If you're like me, I imagine you are all still pumped about Sunday's viewing of Winning Time. If you're also like me, you have already bought a copy of the greatest documentary ever. I found today that the Indiana Pacers Greatest Games Collection, Vol. 1 DVD is on sale from Amazon for only $7.79. I think it is our duty to make sure we all have a (cheap) copy of this 4-disc set.

From Amazon:

You asked for it, and you got it - four of the greatest NBA games in Indiana Pacers franchise history as voted online by you the fans. Go back in time with all your favorite Pacers - from Rik Smits to Reggie Miller to Mark Jackson to Dale Davis. Relive No. 31's phenomenal 25-point fourth quarter against the Knicks in '94, the amazing eight points in 8.9 seconds against the Knicks, the classic 1998 playoff battle with Chicago, and the Pacers' first ever Eastern Conference championship victory.

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John Wall? Evan Turner?

Yes, Unfortunately, the pacers have opportunity to get one of the best players in the 2010 nba draft this year because we have a really bad nba regular season!

So i am not really enjoy the opportunity and high draft pick anyway. However, What we have to do now is that losing every games we can and see if it helps us in the future.

Back to the topic, 2010 nba draft, The indiana pacers select?

I think the answer is very simple (not that much choices here).

No 1 pick

If Pacers have the no 1 pick, we will have John Wall here.( i don't read any article about take wall or turner, because it's really waste the time). I am not going to figure out that wall or turner better, because they are 2 best players here, but everyone will take wall before turner. why? i just can tell u that Wall can be top 5 PG in the nba, turner 0% better than kobe and Lebron James.

No 2 pick

With the no 2 pick , Pacers will select Evan Turner.You may said that how about DeMarcus Cousins?Derrick Favors?Hey, you will see their name after Evan Turner, but no 2 pick?

I know everything can be happened, but just forget it, Evan Turner is the no 2 pick this year.

No 3 ,4, 5

1X% 2X OR 3X% we get first or second pick in 2010 nbadraft?Base on the record now( We will never win the Nets right? We are close...but Net is the "winner")

So lets face it, We may finally settle in no 3, 4 or 5.So Who will Pacers select? 5 names here

DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors and Donatas MotieJunas,Greg Monroe and Wesley Johnson

(Hassan Whiteside and Al-faroug Aminu can be black horses who may take by teams in the top 5, but they are not work for the Pacers,  We have Danny, so Pacers will not select Al-faroug Aminu anyway,Hassan Whiteside?maybe, but not realistic, Because Roy Hibbert is there, and please check out the rookie ranking, Scout always  think that DeMarcus Cousins and Derrick Favors is better than Hassan Whiteside, so what make u think Pacers will take Hassan Whiteside before DeMarcus Cousins or Derrick Favors by using no 3, 4, or 5 pick?)

Because of we may finally settle in no 3,4 or 5 pick this year

Who is better for the Pacers? DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors and Donatas MotieJunas,Greg Monroe and Wesley Johnson

My ranking is

1. Derrick Favors

2. DeMarcus Cousins

3. Donatas MotieJunas

4. Greg Monroe

5. Wesley Johnson

So thats means when Pacers have no 3 pick, they better select Derrick Favors, if Derrick Favors gone? they have to select DeMarcus Cousins.

Yes, Derrick Favors is better choice than DeMarcus Cousins, why? not about the potential, but it's all about the risk.DeMarcus Cousins bad personality will make things change even he maybe is a  better basketball player than Derrick Favors in the future(no one knows..). i will take Derrick Favors because he is the low risk choice for the Pacers.

Why i put Donatas MotieJunas and Greg Monroe 's name here? it's because Pacers may take one of them over Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins .Don't be surprise that larry bird make this decison for us. They are both PF that can make long shot(3 points)....., i don't know about Donatas MotieJunas, people said that he is Andrea Bargnani type of players. but Greg Monroe ? Larry will like this kid in the heartbeat. Maybe he think Greg Monroe is better than Derrick Favors and DeMarcus Cousins? It's possible. He will not like bad personality kid like DeMarcus. but Derrick Favors? Larry will choose Derrick Favors or Greg Monroe? i hope that we can take Derrick Favors here, but if Derrick Favors gone, larry may take DeMarcus Cousins and trade him to other teams for Greg Monroe or unknown player Donatas MotieJunas.

So 65% chance that Pacers take Derrick Favors with no3,4 or 5 pick this year

If Derrick Favors gone, Pacers will move to Donatas MotieJunas, Greg Monroe or DeMarcus Cousins.

i think 45% chance Donatas MotieJunas , Greg Monroe 35%DeMarcus Cousins

Finally, when they are all gone , Pacers will think about Wesley Johnson, Cole Aldrich, Hassan Whiteside,Al-faroug Aminu,Ed Davis,Patrick Patterson or Xavier Henry.

But the % is very low, because they may finally have no 3,4 or 5 pick this year

In my conclusion, We have high % to get Derrick Favors in the 2010 nbadraft, Donatas MotieJunas and Greg Monroe after, then DeMarcus Cousins.

