NBA Franchise of the Year: Passion. Pride. Pacers.

[Onez]

Man, if I were an NBA player I'd never retire if I wouldn't have to. I'd just watch some NBA games while getting payed for it and having the best seats . Anyway, good luck with the next season.

[mfbmike]

Pacers Offseason: Player/Team Options



Ricky Davis
Player Option
Status: Accepted



Marquis Daniels
Team Option
Status: Accepted



Sean Williams
2YR Team Option
Status: Accepted



Chris Quinn
Player Option
Status: Accepted



Trenton Hassell
Player Option
Status: Declined

Both Ricky Davis and Chris Quinn agreed to their player options to return to play in Indiana come next season. The Pacers accepted the options on both Marquis Daniels and Sean Williams after impressive seasons for both. Trenton Hassell declined his player option, mostly due to complete lack of playing time after coming to Indiana in a trade from New Jersey.

[LC AAU]

Pretty much knew the rest would be back besides Trenton lol.

[mfbmike]

Pacers Offseason: Player Re-Signing



With the return of Ricky Davis to the starting 2 spot after last year's season ending injury and Danny Granger playing most of the minutes at small forward, the lack of playing time has motivated Wally Szczerbiak to test the free agency market for other opportunities.



With Chris Wilcox at risk of losing his starting job to an up and coming Sean Williams, Wilcox has also decided to test free agency.



A complete absence of playing time last season has Josh Mcroberts not even willing to listen to any Pacers offers at this point.



Despite being a solid contributor during stretches of injuries this past season, there just isn't enough playing time to go around for Dermarr Johnson. The Pacers have decided not to resign Johnson.

[mfbmike]

Lottery Odds:

- 25.0% - 19.9% - 15.6% - 11.9% - 8.8% - 6.3% - 4.3%
(From Kings) - 2.8% - 1.7% - 1.1% - 0.8% - 0.7 % - 0.6% - 0.5%

Lottery Countdown:



Biggest Movers:

The Memphis Grizzlies moved up all the way from 5th overall pick to #1 overall. Toronto Raptors fell to 5th overall from 3rd overall. The New Jersey Nets, who had the highest odds to land the #1 overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft, fell to the 4th overall. It should also be very interesting to see what the New Orleans Hornets does with 2 lottery picks to play with at the upcoming draft.

[mfbmike]

So many players just test free-agency after the season. So lame of 2k.

I can't believe you aren't keeping DerMarr.

Wally and Wilcox were both willing to resign. I didn't have plans to keep them and let them test free agency. They actually did give me the opportunity to resign them though. I know it probably didn't sound like that in the write up. lol.

[mfbmike]

Glad you like it. About to run the draft right now. I'm not sure who to pick though. I got the 17th pick.

Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Darren Collison have all fallen this far. Leaning towards Hansbrough.

[mfbmike]

lol, my pick comes up. I can see who is available. It's not as complicated as you think it is.

[LC AAU]

Pacers Offseason: Player Re-Signing




Despite being a solid contributor during stretches of injuries this past season, there just isn't enough playing time to go around for Dermarr Johnson. The Pacers have decided not to resign Johnson.

FUCK YOU BITCH

:viking::viking::viking::viking::viking: :screams: :screams: :screams:

[mfbmike]

Draft update coming up.

[mfbmike]

2009 NBA Draft:

Round 1:

