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36 minutes ago, milehiiu said:

Not that this has anything to do with anything.  Other than this is an NBA thread.... and it seems we have many Pacer ( or as you you refer to them.... "P" fans )... I ask who is you all time fav "P" player ?

For me it has to be :

Reggie Miller 

As a kid I was a Bob Netolicky fan, but from a talent standpoint Roger Brown and Big Mac are hard to beat.

10 hours ago, dgambill said:

Hard to get too excited about any of it. The attitudes and bickering back and forth with millionaires and billionaires when most Americans are suffering through every day just trying to make a living all the while still working in the midst of all the uncertainty and taking risks for their families to pay the bills just is a turn off. Probably why I love college basketball so much. Mostly still just kids living a dream loving the game. The passion I once saw in the NBA seems to mostly mostly have died out years ago. Heck these guys are mostly so out of touch with the real world. Don’t get me wrong the greats of the past lived a different life then the rest of us but it just seems they weren’t so out of touch and were still amongst the community...now even the bench guys are making so much money they put those that came before to shame. I’ll wait for the amateurism to tip it off to go back. Same for the NFL too.

Pretty much my feelings about pro sports (and amateur to a lesser extent).  While we love watching our favorite teams/games, the bottom line is that they are playing a game.  A GAME.  Remember when RMK used to make fun of reporters saying we all learned to write in grade school but most of us went on to more important things? Same applies to athletes.  Grossly overpaid (or lavished with attention and praise) due to their ability to play a game - and half of that ability is genetic roulette.  I appreciate their effort and dedication to the game, but much of that effort is for personal gain and improvement which is good, but they aren't Gods or necessarily better people just because of their achievements and abilities.  I enjoy watching (some of them), but I stopped viewing them as hero's a number of years ago.  I don't know if I even have as much as a passing interest in the NBA anymore, perhaps my only interest is in the careers of ex-IU players.  I suspect my feelings about the NFL are soon to be the same.

On 5/8/2020 at 12:38 PM, 3Ballin said:

Ya, he said he was married.  Once that happens all hope is lost, regardless of where she went to school. 🤣

Confucius say:   "Man not complete until married.....then he's finished"

1 hour ago, 5fouls said:

Tell us the truth.  Boogerglob is snot a real place, is it?  

Ha! I think it is mucus I heard of it here: National Lampoon "Gymnasty"

At least one "pure shooter" is a must, IMO.  I don't give a tinker's damn where they're from - Evansville, Indy, Ft. Wayne, S. Bend, or Boogerglob Yugoslavia.  We need some strong outside threats.  I am not comfortable in relying on player development for that skill.

3 hours ago, Zlinedavid said:

That is correct.

That said, contrary to popular opinion, 1-3 would not be the end of the world.  Not ideal, but not a disaster either.

At this point, I'm not going to worry about it or even give it much thought.  But, a whiff on our top 3 targets would be deeply concerning.  Our out of state recruiting hasn't been particularly impressive so we'd be hoping for the old "rabbit out of the hat" routine.  For a while I've thought about the situation under Crean around 2015 or so (I just don't remember the particular seasons), where we were having mediocre recruiting success and everyone was pointing to 2017 (?) as a loaded year in-state.  Time came and went and we came away with empty nets.  That was the beginning of the end in some ways for CTC.

It's so early at this point.  I trust we've made and maintained contact with the players we like.  The emphasis in the near term needs to be with the current team and season - as stated, it will be instrumental in future recruiting.

11 hours ago, DC2345 said:

Gus Etchison scores 41 points in a 71-69 win over Lebanon tonight. 

I know nothing more than what I read on message boards, and this kid may not measure up to the staff's standards, but man we could really use a little "pepper pot" like this kid.  It's great to get the blue chipper, but a kid like this (if he pans out) could be a fan favorite, sparkplug.

35 minutes ago, Hoosierinbham said:

Don't know about Justin's recruiting comments regarding offers, but love the gratitude this kid exudes. It could be that he has recently blown up, and hasn't gotten used to it, but attitude is such a big factor.  Give me a grateful fast riser versus someone that was ranked high early based on athleticism, and hasn't progressed, any day. 

Agreed.  I think it's interesting how he alludes to beginning to believe that maybe the NBA could be in his future, rather than indicating that that goal is his highest priority and that choosing a college isn't just about finding the coach that can get him there.

On 7/20/2019 at 11:47 AM, FW_Hoosier said:

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m kind of getting Crean flashbacks with our approach to this 2020 class.

I looked over the UI board this morning and I thought I saw where Underwood has extended 55 offers to 2020 players.  CAM may not be stingy with offers, but he's not passing them out like candy either.

3 hours ago, BADGERVOL said:

I honestly thought that up to even a few years ago. But I’ve always thought the Spurs as a small market team was the only that could do it...then after Golden State, Toronto, and the Bucks, etc.and then larger market teams like Atlanta, Chicago and New York struggling to be good or consistently good...well it opened my eyes to the fact that I couldn’t simply say “oh the whole league is the Big Market teams and superstars going to those teams. That isn’t supported by the reality of the past 10 years.

Other negatives about the NBA night still have validity such as watering down talent, skill being replaced by “potential,” etc all seem to have something to them in my opinion.

As I recall San Antonio got it all going in a unique way.  They were bad and drafted a star (David Robinson), then a short while later he had a season ending injury and they pulled off a coup by tanking (or were just that bad without him), got lucky and parlayed that into getting Duncan.  Bang.  Two stars.  I can't think of many, if any, times a truly small market team traded for a superstar (let alone two).  I do give props to SAS for continuing to be contenders (or nearly so), well after DR and TD were done.

Seinfields line about "rooting for laundry" was about MLB, but IMO applies to the NBA.

But, hey what do I know?  The league is profitable for the owners, the players make obscene amounts of money, and there's plenty of people to watch the games and fork over big dollars to attend games.  I'm just not one of them.

Haven't cared for the NBA for years now.  I guess I'm just not a fan of the league, but am (was) a fan of a team.  Today's NBA is about forming a few loaded teams and hyping (pimping) the heck out of them.  Small market teams may occasionally draft or acquire a highly talented guy, but it's only inevitable that he will not be there for long.

For those that like the NBA, that's fine and good for them.  I see it more as a few Globetrotter teams and a bunch of Washington Generals teams (only the Generals DO get to win games when they don't really count).