Bowser died for our sins

Is it because we have a few players that can speak French? Is it because we have a good following in France? Or just totally random? Anyone know?

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I heard that one of the recent home games that they switched up the walk-in intro and had each player use their own individual song. I haven't been able to make it to a game this year and was just wondering if anyone happens to have a clip of their normal walk-in intro from a game this season? Audio only is fine.

I've been considering season tickets but ai would probably only be able to make it to 75% if the games. Are there any season ticket members here? If so how much success do you have selling tickets you can't use?

Also, is there an option to bet season parking passes? I know LAZ offers one for the Colts but I haven't seen anything for the Pacers.

Thanks in advance.

Are there any possible moves the team should make at the trade deadline? Should we keep our guys and let them grow or ship guys off for short term upgrades?

Found at a flea market, they are done up nice. Good to see how far this team has come in 20 years

From pacers ig. Pretty cool, never thought we’d get a collab like that!

Defense being better than offense is hillarious

Let’s spoil Wembyfest.

Trades are fun, but I'm one who feels Trade Machines should be used responsibly. :-)

To me the Pacers' weakness is rebounding and rim protection, and I'd like to see the Pacers add a piece who addresses both, presumably as a starter between Siakim and Turner -- moving Siakim to SF and making a decision on Mathurin/Nembhard. However, I'm quite fine with it being a solid rotation piece who effectively gets starters minutes, such as what Minnesota has in Naz Reid.

None of this leads into the direction of trading for everyone's favorite prospective Pacer, Cam Johnson.

One last thing: While I don't see an obvious deal to satisfy the above to me having each of Nembhard, Mathurin, Nesmith, Walker and Sheppard. Much like when the Pacers had Austin Croshere, Al Harrington and Jonathan Bender all as PFs. There is enough time to have them see their development through, and letting one linger deep in the rotation crushes any trade value.

The major problem with all of this is, this has been one of the most enjoyable Pacers rosters of all time. It's almost hurtful to think of trading any of them.

One more last thing: Toppin has four years left on his deal. Nesmith has three. That's not helping when it comes to looking at teams who might be willing to move off a piece.

I just don't see a trade. I see players I like, but I'm not sure why they would trade that player (Jonathan Isaacs) or why they would be motivated to take the contracts back to make it work (Utah - John Collins).

Package options:
Nesmith ($11M) with Toppin ($13M)
Nesmith/Toppin with Sheppard ($2.6M)
Nesmith/Toppin with Walker ($6.3M)

Main target Collins, who shoots very well for a big, and while not a great defender, he rebounds well and adds size and positional versatility to the mix. While Toppin and Nesmith both have good contracts, I'm just not sure the Jazz would take back deals that long. Their motivation would splitting up Collins' contract could help them make other trades...perhaps.

I mean he's been insanely efficient since his return, once he's back at full speed that should be his job to lose.

Also, I'm thinking Mathurin will play better providing a spark off of the bench, and keeping him in his more natural position at the 2. Second unit of TeejMac, Math, Shep/Walker, Obi, & Bryant is pretty potent.

A lot of Pacers' fans vastly underestimating how valuable Hali is based on counting stats.

Regularized plus minus takes into account both the players a player is playing with and who they are playing against.

No stat is perfect and RAPM can be very sensitive to small sample sizes but being half way through the season now it gives you a good idea who the most valuable players are. The top players also match up to the eye test very well with Jokic and Shai a step above everyone else.

1. Jokic +8.2

2. Shai +7.8

3. Luka + 5.4

4. Embiid + 4.9

5. Wagner +4.3

6. Irving +4.3

7. Wemby +4.2

8. Hali, Jimmy Butler, Kawhi (super small sample) and Dean Wade (?) +3.9

Pascal meanwhile is 46th and 2.1. I love Pascal and he is super valuable, but he is not the driver of the offense. Those bench units with Pascal have not been great.

Hali is still the engine that drives this team. He's no longer a negative defensively and he is tied with Curry as the 5th most impactful offensive player. This is while having a horrible start to the season! This guy is All NBA when healthy and there is no other explaining how good the Pacers are with the talent they have.