05-06-2008, 11:19 AM
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Pacers Look At Players Who Fit Style
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The Indiana Pacers are preparing for the June draft just like they did a year ago. They've scouted players in person and watched them on video.
This year, however, the Pacers will determine whether they use or trade their pick; last year, they had no pick. They had given it to Atlanta to complete a trade involving Al Harrington.
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The Pacers are slotted to pick 11th if lottery seeds hold, their earliest selection since picking Erick Dampier 10th in 1996. They believe the draft is the first step to improving.
Team president Larry Bird wouldn't divulge names, but he said the Pacers have targeted point guard and center as their primary needs.
As important, Bird said the player has to fit coach Jim O'Brien's style at least "90 percent" of the time.
"If you get somebody that doesn't play his style, he's not going to play much anyways," Bird said. ". . . Jimmy will be involved in it. He won't tell us who to draft, but he'll be watching a lot of tape and getting his hands in the middle of it."
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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...TS04/805060383
So who do you guys think the Pacers are going to target?
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