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Taking a moment to thank @AlexGoldenNBA

We’ve had some really good conversations, some healthy disagreements, lots of interacting over the years.

So cool to see a big part of this community be so clean cut & efficient with his content.

No clickbait, just love of the Pacers 💛

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Pacers get the win. Obviously, huge.

But all I could think about watching that game was…

The Wizards really just gave Trae Young $212M?!

Like… WHAT 🤯

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10 days.

At least 5 more games without Tyrese Haliburton.

Looking at the Pacers upcoming schedule, you have to think they need to find a way to secure 2 or 3 wins over that stretch just to keep their heads above water.

And if you’re looking for the lowest-hanging fruit, so to speak, it’s tonight against the Wizards on your home floor.

These are the games you simply cannot afford to let slip away.

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Rick Carlisle says Tyrese Haliburton's hamstring is progressing but says "Check back in in 10 days. I think that's reasonable."

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

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@AlexGoldenNBA is joined by Ryan Knight of the @PacersPostUp to discuss all 17 players on the roster and how they’re trending through the first 10 games of the season.

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@TalkingGuyy *almost 😉

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The wildest part of the Myles Turner saga in Milwaukee isn’t the jarring drop-off in production. That almost felt inevitable.

And it’s not even the $83M he’s still owed.

It’s the fact that the Bucks executed the largest waive-and-stretch in NBA history — $113M — to make the Turner signing possible, and Damian Lillard is still a really, really good basketball player.

We’re just entering year two of Milwaukee’s five-year stretch of Dame’s contract, and he’s back in Portland averaging 20 PPG in under 30 minutes a night for a Blazers team that’s won 7 of its first 10 games.

Meanwhile, Turner is averaging 6.7 PPG on 32.9% shooting, while Milwaukee continues to carry a $22.5M annual cap hit for a player producing elsewhere.

The Bucks are effectively carrying nearly $50M against the cap this season between Turner and a player who isn’t even on their roster.

And perhaps the most damning part? The writing was already on the wall regarding Giannis’ future in Milwaukee before they ever signed Turner.

Given that context, this has to be one of the biggest front-office fumbles in recent NBA history.

Not sure it reaches Nico Harrison gifting Luka to the Lakers territory, but it deserves to be in the conversation.

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@DonTrellBullies B

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@roosterbra812 @Etan387 @_flyguyq @pacerslegend Seems to me it’s when we moved on from one Bennedict Mathurin

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Quenton Jackson is one of just two Pacers to appear in all 11 games this season.

He has the best net rating of anyone on the 15-man roster and is the only player in positive territory outside of Tyrese Haliburton.

He’s averaging 10 PPG in just over 20 minutes a night and leads the team in steals.

Amid an otherwise ugly start to the season, this has been an awesome and underrated storyline for a guy that just continues to compete.

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@ADshAMSHEARania Don’t disagree.

I think the FO believes this all works with Tyrese at full strength. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t — but I anticipate they will hold out to see that before any major roster shake up.

Regardless, Ty or no Ty, gotta start winning games.

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For those hitting the panic button… I can’t blame you.

But if you’re looking for a glass-half-full take, the goal for the next 14 games should be simple — play .500 basketball.

Split those games 7–7, and the Pacers find themselves at an all-too-familiar 10–15 heading into a five-game West Coast trip over Christmas.

Remember, this team famously started 10–15 two years ago before making a run all the way to Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Now, let’s be frank. This is a bad basketball team right now. And as much as I’d love to believe Tyrese Haliburton’s return will magically flip a switch, I’m not convinced it’s that simple.

But playing .500 basketball over the next 14 games? That feels like a realistic ask.

There’s a good basketball team buried in here somewhere.

The question is whether they can keep their heads above water long enough for any of that to matter come April, May, and June.

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@ADshAMSHEARania I hear you…but after the Wizards on Wednesday it’s:

Knicks
76ers
Rockets
Cavs
Knicks
Thunder
76ers

Of course I’d love for them to stack some wins, but they’ll be lucky to get 4 of those 7 the way they’ve been playing.

And Haliburton’s status is still up in the air.

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Obi Toppin needs to be the Pacers small-ball 5. Consolidate the Larry Nance Jr. minutes.

They each played 8 minutes in the first half. Give me 15–16 of Obi instead.

I get it, that’s flirting with starter-level minutes. But Obi is effectively your 6th man. He needs to be playing 25+ minutes a night.

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Best part of last night for sure 💙💛

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Pacers vs. Nuggets - Mexico City https://t.co/sDBXRfV076

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Pacers vs. Nuggets - Mexico City https://t.co/sDBXRfV076

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Larry Nance Jr. has half of the Pacers made 3’s…

And that tells you about all you need to know.

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Día de Muertos for the Pacers offense. 💀

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Nuggets valuing the basketball, Pacers not.

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Need one tonight 🙌🔥

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T.J. McConnell is ready to make his season debut today 👿