Rick Carlisle is the Pacers coach and he just won't play ANY rookie unless he has to...
Dont watch much NBA but the Pacers are my hometown team and Tyrese may be the best PG I've ever seen play. Guy will have 10+ assists with 0 turnovers. Its absurd numbers. Not to mention he puts up lots of points too.
Yeah, there's lots of things I don't understand about this tourney. First and foremost being, why do people care about an in-season tournament? Other than the players that stand to win a few extra bucks, of course.
I think IJ might be the most quickly forgotten successful UK player ever.
One of the biggest complaints the NBA has faced in recent years is that its regular season is too long and monotonous …and the middle part too meaningless. So they did this to try to spice things up.
Couldn't agree more. All games except the Lakers-Pels last night have been great. And that was because Lakers started out hitting every shot and Pelicans couldn't throw it in the ocean. They fell way behind and appear to just quit. Lebron is still the best player in the League when healthy. Amazing to see someone still be the fastest, quickest, strongest, smartest, and play the hardest at age 39. He just broke the Pelicans will last night. You could see it on their faces. We can't win when he is playing at the top of his game like this.
I'm not an NBA guy, but these games have been some great basketball. You can tell the players have taken it seriously. Almost a game 7 type feel to them. Def a step up from normal regular season NBA.
Any clue why the floors look like something that belongs in a knock off league? Maybe that’s what the nba is now. Sure as hell not basketball.
Seems like an odd time to post this take. He was just called up to an NBA team that’s a hot thing at the moment. Oscar’s actually doing better than many predicted for him when he left UK …so why the negative spin?
The Laker have 2 UK former players--Vanderbilt and Davis, and the pacers have at least 1-Oscar
They kinda remind me of a modern Nash Phoenix Suns team. Those teams could flat out score and out run everybody. Couldnt guard anyone though.
I've never said a negative thing about Oscar in my life. Good for him making a pro roster. I hope he blows up in the league and lives his dream.
Those shooters need somebody to rebound for them.
Special floors for the in season tournament. Not permanent, usually the floor looks like what you'd expect a basketball court to look like.
They did this like a soccer tournament with a group stage before knockout round. 3 groups per conference, then teams that win their group (and the top 2nd place) move on to knockout round. Timberwolves came in second in their group with a 3-1 group stage record, lose tiebreaker (point differential) to Suns who were 2nd in their group. Lakers won their group.
I’ve seen no evidence that he took a pay cut. What exactly are you basing that claim on?
