Noah's Ark Team?????

by denggoy7 on Jan 29, 2012 10:42 AM EST

New nickname and some love from ESPN. Here's the entire column.

Western Conference scout on the East's most dangerous dark horse

"Indiana.

"I think they can be a fourth seed and cause problems. They're built a little differently. This is a Noah's ark team: They've got two of everything and there's no drop-off. In a short season, that kind of depth helps you.

"They've purposely kept it pretty simple on offense to focus on defense and I think that's very smart in the short season. They do the simple things well. What's missing is what they've been missing for a long time -- finding a guy who can close games out. But it's a good story for the league."

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By the way,

we also have two fake front teeth among our players’ teeth.

by denggoy7 on Jan 29, 2012 10:55 AM EST reply actions

two not always better

Given the second of the two at the 5 spot , 2 is not always better than one, except for the brief time foster is available, but if we play Roy too much, he will be out of gas. The two point guards, since we are not playing AJ, I am unsure if the combo we use is better—-we have two sf, but one has to play the sg to get in the game. Our #2 pf is hitting a sophmore wall due in part to the makeup of the second unit—-so this darkhorse needs a little tweeking to be a true darkhorse. Tyler, Hill, Foster, Price, are all decent players, even DJ, if used properly. Stephenson, is still unknown, very atheletic, but is he a wr or an nba player is yet to be seen.
And I think Larry got his pocket picked when we traded Rush, and I was not a big Rush fan.

by dbcircle on Jan 29, 2012 12:58 PM EST reply actions

I agree.

Wasn’t that based on Pritchard’s recommendation?

May that bean counter isn’t what everyone was hoping for…

by FortWayneKarl on Jan 29, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

Regarding Amundson I mean.

by FortWayneKarl on Jan 29, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions

In a perfect world

Pritchard would get all the blame.
In reality, Bird’s Call.

by jonjonNYC on Jan 29, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions

Keith Benson

Benson is still a free agent and even though he isn’t a great scoring option the kid is very athletic and is a blocking machine. I would love to see him signed by bird to play behind Roy.

CWick

by indysportsfan05 on Jan 30, 2012 12:48 AM EST reply actions

take a flyer sure, that'd be fine

but he’d just be another body. guy’s really, really weak and’ll get pounded in the NBA. I’m more concerned about potential wing depth if Danny or (gulp) Dahntay goes down for any amount of time.

"He's like Darth Vader." - Frank Vogel on Larry Bird

by IndyPacers on Jan 30, 2012 4:16 AM EST up reply actions