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I think we can all agree that come this Fall Tinsley will be our starting point. He looked impressive throughout early last season, but then injuries arose, but he came back when it matter the most and helped us get pass Boston.
So far he sounds like he's all but back to his old self again, reeping greatly from the offseason,
I'm really glad that we didn't trade him because I believe this is his year to shine, he has the talent and the team to be a great PG.
So let's assume he stays healthy, do you guys believe he can make an appearance at the All-Star break....

Of course I do.......





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jermaine7fan

I don't think he will... for the same reason that Chauncey Billups hasn't been there yet... too many good point guards in the East. He may be playing like an all-star... but I don't think he will make the game... sorry... Cause I would love it if he did... I'll give you this... Jamal has the best chance of any Pacer not named Jermaine or Ron

PacersguyUSA

I don't think so, because no team really gets to send three all-stars. If he were on a different team, then I could see it.

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WSH almost sent 3, but Larry got injured and only sent Jamison and Gilbert.

son shine

"Let's assume he stays healthy." Hmmm...
Seems we still do that with Bender.
Can't assume anything about Tins. Game 40 or 45 he comes up either mysteriously injured or just plain benched.

Pacers Fan

Tinsley has no chance of becoming an All-Star. As much talent as he may have, he's never going to get the opportunity to score, and he's not even going to lead the team. I'm expecting 9/8/2 out of him this year, and nothing more.

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jermaine7fan

That's about what I was thinking. And that's exactly what we need from him too!

TheNap

He didn't "earn" his bench time, he earned his way off the bench due to Anderson's injury and his subsequent kick azz play. Last season is the only year that Tinsley missed a lot of time due to injury. Prior to last year he was more dependable than Artest when it came to injury. People forget that Ron missed a good chunk of time when he was still in Chicago.

Add in Ron's suspensions and IGNORE last year (where Ron was gone more than Tins) and Tinsley played more games per season than Ron the prior 3 seasons (01-02 to 03-04), and this is including Tinsley's bench time during Rick's first season.

80 73 52 = 68.3
55 69 73 = 65.6

In Ron's first 2 years he played 72 and 76, so he still lacks an 80 game season even like Tinsley has. Adding those 2 seasons into his total he still only has averaged 69 games per season. The numbers don't look better if you add in the 40 for Tins and the 7 for Ron.

Tins has been hurt during one playoff series (the 04 ECF) and was still recovering during last years 2nd round. That's the main reason why people associate him with injuries. And some of his missed time in that 52 game year was at least 3 games off for a death in the family (was it his mom? I forget now) and 3 others were for personal reasons that might have been related to a family health issue (like person very ill in the family).

Between those 6 games and the list of DNP-CD (or IR to hold roster at 12 guys the coach will actually play) Tins probably only missed 5-6 games due to actual injury that year too.