dwtaylor1055

Def agree, there will be times that I feel like Vic will need to take over when he's rolling but not near as much as he did last year.

Very good and easily in the MVP consideration(yes I know its only 5 games in but still). Is this his last season under contract? Side note, Pacers took care of the Spurs which was nice considering their bad game against the Timberwolves, very good ball movement, very good bench play and for the most part very good shot selection. Sabonis and Tyreke off of the bench is so lethal. Could either one of these two win the 6th man of the year?

So the team in 2013-2014 wasn't a threat, I would consider making it to the ECF significant? The team in the early 2000s were not a threat? I know its early(only 1 game) but assuming the bench can play like this 75 or 80% of the games, I cannot think of a better bench over the last 10 years or so that the Pacers have had.

Pacers are really deep

Giannis needs to fix his spot up jumpers and improve his 3 point shot, if he does this, then I will be more worried about them. If he does not, force him to do that while defending and make others win the game for the Bucks

Evans will not start, unless Bojan gets hurt then Tyreke could slide into the SF position. Evans will push for roughly 24 to 27 mins per game IMO. Since he does have a injury risk, I think we will see him playing longer stretches to end the first half and ending the game. The closing group will be Vic/Tyreke/Bojan/Thad/Myles with Collison or Cory in at some times depending on game flow and game planning. This gives you three respectable 3 pt shooters in Vic/Bojan and Myles. With Vic and Tyreke it gives you two legit playmakers. With Vic/Tyreke/Thad/Myles this gives you good defense.

Yes they did bring in those guys for the bench, but I believe that Tyreke will play more times then not going down the stretch in the 4th quarter to prevent defenses from circling in on Vic. This will make the defense respect Tyreke as opposed to Cory or Darren when they can sag off and stay closer to Vic. I can see it going both ways with Vic getting more ppg but I could see it being under as well.

I could easily see this happening, especially with the season he had last year. I'm not so much worried about Vic, its Myles. Yes I know Myles is still young, however I think this is a very big year for him, lots of money on the line for next offseason as well

It def showed when Vic missed a game, the leadership wasn't quite their nor was the intensity or scoring. I think if Vic misses any games(knock on wood) I think the team has a lot better chance in winning a few without him. My top prediction for the east at the end of the year(#1 to #8): Celtics/Raptors/Pacers/76ers/Bucks/Wizards/Heat/Hornets

really? I would like that, any specific reasoning behind your prediction?

I agree, I am going with under and I mean slightly under at around 21.6ppg. I think Turner picks up a few more points(12.7 in 2017) and ends up around 15ppg or 16ppg in 2018, Tyreke adds legit scoring from the bench that this team has been missing for a few years(my guess around 12 to 13ppg, Sabonis will pick up a few more points.

over/under Vic at 22 ppg this year.