( I think Hassan Whiteside, James Anderson is the sleepers this year, They will have bright future in the nba. and Pacers may take Sherron Collins in the second round if they didn't get Wall and Sherron is still there when Pacers available.)

Danny Granger



http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/13063559/future-for-pacers-granger-uncertain-if-not-unrelated

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As a Pacer fan, the obvious highlight of my season was the ESPN 30 for 30 story on Reggie Miller vs the New York Knicks. I loved every second of the documentary. I thought it was put together very well, and the best part was all of the memories it brought back.

On the other hand it was bitter-sweet in some ways. The Pacers have been awful for the last few years, but I have still enjoyed the NBA and told myself, "It's OK that the Pacers aren't competitive because it is still great to watch all of these high profile teams go at it in the Playoffs." 

 But that was wrong. There is something incredible about living and dying with every point in an NBA Playoff series. And Pacer fans got to experience that excitement consistently from the mid 90's to the early 00's. Honestly, I took it for granted. And seeing those old games again, I remembered how much I hated the Knicks and how much I cared about how those games turned out. It reminded me that the Pacers used to matter. And I want that again so badly. I want our games to be meaningful; relevant. I want to sit at work all day and be thinking about what is going to happen in the game tonight.

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Someone might have already said this but I dont really care.

As i sat there watching the 30 for 30 Reggie Miller vs the New York Knicks i couldn't help but ask myself one question throughout.  Why don't players play that tough or with that much intensity anymore?  Those guys played hard like they actually wanted to win.  Can you imagine going in for a dunk against the Knicks or Pacers of the 90's?  He wouldn't stand a chance.  Sure there are some players who are going 100% throughout the game but back then basically everyone played like that.  Maybe if David Stern would get off of LeBron and Kobe and let everybody play the game of basketball just like in college the NBA wouldn't be losing millions of dollars every year.  Let the players play harder and show more intensity instead of calling fouls every time Lebron or Kobe goes towards the basket.  Thats just what i think.  

Hey guys I thought it would be fun if we had an Indy Cornrows bracket challenge.  It's a good way for everyone here to do something fun during a season which has been long and full of disappointment.  Just create your entry as your Sportsnation username so we can tell who people are.  The league ID is 90141 and the password is pacers.  Here is the link as well, Indy Cornrows Pick' Em.  Enjoy!

[Another great FanPost, as bleedingblueandgold takes in some of the top names in the upcoming draft. -TL] 

It's getting to be one of my favorite times of the year.  The conference tournaments are coming to an end and Selection Sunday is right around the corner.  This means a lot of couch time, a lot of delivery food, and a lot of channel surfing between games.  Tournament time for me begins the real talent evaluating process.  It is the first time you get to see the prime time players doing their thing under the big lights.  With a potential top five pick for the Blue and Gold, I used this time to really look hard at the players they could potentially draft.  These players were John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins from Kentucky, Derrick Favors from Georgia Tech, Evan Turner from Ohio State, Greg Monroe from Georgetown, and Wes Johnson from Syracuse (from earlier in the week).  I'm going to look at each player and write about them in the order in which they impressed me after the jump.

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[From the FanPosts, pvirsky takes us inside the Garden last night and makes the most out of a miserable game for the Pacers. -TL]

There aren't many positive things to take from your favorite team being this crappy, but if put to task on finding a silver lining, getting cheap tickets while living away from Indiana is definitely one.  For just under $150, my wife and I got seats 4 rows back, straight across from the Pacers bench.  Since I don't get to watch many games from out here, I thought I'd give a personal take on the game from a fan who's followed closely without actually seeing the team play much this year.  I'll also add a few pictures and videos as we go and note that Paul Pierce's wife and daughter were sitting about 5 feet from us.

[The view from our seats.  The woman sitting just past the blonde woman (all you can see is her hair) is Pierce's wife, their daughter was running all around the area]

Unfortunately, the game was so awful that I'm not sure there's much reason to talk about the actual game.  Instead I'll try to provide some insight into smaller details and mix in unrelated anecdotes from the game.

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[From the FanPosts, I love it when ThirtyOne gets excited, plus he offers a good chance to get some other thoughts on the top talent in the draft. - TL]


It's official I now want Evan Turner, even if we get the #1 pick.  That end of the game shot he hit today was clutch.  I think we've found the guy who can help turn this team around.  Sorry John Wall, but I think you're number two these days.  I appreciate your natural point guard skills but I don't think there's any way Evan Turner isn't a future NBA all-star.

Ive heard Rumblings of Feed Roy Tshirts on this site, and I think its a solid Idea.  We all know getting the big man involved early leads to success for our beloved Pacers, plus shirts are cheaper than jerseys and contributes to my love for buying Pacers gear.

I work with Live Music organization at the University of Miami, and I'm in constant contact with Universitytees.com. So I'd be willing to create this shirt if there is enough of a desire for them.

Silly post on a day I should be getting work done...yes

Really Good idea...maybe

Trying to put enough words on this post...definitely