key piece that we did have last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I mean, there's a major difference in the last two years in the last two seasons.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And 19 wins just as it cut night.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That shows you how valuable that one person can really be to a great team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think he was definitely the missing piece last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you know, competing again for a championship last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So yeah, it's definitely all about tyries coming back and seeing them in those first couple games and you know proven all those people that he is 100% and he's ready and all he
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, all he's focused on is went into championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think it's championship robust for him.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And he's got the pieces around him.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's got the team that can get him there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Again, it's just gonna take being healthy.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We have depth, absolutely, but we can't take on the injuries that we started out with last year.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And practice is underway for the Pacers again.
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[SPEAKER_05]: We'll be talking about it here on the Pacers Report all season.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Mike, the season begins three weeks from yesterday in New Orleans.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The first home game, three weeks from tomorrow against the Dallas Mavericks.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Three of the first four, four of the first six on the road.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And I just want to point out once again that this schedule was made for a team that they think
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[SPEAKER_05]: during not only are they not playing on Christmas Day, which we expected them to be playing on Christmas Day, but they're on a five game road trip from December 20th to December 27th.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That's just a smack in the face to this franchise.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But what just make it all better, Greg, is the date of December 11th.
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[SPEAKER_04]: December 11th, the Pacers could be potentially in the 2026 NBA Cup Championship,
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[SPEAKER_04]: Hinkle-filled house in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, is that right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's there this year, huh?
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's there this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I had no idea.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That could be pretty awesome.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're, let's just prove all those haters and screw the NBA and it's right.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're hate on the Pacers and I think that would be perfect.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that would be so perfect.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, you don't wanna watch us, we're gonna make you watch us.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And Mike Rick Carlisle brought up a couple of times.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That Pacer's fan jam is Sunday, October 4th.
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[SPEAKER_05]: At Gamebridge Field House, I don't see a time here, but if you're interested, you can figure it out.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That'd be a pretty cool thing to go to.
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[SPEAKER_05]: It's, they said they're going to try to play a full game with as much intensity as possible.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Inter-squared scrimmage, and then the pre-season gets underway here.
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[SPEAKER_05]: real soon, and again, you and I will be talking about it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: We'll have guests on here with this as well, and look forward to starting this new venture with you, Mike.
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[SPEAKER_05]: I'm excited.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Just as excited as I am for this season to get started.
21:44
[SPEAKER_05]: Mike, maybe my favorite thing about the media day was the Tyreys Haliburton Reggie Miller collaboration and you know, they've been doing it for a little while, a little documentary about them.
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[SPEAKER_05]: And you think about it with the last time we saw Tyreys Haliburton, he was being very Reggie Miller like.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The other thing is Tyreys Halliburton seems to get it like Reggie Miller did with the fans and really seems to appreciate him and at least talks the right way about hey we're playing for the fans and Tyreys seems to really get it like Reggie did.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely, I think Tyre's wants to win a championship as much for the fans of Indian Atlas as he does for himself.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He loves this fan base, he loves this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: What I really respect about Tyre's, I mean, the history of the game, the history of the Pacers and knowing that and respecting that, it's something that will
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[SPEAKER_04]: always be compared with Reggie and it was really cool that it brought it back with the choke last year with the two years ago with New York when it was good that Reggie brought that all back.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It brought all those fillings back for fans like us that have been here for years and years and years and love in this team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I thought that was kind of a respect thing more than anything else.
23:09
[SPEAKER_04]: It just the knowledge of that history
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[SPEAKER_04]: And again, I think it'll be something tied.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll be remembered for just like Reggie has for the last 20 plus years since that cast.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That was 30 plus years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, I think in the interview between him and Tyrease Reggie was kind of like, yeah, that was kind of going away.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you just brought it all back full circle.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I thought that was really cool.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And we talked about this when they were playing that,
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[SPEAKER_04]: in 2025 and going to playoffs and how Reggie had to be kind of just not parsing to any of the teams and just be neutral, but you knew he loved the Pacers and he still cared about these fans and he wished he could have brought that chain of feature and to see the excitement that Halbert and a team brought.
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[SPEAKER_04]: definitely respected that, and it's cool.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think, you know, Caliburton's mentality is very similar.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think the way he approaches the game, why he plays the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, we talk about Pacers for life, and he's one.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope we keep until the end of his career.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I hope we're, you know, retiring his number and the rafters and the future.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But yeah, it was cool.
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[SPEAKER_04]: to see those two together and see the relationship that they have.
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[SPEAKER_04]: There's a lot of similarities.
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[SPEAKER_05]: My courage, thank you so much.
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