Shams Charania:
Just in: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has sustained a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee and is expected to miss multiple weeks, sources tell ESPN. Results showed Edwards avoided any ligament damage, but he will now miss time.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/48ae8d6c475bc
Most 10+ AST With 0 TOV Games In The Last 5 Seasons (RS + Playoffs) :
What game(s) are you most looking forward to this season?
Just got an email that Fan Duel is shutting down. How we watching all Pacers games now? 🤔
So with Smith finally inking a 2-way we have 14 full contracts on the books at a total value of $206.3mil which puts us about $5.9mil into the tax and has us about $2.2mil under 1st Apron, where we are hardcapped, meaning we cannot exceed that amount.
Contracts of note: Jarace Walker + Kelly Oubre - Walker makes $8.4mil + Oubre makes $8mil, simply offloading 1 of these guys would put is out of the tax line and create enough room to sign 1 player to a minimum deal. Walker would create $2.6mil + Oubre $2.1mil. Obviously deals become prorated as the season goes on, so the later Indiana do it, the more likely (in particular with Walker's contract) they could get 2 guys on minimum deals to have 15 on the roser and be below the tax. The other person of note is Ben Sheppard at $5mil, who won't get us under the tax line, but if out of the rotation, could save ownership a few million dollars being dealt.
I am not advocating for a trade by any means, but it is something to be aware of as the season progresses. The teams place in the standings, who and to what level these guys are contributing, and can they be used in a deal for a genuine upgrade?
-Tyrese Haliburton wasn't born yet
-Karl Malone won MVP
-The Phantom Menace was the highest grossing movie
-The Matrix, Sixth Sense, American Beauty, Toy Story 2, and Fight Club released in theaters
-No Scrubs came out
-Bill Clinton was in his second term and was aquitted in his impeachment case by the US Senate
-9/11 hadn't yet happened
-The Euro was created as a currency for the EU
-NATO was bombing Yugoslavia
-The Sopranos premiered
Bit of a foregone conclusion but Pacers are officially starting the season with a 14-man roster and 3 2-way players (Braden Smith, Kobe Brown & Jalen Slawson).
As a result of the Pacers carrying less than 15 players, Smith, Brown & Slawson can only play a combined 90 games.
If the Pacers want more than 90 games out of their 2-way players, they will have to add a 15th player later in the season once they can afford a prorated contract that fits under the first apron.
With Furphy likely out until February, decent chance one of these guys plays actual minutes at some point...I would assume Brown gets the first crack.
My team, Aris BC, signed Jeremiah this summer and he's gonna be probably a starter in the team.
Everybody says he's top quality for Eurocup (2nd best European cup) but I wanted to be sure it's like this, from people who watched him in every match he played and not just highlights.
Didn't we have OKC and Twolves for preseason last year too?
Haliburton 18.8 PPG 9.6 APG 4.1 RPG 1.5 SPG 47/39/87 All-Star Selection All-NBA Consideration
Nembhard 15.2 PPG 6.8 APG 3.5 RPG 1.7 SPG 48/37/83 All-Defense Consideration
Nesmith 12.5 PPG 4.9 RPG 1.7 APG 1.2 SPG 0.6 BPG 48/40/84 All-Defense Consideration
Siakam 22.4 PPG 7.3 RPG 4.1 APG 1.3 SPG 0.7 BPG 54/39/78 All-Star Selection All-NBA Consideration All-Defense Consideration
Zubac 16.7 PPG 10.2 RPG 1.8 APG 0.4 SPG 1.0 BPG 62/32/78 All-Star Consideration AllDefense Consideration
McConnell 6.7 PPG 4.4 APG 1.4 RPG 0.9 SPG 49/33/85
Oubre 10.0 PPG 3.7 RPG 1.2 APG 1.0 SPG 0.4 BPG 46/37/78 Possible Down Ballot 6MOY Votes
Walker 8.1 PPG 4.5 RPG 3.0 APG 0.7 SPG 0.5 BPG 46/38/77 Possible Down Ballot 6MOY Votes
Toppin 9.3 PPG 4.0 RPG 1.0 APG 0.5 SPG 52/39/79 Possible Down Ballot 6MOY Votes
Huff 4.7 PPG 3.8 RPG 1.2 BPG 47/36/80
Our ticket rep said that we can no longer pick the exact 10 games we want to go to. Apparently they have created 4 ten game packages from which to select. Bummer. At least they were nice enough to tell us of the policy change 3 months after we renewed.
My college friends got me a Reggie Miller jersey for my 22nd birthday (alongside childish gambino tix) and I barely got to wear it before it disappeared. And today, rummaging through a bunch of crap, I found it.
I couldn’t be happier! What an amazing jersey.
le sleep on the Indiana Pacers so hard it hurts. They play this wild, fast-break style that is just pure fun to watch, yet nobody outside of Indy ever talks about them as real contenders. People forget that they pushed arguably the best team in the league at full health to seven games without any luck pure chemistry and skill. They don't have a massive market or a flashy superteam, but they have crazy depth, relentless energy, and a star in Tyrese Haliburton who makes everyone around him better without needing to force it. I don’t care if he’s injuried either he doesn’t rely on his athleticism to make his team better. Not to mention they got a great pick and roll center in Zubac. They still have all their key pieces like Nesmith and Nembhard and All star siakam!
I’m going alone and would like some Pacers fans to hang out with and/or sit with at the game.
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/\_/id/49590362/josh-kushner-bob-iger-buy-lakers-12b
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to American businessman Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record breaking price over $12 billion, multiple sources told ESPN.
Kushner and Iger were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but a stunning turn, they pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter, who had purchased a controlling interest in the team from the Buss family last year.
I know these are the old Statement jerseys and in 26-27 this jersey will be replaced by the Gold Pinstripes (which I'm happy they're bringing back).
But come the 26-27 Playoffs, I don't want them playing in pinstripes (don't overdo a vintage), and I don't want them playing in the horrible circle jerseys (HOW ARE THESE STILL THE MAIN JERSEYS). The 23/24 and 24/25 Gold Statement jerseys represent the Hali/Siakam era. Just like Flojos and pinstripes represent Reggie, pinstripes represent JO, the 2010s ("Temu Lakers") represent the Granger/George era.
This team went down in history as one of the greatest Pacers teams of all time. Part of that identity is this attire. Until they change the main home/away jerseys, I want this to be the default jersey. Default for regular season, default for playoffs.