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6 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

I think I start one of these every year. Growing up my two loves in sports were IU basketball and the 500. I will be attending my 26th this year, but my first without my dad. That’s going to be rougher than Christmas for me. 

Practice starts this week. I would normally keep a tab open on my computer at work with the live video feed, but that is by subscription only now through NBC. 

I’m not real thrilled with the new wrinkles in the qualifying format. I hate the last row shootout on Sunday. 

Hopefully we see a better race this year than last. The lack of cars having the ability to pass except on restarts was terrible. 

Love the institution that is 16th and Georgetown. Headed out Saturday with a group. Sun will be rampant, temps in the 80's and very few sounds in sport can replicate the first time you hear those cars in front of you. I won't get into the rules part....but I will say that moving event to NBC seems to be paying off. Today Show, Tom Hanks and others will be in town week from Thursday for big event. Looking forward to all of it! 

Just saw this stat on twitter. Steve Kerr obviously with huge talent is 17-1 in series. Pat Forde made the comment about being Red Auerbach esque...

27 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

I'd argue there has never been a shooter like him. 

I've been trying to find a comparable player and I just can't. There have been dead on shooters we've all watched but none like him with the quickness, the move and still be able to pull up and drain. Fun exercise actually...trying to think of anyone close.

8 hours ago, BGleas said:

I still don’t know why people thought the Warriors couldn’t/shouldn’t win without Durant. They’re so much more fun to watch without Durant. I don’t know why people discount Curry, the dude is a 2-time MVP and one of the most unique superstars in a long, long time. 

That Curry 2nd half will go down in NBA history....as it should. Houston has to feel like Pacers, Knicks or anyone else who went up against Jordan in the East. If they couldn't beat Warriors without Durant when will they?

Stephen A just floated this out there. Nothing off the table for Lakers including possibly trading Lebron since he didn't get the coach he wanted. I'm not a diehard but this is setting up as one of the biggest off seasons in years for NBA. 

3 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Haven't seen that but wouldn't be surprised to see the Pacers try to get involved. Talk behind the scenes though, including from Woj, is that the Clippers are the team to beat if GS doesn't step up with a large contract.

Thanks. Was just curious. Obviously I would love it for the Pacers....and honestly just to make the offer would be a big step for a franchise that rarely makes a play in free agency.

I keep seeing something about Klay and Pacers. Where did this come from? Actual news or did someone just float the idea?

You can get free week trials with HBO for 7 days each time. Catch up on several great series including Thrones. Good thing about HBO is they only need a new email address each time you sign up. I'm on my 4th week of free (mostly for Thrones) but watched True Detectives and a few others as well. Just have to cancel on 7th day. 

8 hours ago, NotIThatLives said:

Crazy thing is, as far as tenacity,  I love Westbrook.   

Some of the outfits and trying to get the conversation on him gets annoying but he's frank and I appreciate that.  Embid is frank but imo sounds like a big idiot too often.  

I like Westbrook too. I've always liked guys with a bit of an edge to them. Started with Skiles continued with Rodman, Iverson....give me those guys all day long. I really don't have an explanation for it either because they can be some of the most hated guys when they played. 

23 hours ago, Seeking6 said:

I've long accepted brutal officiating as a Pacers fan during those series vs Knicks and Bulls during 90's. But the NBA couldn't assign anyone else? Haha...wish I was a gambler. The over and Warriors all day long...and I don't even know what the line is. 

Just a quick update on this post for those interested. The total was at 210 with 45 seconds to play. Ended at 224. Line was 5-5.5 for Warriors and they won by 6. It's circulating on twitter right now but somebody lost $110k when they took the under last night.

Just now, BGleas said:

Just an FYI, the NBA assigns the officiating crews for the games in a series before the series starts. So for example, Scott Foster was assigned to game 2 before the series started, not in a reactionary move to Game 1. 

Good to know and thank you. I'll still say given Foster's history with Rockets there wasn't someone else?

Just now, Hoosierhoopster said:

And the Rockets release an "audit" of last year's WC Finals to show that officiating cost them a trip to the Finals. Strange plot lines circulating, lol.

I've long accepted brutal officiating as a Pacers fan during those series vs Knicks and Bulls during 90's. But the NBA couldn't assign anyone else? Haha...wish I was a gambler. The over and Warriors all day long...and I don't even know what the line is. 

Interesting tidbit for tonight's Rockets/Warriors game. After the calls in Game 1 caused issues the NBA assigns veteran official Scott Foster to the game. Reminder that Chris Paul, Harden, and Rockets have a long running feud with Foster. Harden was fined for criticizing Foster in February. Seriously NBA. You couldn't get anyone else??

Admittedly once Pacers were eliminated I haven't watched as much NBA playoffs. I did catch a little of Denver/Portland game last night. It's not often that 2 former Mr. Indiana's are on the same team. With that said. Mr. Lyles looks like a guy who could care less about his team. Didn't play and wasn't even remotely engaged. Is this the norm for him in Denver?

