Tom White

I've always referred to him as Screamin' A. Smith. For obvious reasons.

You should get out more often.

Don't ever disparage a farmer with your mouth full. Farmers work harder than you will likely ever imagine doing.

Yep. After missing almost every other shot he took.

I think that pretty well sums it up. People can whine about the refs until they turn blue, but the refs did not cause Turner to only get two rebounds in the first game. They didn't cause Nembhard to be a jersey grabber throughout both games. They didn't cause Carlisle to put McConnell (the only guard doing a good job on Brunson) on the bench at the end of game two. They didn't cause a number of other shortcomings by the Pacers. We need to remember the Pacers had trouble with Milwaukee in that series, even though Giannis did not play, and Lillard missed most of the series. Heck the Knicks have been missing Randle and Bogdanovic this whole series. Our Pacers just need to play harder and smarter and not put themselves in situations where anything other than the players can make a difference. That would go a long way.

Does newness make a difference in this case? I'm talking about him (and others) repeating the same thing over and over again.

Oh, I think he gets it.....but sometimes the problem with a one-trick pony is the trick is just not a very good one.

Seriously?

That makes no difference when the negative side only wants to hear their own voice. Let's face it. Nothing said here is going to change anyone's mind, so why keep repeating yourself?

These announcers do have a habit of over-reacting, don't they? Within seconds you hear "The Bucks are on the ropes" and then "Here come the Bucks, they aren't dead yet". My big take away from the game is, where has this defensive effort been hiding? Very impressive.

Thanks guys. Like so many other things, it turns out the simplest answer was the correct one.

Pardon my ignorance, but what does TBT stand for? It looks like teams of past players being put together for each Big Ten school, but what does the acronym stand for?

I think using Johnson as a comparison is setting the bar pretty low.

Looks like all the hopefuls who didn't make the cut to join Parliament-Funkadelic.

We all know that the last person to see the light turn green is always in the first car in line.

Or Mariel.

She has a heck of a long way to go to match the talent of either Elvis or The Beatles. What she has is one heck of a PR team.

A couple thoughts, most of which have nothing to do with the game. I laughed during the last time out, when the camera showed Carlisle giving instructions to the team, and Jenny gave him a look like "You want them to do what?" I'm sure that isn't what was actually happening, but the visual was funny. Hubie Brown. Had not heard him in a long time. I mean years. I wasn't even sure he was still alive. The last time I heard him, I thought he might have gotten a bit senile, but last night he was excellent. 90 years old and still doing the job. That was so good to hear. Very rarely watch ESPN and find most of their people to be loud, annoying and sometimes just plain old stupid. They could all learn a lot from a guy like Hubie.

You would be wrong about that. I was not suggesting any single comment was out of line. Rather, I was suggesting that when a video or whatever sparks this sort of debate, it might be better to do a Copy/Paste of it to the appropriate sub-forum. Then folks could freely debate their thoughts. That's all.

Oddly enough, I thought the discussion in this forum was supposed to be "Portal/Late Decommits IU Is Interested In" So perhaps it is the "conversation" that is out of place?

I don't know about Nix, but I can see it for Penix. Atlanta has their veteran QB (Cousins) under contract for a few more years. That gives Penix time to sit and watch, listen, learn and absorb all he can from a solid starter. I think that is a benefit for him and the team both down the road.

I don't tweet. I don't beep. I don't even chirp. I have been known to toot on occasion. Mostly after a few brews.

That would not take much.

Good Grief! Corrected it now. Thanks.

Have you noticed there is always a "With that being said" disclaimer on all these announcements?