Pacers, Tinsley Officially Part Ways

The buyout amount will be apportioned over the remaining two years in the identical
percentage represented by his original contract. It won’t be long before many parties
know exactly how much further below the luxury tax threshold the Pacers are now
(and will be next year) as a result of whatever discount is built into the buyout amount.

I see him going to one of these 4 teams

Atlanta – he lives there and I’ve heard their name come up before

NY – If they don’t get Andre Miller

Portland – If they don’t get Andre Miller

76’ers – they could use another point since they are losing Miller, and they don’t have a lot to spend cap wise so he could be a value replacement.

Anyway since we waited until right before the arbitration, hopefully we were able to work something out at a discounted price

Bob Kravitz said on 1070 The Fan a couple of weeks ago that he knew for a fact
that offers and counter-offers had been going back and forth between the two
parties.
The only question, of course, is, “how much?” Since both sides had to face the
possibility that the arbitrator could have really painted them into a corner with
his or her ruling, my guess would be that the settlement was probably a fair one.

I just want to take this Tinsley farewell post to reiterate why I believe why they told him to stay away — and it wasn’t the off-court issues.

I’m sure many of us remember one of JT’s last games with the Pacers, when we had a chance to upset the then-powerful Suns, and Jamal went one-on-five (with Shawn Marion guarding him!) for about the last five minutes of the 4th and all of OT. You could tell that he didn’t trust his teammates or his coach at all.

Around that time, he and O’Brien got into it in a film session. I think Tinsley was suspended a game, but I’m not sure. Not long after that, he started sitting out the rest of the season with “nagging injuries.”

In short, it was on-court and locker room issues that forced the Pacers to keep him away from the team, with mixed results. The off-court stuff didn’t help (although I continue to question why getting SHOT AT is a sign of bad behavior, but I digress).

Finally, look at the circus that surrounded the Knicks with the Marbury situation this year, when they kept him on the bench. Sending Tinsley away allowed the young players on the Pacers to not have to deal with that, and may have been a good decision.

Adios! I’m waving a dustpan,as it seems like the only fitting way to celebrate the occasion.

I’m sure that’s unfair, I am sure he’s a good guy at heart, who loves puppies and kittens. The JT I got to see on TV was a great player, could score and distribute, and with his attitude took himself off the rafters (a future jersey retirement was not out of the questions at 15/8) and out of our hearts with repeated disheartening newsreports, was it the gunfights? was it the drugs they couldn’t link to him? was it the felony assault charges? yes.

In short Jamaal I’ll miss you as a starting point guard on paper, your numbers were good. Jamaal I’ll miss you as a trade chip, I always thought we’d get something for you, at least after this year when you’d be 7.2 million in expiring money.

I won’t miss you though, because of everything else.

Farewel, Jamaal. Wish you all the best for your future. You were the point guard who guided the team to some of its best seasons in its NBA history, yet some fans only remember some off-court incidents. Talk about selective memory.
We will see if Tinsley, after having been out of the league and not playing professionally at all for more than 1.5 years can get back to his former level. If yes, he will be better than any other point guard on Indiana’s roster. Enough said.

buyout according to Indystar

It will count against the cap