arcade_rida

Who ever said Finley doesn't play defense is pretty crazy. I have watched a lot of Dallas games were Finley is always up on his man. I have always known Finley as a Eddie Jones type defender. Pretty solid defender for his age and also for the NBA now a days.

PacersguyUSA

Why make players adjust to a new position (JJ has played either SF or PF in college and the NBA) when you can get a good, true SG?

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JJ played some SG last year, so it won't be a big adjustment.

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DannyGranger33

Finley was actually the only player on Dallas that would even attempt to defend..

Personally, I think it was more the Mavs system than anything else. Nelson didn't preach defense at all, Avery Johnson was starting to instill that into his squad, and Finley showed he wasn't a scrub defending..

Now of course he's not Artest-esque on the defensive side of the ball, but he can shoot.. and when you play a team like Detroit that dares you to beat them from 3.. you could use a few more shooters like Finley.

Besides, what can we expect from a guy like Pollard or Croshere anyway? Croshere has been so up and down since the 01' Finals.. and Pollard couldn't beat a lot of the guys I see play at the YMCA.. so why the hell not take a chance on Fin-Dog.

I would love the move.

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Tersk

Your not interested in Finley, the article came up with a possible idea on how to trade Finley to the East.

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pacerfan23

Yes, the columnist here on this one was just throwing some hypotheticals out there. Although he is 32 I think he may have a few very good years left in him. And he has what the Pacers need, he hit 129 treys last year at over 40% clip not to shabby. That was more then Miller or Jackson last year, although some of that is attributed to thier run and gun style perhaps.

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mavsman

Finley is still a very good player. He averaged 16 a game last year and he had a down year. He shoots 3's at over 40%. Any team would be happy to have a guy like Finley. The Mavericks don't really want to get rid of him but for them it costs them 102 mil for the next 3 years. For the Pacers they could get rid of some bad contracts and Finley would cost them only 51 mil.

In terms of talent Finley would help the Pacers more than Freddy Jones/Pollard would help the Mavericks but it would be a win/win for both sides.

Of course Indiana could just wait for Finley to be released and then try to sign him for peanuts. However they will have to get into a long line and the chances of landing him then are slim.

naptownpimp

he wouldn't do that if we won it

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spongyfungy

haha. good one

DWest Superstar

I hope Indy does not get Finley. He is unstopable in NBA Live. I swear his 3 Ball is like 150 in that game. I don't want him in the Eastern Confrence when I am doing my Franchise mode.

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