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[2006Coltsbestever]

12 hours ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Love the list.

Special mention to 1-14. The "Incredibles"!

And of course all of the rest were/are enjoy team carrying ability. 

 

Thanks, Yeah it may be my best one. I even mentioned John Stockton, had too as he is the all-time Assist leader. Durant and Giannis are incredible talents as well. Maybe George Mikan should be top 25 but that is debatable.

[Myles]

The Pacers should draft Lebrons kid if he is available in the second round.  

[Yoshinator]

On 6/25/2024 at 3:04 PM, Myles said:

The Pacers should draft Lebrons kid if he is available in the second round.  

This aged like fine wine. After this happened, I bet $1 on the Lakers to win the NBA Finals next year. Get $31 dollars if they do. I'm buying into the conspiracy theory that the league will give it to Lebron and Bronny. Also think the Lakers will make a move or two in FA.

[Myles]

6 hours ago, Yoshinator said:

This aged like fine wine. After this happened, I bet $1 on the Lakers to win the NBA Finals next year. Get $31 dollars if they do. I'm buying into the conspiracy theory that the league will give it to Lebron and Bronny. Also think the Lakers will make a move or two in FA.

Looks like he is a Laker.   I thin the Pacers should have drafted him and then lured LeBron to the Pacers.   That could break the curse and keep the Pacers as a legitimate title contender.

[2006Coltsbestever]

8 hours ago, Yoshinator said:

This aged like fine wine. After this happened, I bet $1 on the Lakers to win the NBA Finals next year. Get $31 dollars if they do. I'm buying into the conspiracy theory that the league will give it to Lebron and Bronny. Also think the Lakers will make a move or two in FA.

Jared, put $50 on the Lakers to win it all. They are getting +4000 odds, you would win $2000, if you lose, you lose just $50. Hear me out, those odds will drop bigtime shortly because I think the Lakers will make a huge move to bolster their roster. 

 

LeBron wins his 5th tying Magic and Kobe, Lakers tie Boston with 18. Perfect ending because LeBron looks like a hero + he just beat Kareem's record too. 

[AwesomeAustin]

On 6/28/2024 at 4:20 AM, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Jared, put $50 on the Lakers to win it all. They are getting +4000 odds, you would win $2000, if you lose, you lose just $50. Hear me out, those odds will drop bigtime shortly because I think the Lakers will make a huge move to bolster their roster. 

 

LeBron wins his 5th tying Magic and Kobe, Lakers tie Boston with 18. Perfect ending because LeBron looks like a hero + he just beat Kareem's record too. 

Just $50!!! I know it’s all relative when it’s a hobby for you. I say put $5 to win $200 but $50 is a lot to lose. 
 

Saying that I have spent 10x that to try a piece of music gear or a new tool and they sit in the cabinet. Heck I have two $200 guitar pedals sitting on my dresser I have never turned on.  
 

Not judging, I find it funny how I tighten up with gambling at the thought of losing a single dollar but will blow hundreds to thousands on music gear. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

6 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin said:

Just $50!!! I know it’s all relative when it’s a hobby for you. I say put $5 to win $200 but $50 is a lot to lose. 
 

Saying that I have spent 10x that to try a piece of music gear or a new tool and they sit in the cabinet. Heck I have two $200 guitar pedals sitting on my dresser I have never turned on.  
 

Not judging, I find it funny how I tighten up with gambling at the thought of losing a single dollar but will blow hundreds to thousands on music gear. 

Jared is a gambler. I agree, even 25 would be a good bet to win a 1000.

[AwesomeAustin]

11 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Jared is a gambler. I agree, even 25 would be a good bet to win a 1000.

While I have you here, what do you think the Pacers will do with Jarace Walker and Obi Toppin?  Looks like they can only keep one. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

6 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin said:

While I have you here, what do you think the Pacers will do with Jarace Walker and Obi Toppin?  Looks like they can only keep one. 

I think Toppin is gone. I don't necessarily like it because he is so athletic but Walker has more potential.

[AwesomeAustin]

8 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I think Toppin is gone. I don't necessarily like it because he is so athletic but Walker has more potential.

I’m trying to learn more about the NBA landscape. Players seem to move teams frequently bc chemistry is huge in basketball. I thought Toppin was an awesome contributor during the playoffs. I’m seeing is a restricted free agent so it really depends how much other teams are willing to offer. I think they keep him if no one goes much higher than his 7.7m qualifying offer. 
 

A few articles have suggested trading Walker and picks while his value is high for another win now piece. I can see the logic in this, especially if they like Mathurin and signing Siakam to a max contract.
 

Pacers typically aren’t a free agent destination so if they can improve their top 7 and make real push into contender territory, they have some decisions to make. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

25 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin said:

I’m trying to learn more about the NBA landscape. Players seem to move teams frequently bc chemistry is huge in basketball. I thought Toppin was an awesome contributor during the playoffs. I’m seeing is a restricted free agent so it really depends how much other teams are willing to offer. I think they keep him if no one goes much higher than his 7.7m qualifying offer. 
 

A few articles have suggested trading Walker and picks while his value is high for another win now piece. I can see the logic in this, especially if they like Mathurin and signing Siakam to a max contract.
 

Pacers typically aren’t a free agent destination so if they can improve their top 7 and make real push into contender territory, they have some decisions to make. 

Toppin was toying with Knicks. That Dunk he had when he went between the legs and wind milled it to put us up 20 in Game 7 was the exclamation point. I look at 3 of the 4 Boston games and the difference to me was their experience. They have been deep in the playoffs many years and just know how to close games better than us. As of now in the East we are a top 4 team at least, Boston, NY, and Milwaukee are the other 3. We were fortunate that Giannis was out for the Bucks.