Offseason thread

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by Ben

@MikeWellsNBA



No numbers yet.

Unless the numbers are crazy that's very good news. I like Hill and he wants to be here.

I still wish we had a better starting point guard, but you can do a lot worse than Hill and Collison.

[Pacers Fan]

5 years/35-40 million would be reasonable, if not too high. I don't generally like giving out 5 year contracts because it demotivates players, but as long as Hill keeps working on his game, I'm fine with it. A 5 year deal really signifies his role as our starting PG of the future.

[Knick Killer]

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/summe...ue-roster-2012

Summer league team announced.

[Knick Killer]

Orlando Johnson

[Knick Killer]

NEW ORLEANS — Former Central Michigan University star Chris Kaman met with the Indiana Pacers, according to nola.com.

Kaman played last season with the New Orleans Hornets after he was traded along with Eric Gordon, Al Farouq Aminu and a draft pick as part of the Chris Paul deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Pacers would be interested in signing Kaman if they do not match Portland's offer to Roy Hibbert, which is reportedly for $58 million over four years. If Hibbert signs Portland's offer on July 11, the Pacers would have two days to match it.

http://www.mlive.com/chippewas/index...h_indiana.html

The Indiana Pacers have been looking for answers through free agents and NBA trades, but the latest rumors have the team targeting second-tier players to fill out the roster. It looks like the Pacers will meet with guard Gerald Green and center Ian Mahinmi, possibly looking to take a cheaper route in free agency this offseason.

This is a departure from the names that the Pacers have been linked to in past rumors, including Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman and restricted free agent Roy Hibbert. If the Pacers decide to match the offer extended to Hibbert by the Portland Trail Blazers, the team may have no room under the salary cap to pursue the likes of Gordon or Kaman.

http://sports.gather.com/viewArticle...81474981448730


I know Gerald Green doesn't get a lot of love on here but I wouldn't mind having him on the team.

[Knick Killer]

Well at least Nash stayed in the West.

[Knick Killer]

Anyone else starting to get a little nervous about the Roy Hibbert situation?

[Gonzo]

David Aldridge
‏@daldridgetnt

League source says Pacers still have not decided if they will match proposed max offer sheet by Portland over the weekend to @Hoya2aPacer.

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[Knick Killer]

$14 million a year is a lot of money...

But in other news, according to this assclown, Orlando Johnson has the potential to be the next Dwyane Wade.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...yer-comparison


Gotta love the bleacher report...

[R-Star]

Other than hearing all this doom and gloom about Hibbert its been pretty quiet.

I'm confident we'll keep Roy, but every day I have to wait to hear something you start to form just a tiny kernel of doubt. If for some reason we let Roy walk and replace him with Chris Kaman in Indiana's dream to field an all white frontcourt, I'm not sure what my feeling towards this team will be.

We've all been through stupid trades, not going after free agents you want, questionable draft picks, etc. That's part of being a small market fan. But if you let a guy like Roy Hibbert walk because he doesn't take the 2 mil or so discount you think you deserve, I can't really cheer for that team. That's the straw as far as I'm concerned.

[Pacers Fan]

OJ's going to be a lot better than Miles Plumlee. And by a lot better, I think he'll be a rotational player in the NBA. I'm still not worried about the Hibbert situation. I'm just worried that we're going to go into the off season with significant cap space and wind up re-signing our own guys and maybe get some 3 mil/year filler, semi-rotation guys.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by Pacers Fan

OJ's going to be a lot better than Miles Plumlee. And by a lot better, I think he'll be a rotational player in the NBA. I'm still not worried about the Hibbert situation. I'm just worried that we're going to go into the off season with significant cap space and wind up re-signing our own guys and maybe get some 3 mil/year filler, semi-rotation guys.

Our only options right now to improve the team are Kaman as a backup, which I really like, or Mayo either as the starting 2 or our 6th man.

I don't think we're going to look a whole lot different going into next season, which isn't terrible but I don't see us as a contender without some improvement.

[R-Star]

On the bright side, Tyler Hansbroughs little brother is playing summer league for us, so if we're lucky we'll add another white roster player this summer.

[Luke]

R-Star is going to flip his ****ing shit if y'all don't resign Roy.

And for the record I'm pulling for you guys. Occasionally I find a small market team that I enjoy watching when they're not playing the Lakers, Indiana is one of those teams.

But then again I apparently hate this team and have never watched a Pacers game so there's that.

[Knick Killer]

And then there is the not-so-small matter of the future. Maxing Hibbert would raise the financial bar for every other contract the Pacers negotiate.

Consider a year from now when David West is an unrestricted free agent; how can the Pacers make an argument West should make even a dollar less than Hibbert? How about in two years, when Paul George comes due? If the big contracts start piling up, they'll be right back where they were a few years ago, with an overstuffed payroll and an understaffed roster.

The Words of Conrad Brunner. He raises an interesting point...