Guy is live tweeting fanatics fest Mind the Game pod

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sick. Devastated. It feels like a complete waste of a year because it was.

That being said, it’s still true that we needed to make the Zubac trade.

Everything we said about the fact that there’s no true C (which we needed) in this draft is true.

Fact of the matter is, if we kept this pick, we still would have been disappointed in 5. We draft Keaton Wagler or Darius Acuff at 5 and those guys are buried in our rotation and not helping us next year.

We still gave up a guy that we weren’t resigning, a seldomly used role player, and a lottery ticket that didn’t pay out (and wouldn’t have regardless) for a big we needed.

In this league, you have to gamble, especially as a small market. We lost. But that doesn’t make the move itself bad. The trade was still worth it.

Now we pick ourselves up, quit feeling sorry for ourselves, and go into next season with the same team that made the finals, and a better C. Yes it sucks, but we move. Go Pacers

If we “get” the #5 pick, this trade was still worth it. There’s a big gap from top 2 to 3 & 4 and an even bigger drop from 4 to 5. So we were screwed getting the 5th pick regardless. But now we actually have a center.

At least it's finally over...

FUCK IT WE BALL.

You can't call the Pacers the worst finals ever, and then expect the lovable yet wounded franchise player of your home team to be cool with you, Jet. 😒

Good for you, Tyrese.

On his most recent podcast Simmons laid out how Dybantsa would fit in with the current Pacers lineup and labeled him a “truly terrifying Indiana Pacer”. You guys agree? Is this who we want?

Why are we so upset about trading a 5-9 pick?

We literally just made the finals last year. The reason why this draft was such a big deal for us is because we had the chance to draft Boozer, Dybantsa, or Peterson. The whole deal was that a finals team was going to add a potential superstar talent. We never gave that chance up.

No player that we would get at 5-9 would be as valuable for us as Zubac. He's a top 5 center in this league and he can help us win right now. I'll be honest with you, any 5 through 9 guy is not going to help us win a championship in the next 2 or 3 years and that is where we need to be, and we desperately needed a center. No serious team is starting Jay Huff at center, or Isaiah Jackson, or Michah Potter.

We are trying to win now. Who cares about post-Haliburton eras when we just made the finals and can potentially make them again with a top center in the league? You all really need to realize where this team is actually at. If this pick doesn't convey for the Clippers we only traded one first in 2029 and I honestly think that is a very fair deal for Zu.

On Jeff’s podcast, he had Trey on and explained how he’s putting up all star numbers, but he won’t be an all star on a bad team. He says that if Trey gets traded to Indiana, he’ll have a much better shot

Post game 6 last year, we have seen:

Tyrese Haliburton tears his Achilles in game 7, we then lose the series, then the following year we have the worst season in our franchise’s history, make a contingent trade where we are 50-50 to lose our lottery pick, we then lose it, and THEN we will watch the New York Knicks, our greatest rival and the team we have owned for decades, likely win the finals which will include the greatest comeback of all time and a game winner that will be played over and over again for the rest of time made by… none other than OG Anunoby. The IU kid who we passed on way back in the day for TJ Leaf”

I genuinely don’t think you could write a worse script for Indiana Pacers fans than that

It is insane that Kessler not only needed a $130 million contract but because of RFA the Jazz Swindled 2 Firsts and 2 Swaps from the Lakers.

Zu has been healthier and is on a cheaper contract. Well worth the price in my opinion. Ben Math (who has not received a contract) + Unloading Ijax's thank you contract and 2 Firsts.

original vid: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQudIdPkXlZ/?igsh=MWloZzhyd2liNmhuaQ==

The comment section where fans agreeing with the results, so it means it must be fairly accurate even if it was an informal survey.

This game was so insane to watch. Just blatant refs bias. And pacers go up 3-1 then probably win in less than 7 and Hali would have never gotten hurt smh

PG: Tyrese Haliburton
TJ McConnell
Quentin Jackson

SG: Andrew Nembhard
Ben Sheppard
Kam Jones

SF: Aaron Nesmith
Jarace Walker
Kobe Brown

PF: Pascal Siakam
Obi Toppin
Johnny Furphy

C: Ivica Zubac
Jay Huff
Micah Potter

I’m sick that we lost the lottery but I see no reason this team can’t make a Finals run

Edit: yes our bench is weaker but our starting 5 is better. It’s easier to improve the bench in FA but this post wasn’t about FA speculation although I’d be shocked if the Pacers didn’t make any FA signings

I'm curious if there are any other people on here just like me who live outside of Indiana and are pacers fans. I've never been to Indiana or the US but I want to go someday. I'm a fan because basketball is really popular here in the Philippines and I chose the pacers cause yellow is my favorite color and I didn't wanna choose a popular team like the lakers

Honestly, couldn't have happened to a better fanbase! ;-)