Pacers Taking A Look At Michael Redd

I know he is a good shooter but I don’t think that outweighs the fact that he has not been able to stay healthy for the past several seasons, not just one. There will be better options to come available. Maybe as soon as this weekend if a contract is amnestied. Besides that, how many players does Larry Bird have to acquire before he is satisfied with having enough depth. You can only dress 12 and play 5 at once.

…now wait til next year and pickup where we failed twice and get Mayo as a free agent for not too much.

Is there a reason we’re not taking a look at a guy like Samuel Dalembert?

If the Pacers sign Redd & another bigman then the roster will look deep right now I’m just not seeing any size after the 9th player. We need a utility bigman the pacers cannot depend on Jeff Foster to log big minutes if Hibbert misses any time.

maybe that utility big man is Pendergraph

Sure, Redd is a class guy but not a huge amount of winning in this veteran’s history. Not bringing a whole lot to the team. If we’re looking at SG’s how about looking for a trade with Portland since they just signed Crawford sending Batum and Mathews to the bench (both have a bright future with a lot of talent)? What about a deal for Eric Gordon bringing him home to Indy and sending Granger home to Louisiana. Paul George will be a more than suitable replacement for Granger and give someone who can actually be a leader a chance to step up.

anxious to see Famous as well. I think Bird as done a wonderful job the more you think about it. I just keep getting the feeling he his going to wait and pounce on a Mayo deal next year(for relatively inexpensive in NBA terms) and also shed any small remaining expenses(Rush maybe Price or Jones). Then the Pacers will have quietly and efficiently taken over the East.

Mighty high expectations for a team that’s won 1 playoff game in 5 yrs. Alot of excitement .

Those teams that didn’t go to those playoffs games wasn’t THIS team. Major element of surprise with this team and the shortened season favors us i think.

As long as the Pacers are looking at guards, why not Curtis Stinson:

“Stinson, a 6-3, 215-pound guard out of Iowa State, started in 48 of Iowa’s regular season games, averaging 19.3 points, 9.8 assists and 5.7 rebounds in 42.9 minutes. Stinson led the NBA D-League this season in assists, minutes, triple-doubles (five) and double-doubles (28), leading Iowa to the Eastern Conference title with a 37-13 regular season record, the best in the NBA D-League.”

OK, so the guy signed with a team in Slovenia, but surely he would still be available at some point this year?

Why do the Pacers have to keep him from retiring? No F-ing way Larry Bird!!!

but i LOVE this idea. We’re not asking him to carry the team, we’re asking him to be our kyle korver, you know, that guy that ripped our hearts out last year. yeah it’d be nice to get a derrick rose or a starting center but for now that ship has sailed. Getting a sniper of the caliber Redd could turn out to be is the kind of move thats pays off in the playoffs when you can silence or electrify an entire building.

Bird doesn’t like Stephenson as much as I thought

I like the comparison someone made about how this could be our “Kyle Korver”. We need a pure shooter who can come off the bench, just like the bulls have. We need that guy who isn’t afraid to knock down daggers. Whether you guys like it or not every team needs atleast one pure shooter coming off the bench, especially championship teams. Right now we really don’t have one due to Mike Dunleavy bolting

I don’t see any need for Redd. But there’s really no downside if we get him for cheap. Personally, I’d wait-and-see and try to trade sometime before the deadline.

Redd would be low risk high reward type player. We are not going to sign him more than for this year. As much as we are set at the guard spot we don’t have great shooters on the team. So like a poster said earlier he could be our Klye Korver and he may come in handy like a Grant Hill-type. He made a come back late in his career after so many unfortunate injuries. There would still be room on our roster to add a big too especially if we could do a trade with Rush and Mauriese Speights from 76ers. Can’t have too many bodies in this condensed season. I can see a lot of injuries on teams this yr.