with Bam out in the second half we have done a really poor job of driving into the lane and scoring in the post…

Nembhard continues to make poor decisions on offense after missing Toppin on a pass under the basket

Nembhard just completely missed Bruce Brown who was wide open but thankfully Mathurin layed it up

i am very happy with Toppin tonight on both sides of the court

Bam scoring in transition is gonna happen, i really like how we’re defending him tonight so far

hot take: Nembhard does not fit well with our offense system so far this year

if the heat try to speed up their halfcourt offense to match us i might become more concerned, but they are slowing it down big time on offense and our defense looks a step ahead of them right now

this team fucks, please keep this up holy shit we’re great on both sides of the court right now

oh boy let’s not let Hield guard Butler tonight please

holy shit Toppin starting hot

Channing Frye pregame don’t know shit about us lol

“they give up a ton of open threes” (we’re 1st in giving opponents 3PA)

“their defense is ok!” (we are bottom-5 lol)

there’s 30+ people who need to explain themselves lol

Pacers historically bad??? lol the recency bias is clouding ya my friend. we have made the playoffs in 25 seasons since 1990

i remember hearing her on a podcast confirm that she has been offered a position but the timing isn’t right for her right now, i hope that door always stays open for her she kicks ass and is my favorite basketball mind to read and hear from. learned so much from her.

the injury is so bad no other team in the league will be able to fix him (but we can)

that’s really interesting about the knicks help defense! toppin definitely has looked rough on defense here but hopefully he improves as the team improves and focuses more as well

well said!

not sure! Detroit, who allow the second most attempts in the league, opponents are shooting 52.6 / 36.5 / 82.7 which is not great but i’d take it compared to us

TL;DR: we let teams get a 2 and we go get a 3 fast

i’d happily give Bruce Brown more money and trade Nembhard

Nembhard has great value as an asset in a bigger trade and tis a total luxury to have so many talented guards but he’s never going to be more than second fiddle ball handler to Tyrese. BB (who had his worst game as a Pacer last night) is a quality starter who fits our system and is only 27.