I know and if he can keep his turnovers down like he did in the second half then im fine with it. i mean he'll never have the ball in his hands more than lebron, but we also cant have lebron having to initiate offense all of the time so westbrook can do that so long as he keeps those turnovers down.

odds are reaves starts with lonnie as the back up 2 and THT as the back up 3. unfortunately, we might have the worst shooting bench in the nba with tht, lonnie, stanley, and jones being the primary backups at their respective positions

I like Reaves alot, and I think he would be a solid starter. I just think they really are high on Lonnie. He was the first move in free agency, and he prolly took a paycut. I think our team missed KCP athletic ability and quickness in the starting lineup, which Lonnie will provide. I'm hoping his 3 point shot is really good. It's easier to hit them when they are open looks from AD/Lebron. Lonnie had to be one of the man on the spurs.. not dominant alpha dishing out open looks. Lonnie was one of the main scoring options on those teams. THT might be out of the rotation if he doesn't improve... People keep sleeping on Troy Brown and Nunn. I think they will be solid backupS. Hopefully Stanley jumper comes around because he would be a nice role player. I think JTA was Brough in to challenge him. JTA is a big defensive forward who can hit 3s.

I'm hoping Ham plays Russ with the backups more. He would thrive playing against backups and with the ball in his hands more. One of the many things I wished Frank would have looked at.

Ben McLemore is still out there. still in his 20s and had a good year on the Blazers. known as a sharp shooter

I'm also hoping we bring in

Jay Huff C, Mason Jones G, McCoy G

that would bring the bodies up to 19 going into training camp. Sign those 3 and one more vet. Or sign 2 and 2 vets. I actually thought all 3 looked like better prospects then Pippen JR. Swider is a steal

crazy:
Bazemore, Bradley, Ariza, Melo, Dwight, Augustine, Ellington, Isaiah Thomas, Rajon Rondo are all still free agents. Men were getting minutes this past year, and now our of the league.

our klay thompson

sad Pelinka about to make me go through all that again

Team’s performance has lots to do with free agency signings…everyone scooped up Golden States benchwarmers just cause they won the title…same thing happened when we won…nobody wants our guys now cause we didn’t make the playoffs

if Russ is still on this team and is gonna play with Bron then he needs to become a screener/secondary playmaker much more than he did last season. Russ screening Bron and playing off the roll worked really well on the rare times they ran it

Exactly. Can’t have him spotting up and taking 3 3PA, that number needs to be below 1.

surprised we don't look at Ben Mclemore... he's still young and is a sniper..

small, can't defend. he isnt that good of a shooter to be on the court, not even a better shooter than ellington who could barely get on the court.

Who says no to this trade

basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/7595630

THT for Buddy Hield…

Why: Lakers get a win now player in Buddy Hield. Hield adds a shooting dynamic to the team and is in his prime. Indiana goes with youth In THT. THT will get a chance to grow with a young pacers team. THT needs the ball in his hands to make be productive. I don’t think he will get that chance on this laker team. THT is useless off ball without elite defense or shooting. Buddy is a sniper, perfect for a win now team

Indiana lol

Buddy Hield isn’t all that. People act like he’s an all star. Sure he’s an A shooter, but he averages 15 on bad teams. His numbers should be up on those bad teams. He’s small, not that good on defense…. He ain’t worth the moon and stars.

Lakers working out Shabazz Muhammad

Heard the lakers could land

Myles Turner and Buddy Hield

For Russ and 2 1st. I think I might just do it…. Turner is the perfect starting center. He won’t be played off the floor. Our team is suddenly huge again like the 2020 team. Buddy Hield would stretch the floor and be great for the starting lineup. Lebron will be the de facto point

New starting lineup

Turner, AD, Lebron, Buddy and last spot either

Reaves/Walker/THT depending what we want.

Myles Turner is a beast. Great defender and and is a stretch 5

Suddenly 5 with be a strength
Turner, Bryant, Jones

4
AD and Stanley

3
Lebron and Troy Brown

2
Buddy Walker Reaves

1
Nunn, THT

Could sign Schroeder or Kemba to the minimum too…make that trade….. pretend we landed 3 1sts in Turner, Brown, Walker

Turner sucks and is hardly a stretch five. He shot 33% from 3.

He’s injury prone, he gets bullied in the paint and rather play on the perimeter. He doesn’t rebound well and he loves midrange shots.

Hield isn’t shooting as well as he has lately. Shooters always take a major hit when coming here lately, I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

If the Pacers really want Hield off the books for the 23-24 season, then they might as well trade for Westbrook now.

Turner and Hield are not worth any future 1st and I’d honestly rather have Westbrick for one more year than trading anymore picks.

get his ass

Y’all haven’t gone to Pacer practices. Turner is not the answer. 😂

Anyone have interest in Shabazz Muhammad ??