1. Memphis Grizzlies - PF Blake Griffin - Oklahoma
2. Oklahoma City Thunder - SG Chase Budinger - Arizona
3. New York Knicks - SG Demar Derozan - USC
4. New Jersey Nets - PG Ricky Rubio - Spain
5. Toronto Raptors - SG James Harden - Marquette
6. Charlotte Bobcats - SG Tyreke Evans - Memphis
7. Minnesota Timberwolves - C B.J. Mullens - Ohio State
8. New Orleans Hornets - SF Earl Clark - Louisville
9. Chicago Bulls - PF Patrick Patterson - Kentucky
10. Dallas Mavericks - C Hasheem Thabeet - Connecticut
11. Utah Jazz - PF Jordan Hill - Arizona
12. Milwaukee Bucks - PG Brandon Jennings - Italy
13. New Orleans Hornets - PG Jrue Holiday - UCLA
14. Washington Wizards - SG Stephen Curry - Davidson
15. Los Angeles Clippers - SG Gerald Henderson - Duke
16. Golden State Warriors - C Andrew Ogilvy - Vanderbilt
17. Indiana Pacers - PF Tyler Hansbrough - North Carolina
18. Orlando Magic - SF Al-Farouq Aminu - Washington St.
19. Detroit Pistons - PG Nick Calathes - Florida
20. Philadelphia 76ers - SF Sam Young - Pittsburgh
21. Denver Nuggets - SG Danny Green - North Carolina
22. Portland Trailblazers - SF Tyler Smith - Tennessee
23. Boston Celtics - PG Darren Collison - UCLA
24. Atlanta Hawks - PF Josh Heytvelt - Gonzaga
25. Cleveland Cavaliers - SF Vladimir Dasic - Serbia
26. Miami Heat - C Jerome Jordan - Tulsa
27. San Antonio Spurs - SG Wayne Ellington - North Carolina
28. Houston Rockets - C Slava Kravstov - Ukraine
29. Los Angeles Lakers - C Lyle Burke - Nebraska *
30. Phoenix Suns - SG Terrence Williams - Louisville

Round 2:

31. Oklahoma City Thunder - C Kenneth Weber - California *
32. New Jersey Nets - SF Omri Casspi - Greece
33. Toronto Raptors - PG Ty Lawson - North Carolina
34. New York Knicks - SG Barry Bremer - Washington St.*
35. Memphis Grizzlies - SF Damion James - Texas
36. Charlotte Bobcats - PG Patrick Mills - St. Mary's
37. Sacramento Kings - PF Gani Lawal - Georgia Tech
38. Minnesota Timberwolves - C Devin Logan - IPFW *
39. Chicago Bulls - PG Eric Maynor - VCU
40. Portland Trailblazers - SF Dajuan Summers - Georgetown
41. Dallas Mavericks - PF Jeff Pendergraph - Arizona State
42. Utah Jazz - PF Taj Gibson - USC
43. New Orleans Hornets - SF Victor Claver - Spain
44. Washington Wizards - PG Jeremy Pargo - Gonzaga
45. Los Angeles Clippers - PF Vitor Faverani - Brazil
46. Golden State Warriors - PG Grievis Vasquez - Maryland
47. Los Angeles Clippers - PF Connor Atchley - Texas
48. Orlando Magic - PG Lester Hudson - TN-Martin
49. Houston Rockets - PG A.J. Price - Connecticut
50. Detroit Pistons - SF Raymar Morgan - Michigan State
51. Denver Nuggets - Dedric Holt - Utah *
52. Toronto Raptors - C Trevor Reynolds - Connecticut *
53. Portland Trailblazers - SF Derrick Brown - Xavier
54. Atlanta Hawks - C Jacob Chase - New Mexico *
55. Cleveland Cavaliers - C Wayne Morgan - Baylor*
56. Miami Heat - C Gene Fleming - Xavier *
57. San Antonio Spurs - SF Gabe Wilkes - Indiana State *
58. Houston Rockets - PF Damien Adkins - Purdue *
59. Los Angeles Lakers - SG Lee Hardaway - Alabama *
60. Phoenix Suns - PF Lester Overton - Florida *

* - Randomized/CPU generated rookie ( > 70 rating)

[mfbmike]

Grizzlies look sick! Mayo/Gay/Conley/Griffin/Gasol

No idea why Jersey picked Rubio or why Minny picked Mullens.

I got Hansbrough.

[Mit]

Nice pick in Hansbrough. Is he going to have to work for the starting jor or is he the starter from the get-go?

[LC AAU]

Isn't Sean starting anyway? Nice pick though

[mfbmike]

Rumor Mill:



C.J. Miles , Ronny Turiaf, Vladimir Radmanovic, Roger Mason, and Antoine Wright are all rumored to being shopped by their respective teams this offseason.