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How Many Pacers Have Reported Early?

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/question_050927.html

Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005
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Q. I live in Phoenix, Ariz., noticed the Suns are currently holding voluntary workouts at AmericaWest Arena. Training camp is only one week away but it seemed as if all of the Suns players were in attendance when it showed the workouts on the news. My question is are the Pacers already together as a team and working out daily? If so, who has showed up so far and what type of things are they doing? (From Brad in Phoenix, Ariz.)



A. At the urging of Jermaine O'Neal, almost all of the Pacers have been participating in voluntary, informal workouts for the past couple of weeks in Conseco Fieldhouse. Stepping right into the role of leader, O'Neal suggested his teammates get together early to get a jump on training camp and that's precisely what has happened. Ron Artest, Jonathan Bender, Austin Croshere, Jeff Foster, Eddie Gill, Danny Granger, David Harrison, Stephen Jackson, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Fred Jones, O'Neal and Scot Pollard have been regulars at the workouts, as has training-camp invitee Jimmie "Snap" Hunter.

In the past decade or so, it has become increasingly common for players to report early because of the need to hit the ground running in training camp. The less time a team has to spend on conditioning during the month of preseason, the more it can spend on fine-tuning its offensive and defensive systems in order to be as prepared as possible for the beginning of the season. Even so, it's particularly encouraging to see most of the team working together. They know what can be accomplished this season, and it appears they can't wait to get started.

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rock747

So pretty much everyone is working out except Anthony Johnson.

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PaCeRhOLiC

That's what it sounds like and personally I wouldn't have it any other way.....



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And Jamaal Tinsley. It's too bad, because AJ needs a workout more than anyone on the Pacers with the exception of David Harrison.

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Banjoriddim

This is really good to hear. And I hope AJ is currently on diet. I really really hope that Harrison will be in good shape (it would help him tremendously).

MillerTime

There's a really good article about players showing up early on Pacers.com right now. Here is a part about Tins and AJ not coming early........

Rest of Story: http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/camp_050930.html

Personally, even if they didn't have a good excuse, i wouldn't be worried. IMO basketball's training camp is most over rated of all the major 4 sports. And it's almost impossible for a guy not to be working out in private, so that's not even a question about that. When the last time a player showed up really out of shape to training camp in basketball? If you research it, you'll find alot for NFL, NHL and even MLB, but basketball, for the most part, players take care of their bodies and still play ball in the off-season.

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