Mile-maybe you could help out with local talk?

Just a general comment. Imagine being a GM or All Star during the Jordan years. Guys like Reggie, Patrick Ewing, Malone/Stockton, Barkley...all the other good to great teams like Pacers, Knicks, Suns, Seattle, Cavaliers,etc....never having a real chance to win a title because of Jordan.

Feel the same way now as it relates to Golden St. We can spend all season long talking about our teams but as it stands no one is beating Warriors. It's going to take players in the off season to add 1 if not 2 all star type players to their teams to beat them. Just don't see how it's possible honestly. I love watching greatness perform. But when you go into a season knowing you have less than 5% chance of ultimate success the league becomes boring, right? Or am I looking at it the wrong way. Should I just sit back and cheer for the one team (West or East) that can somehow pull off the upset of all upsets by beating GSW 4x?

1 minute ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Pacers in the East, OKC in the West. Not apples to apples, of course. 

Yep. Agree all day. And of course missing Vic 46 games isn't apples to apples as well. Just thought it was an interesting number. 

23 minutes ago, BGleas said:

I thought it was awesome. All the trash OKC was talking in the only game they won, and Dame shut them up in an embarrassing way. It was great!

Thought this was an interesting information this morning in a tweet since George trade. Of course the Pacers played 46 games without Oladipo. 

Thunder: 97-67 regular season, 3-8 playoffs (4 seed, 6 seed) Pacers: 96-68 regular season, 3-8 playoffs (5 seed, 5 seed)

2 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

I expected to hear lots of tips coming forward most will yield nothing but like you said it's back in the forefront.  Over 1000 calls so far.

 

Late professor famous for the Last Lecture, Randy Pausch called them head fakes. Make the believe they are doing something fun when actually learning a difficult subject. 

There was a game back in the day we played called Acquire. We played in 8th or 9th grade when studying business, leveraged buyouts, finance,etc....we played that board game vs each other to learn. Great way to learn.

19 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

I used to teach a class called Topics in US History and 1 semester we examined some of the great conspiracy theories. Another year we did the JFK assassination for the entire semester and ended with a thesis presentation with evidence of who the killer was.  Its amazing how much kids will put into something especially if they feel it goes against what the book says. 

To quote Mr. Prezbo from The Wire "trick them into thinking they aren't learning and they do". 

Regarding Delphi case they had a few former FBI types on local news last night and all agreed the strategy in play here is the right one. Gets people discussing again and given the passion of presser....it might force the suspect into making a mistake he hasn't made in 26 months.

6 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

"eat your cake and have it to" was the phrase that nailed the Unabomber

Yep. Along with iirc 4-5 other words that were misspelled and phrases used time and time again by him. Fascinating stuff. 

4 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

My question is that where did the new sketch come from since it was so different than the first one.

No clue but I can tell you this. When I went from 235 with longer hair to 154 and shorter hair in one year I looked like two different people. Just a theory but if the criminal is as smart as he thinks he is....maybe weight loss, change of hair, appearance....is his way of thinking he's smarter.

One big fear I have is that this person could be very, very close to the investigation. Not saying anyone involved in case but when someone gets away with it for this long it means they more times than not have a very good understanding of how cases work, mistakes not to make,etc....

14 minutes ago, rico said:

The FBI has voice analysis, right?

Yep. And if people are interested watch the Unabomber case on Netflix I believe. It dives into the forensics for language or writing styles. It's ultimately how they tracked him down because of words he used because the editor of the Chicago Tribune used them back in the 50's and 60's. Might be boring to some....but absolutely fascinating to me. 

3 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

I was expecting some real breaking news. I love this strategy  and listening to the exact wording I do believe this person is not some drifter or a career criminal per se but someone that has a profession career and a family. Still such a tragic story and I hope and pray he is captured.

Exactly. The strategy is perfect. Now it's up the person to make a mistake....because they always do. Usually it's arrogance on getting away with it for so long. They'll slip up and tactics like the presser yesterday are usually used to do just that. 

1 hour ago, rico said:

Well, that was less than impressive.

To me calling the person out is a tactic that usually works. If they suggest they might have spoken with them or someone close to them and all of a sudden someone disappears or leaves their normal pattern (or area) it's usually a tell and an easy for police to follow. If the person of interest all of sudden changes their normal routine after 2 years they can start narrowing things down.

To me anything we can do to keep this case on peoples minds is a win. With the new sketch my guess is they've probably received 100's of it looks like this guy since Noon. Hopefully it works.

29 minutes ago, rico said:

Oh, I understand that.  It would be like me committing a crime and leaving my finger prints...I have never committed a crime, however my prints are on file with the military.  I would be had in a heart beat.  In this case I would imagine they do have several DNA samples from multiple "suspects".  It is also my guess that at least one shouldn't have been there.  But I ain't Perry Mason.

They just setup the presser. Photos of girls and one that is covered. I'd imagine the one that is covered has to be a photo of someone or person of interest.