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

[jags224]

damn mike dunleavy was gunning huh 8-16 from the three lol

 

[mfbmike]

Bird Lets It Be Known, Noone Is Untouchable

In a press conference held lastnight by the Pacers after their loss to the Pistons, Pacers GM Larry Bird went on to to release this statement:

"Make no mistake, everybody is in play right now," said Bird. "There are no sacred cows here. You lose that sacred cow status when you miss the playoffs."

It was the first time the Pacers missed the playoffs in 10 years.

It's not often you see a GM put his entire team on the block, but Bird obviously wants to get the word out -- both to his players and other GM's -- that he'll do anything to improve his team.

Sources tell us that Bird is aiming to aqquire young talent to develop around Danny Granger and expiring contracts to make noise in free agency in upcoming seasons.​

 

[Flight24]

nice updates mike, this looks good.

 

[Primetime]

Good to see Granger getting a healthy amount of time at the FT line. Looks very realistic so far. Keep it up.

 

[Yawkey Way]

looks nice mike, following like its my job

 

[mfbmike]

Reigning NBA Champs Hand Pacers Second Straight Loss To Start Season

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Rajon Rondo
Mike Dunleavy SG Ray Allen
Danny Granger SF Paul Pierce
Troy Murphy PF Kevin Garnett
Jeff Foster C Kendrick Perkins

(0-1) 103

vs.

114 (1-1)

Danny Granger fell 1 rebound shy of a triple double in the Pacers loss to the Celtics Saturday night.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|21|31|21|32|103
BOS|31|23|33|27|114[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|26|9|10|0|3|9-20|0-0|8-9
T.J Ford|19|4|8|2|1|9-26|1-2|0-0
M. Dunleavy|14|2|5|1|1|4-5|3-4|3-4
J. Jack|12|1|1|1|0|6-10|0-2|0-0
M. Daniels|10|4|2|0|2|5-9|0-0|0-1
J. Foster |6|16|1|5|4|3-6|0-0|0-0[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
K. Garnett|31|15|1|2|0|14-21|0-0|3-4
R. Allen|29|3|3|3|0|11-26|3-9|4-6
P. Pierce|17|5|5|4|0|7-19|1-4|2-4
K. Perkins|15|11|1|1|1|7-12|0-0|0-0
[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Kevin Garnett

Quote Of The Game:
"We got off to a really slow start against these guys. They got out in front early and held the lead for the entire game. We were playing catchup all game." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

​

 

[LC AAU]

Damn Tough loss, Garnett rape you.

Could you tell me shooting sliders for You and CPU, along with Rebounds, because your rebounds are right on.

 

[Primetime]

Garnett and Ray Ray murdered you. Damn good game by Granger though. In a couple years, they'll be screaming MVP if they are in playoff contention.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
T.J. Ford|15|3|9.5|2|0.5|.351|.333|1.00
M. Dunleavy|23|2|3.5|.5|1|.615|.550|.750
D. Granger|30.5|7|8.5|.5|2.5|.446|.500|.809
T. Murphy|7|5|3.5|2|1.5|.500|.000|.000
J. Foster|4|13.5|3|2.5|2.5|.428|.000|1.00[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
M. Daniels|8.5|2.5|1|1|1|.500|.333|.000
B. Rush|10|1|1|.5|0|.428|.400|.000
J. Jack|6.5|.5|1.5|.5|0|.461|.000|.500
R. Hibbert|2.0|5|2|2|1|.400|.000|.000
J.Tinsley|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
R. Nesterovic|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
T. Diener|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
J. Mcroberts|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-[/table]

Players Of The Week:

Western Conference

Chauncey Billups - Denver Nuggets

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
10/29 @ UTA|24|6|10|2|2
10/31 @ LAC|26|4|8|0|0
11/1 vs LAL|27|5|13|1|0[/table]

Eastern Conference

Danny Granger - Indiana Pacers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
10/29 @ DET|35|5|7|1|2
11/1 vs BOS|26|9|10|0|3[/table]

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

1.

(4-0)

2.

(4-0)

3.

(3-0)

4.

(3-1)

5.

(3-1)

6.

(2-1)

7.

(2-1)

8.

(2-2)

9.

(1-2)

10.

(1-2)

11.

(1-2)

12.

(1-2)

13.

(0-3)

14.

(0-3)

15.

(0-4)

1.

(3-1)

2.

(3-1)

3.

(3-1)

4.

(2-1)

5.

(2-1)

6.

(2-1)

7.

(2-2)

8.

(1-1)

9.

(1-1)

10.

(1-2)

11.

(1-2)

12.

(1-3)

13.

(1-3)

14.

(0-2)

15.

(0-3)​

 

[mfbmike]

Granger Named Eastern Conference Player Of The Week

Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week, as it was announced Monday by the NBA.

Granger averaged a balanced 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists while shooting 45% from the floor for the week ending Nov. 1.

“It’s wonderful for Danny to be recognized for his contributions to the team this past week,” said Pacers GM Larry Bird. “Unfortunately, we were unable to get wins in the past two games this week but we did go up against championship contenders in the Pistons and Celtics. Danny's gutsy play down the stretch and his well-rounded, team-first approach to the game has really opened up eyes around the league though."

Other nominees for the honor were Lebron James and Kevin Garnett.
​

 

[mfbmike]

Roster News:

The Knicks have placed Stephon Marbury on the trading block.

Knicks looking for more offers
- Mavericks not pursuing Marbury
- Los Angeles mum on Marbury

Signings:

- The Clippers signed Eric Piatkowski to a 1yr/$514k deal.
- The Pistons signed Jason Williams to a 1yr/$3.28M deal.
- The Grizzlies signed Alonzo Mourning to a 1yr/$2.47M deal.

Other News:

- Iverson settled in Detroit, wants contract extension
- Rockets overtake Celtics on top of Power Rankings
- Baron takes charge and leads Clippers past Jazz 107-95​

 

[jags224]

this is looking niceee, what sliders are you using?

 

[Lupe]

nice updates michael

 

[mfbmike]

Small error on the article about Granger, you said Trail Blazers foward. Following btw.

Thanks, and fixed. Trailblazers on the mind I guess.

 

[mfbmike]

Murphy Explodes For Huge Game But Slow Start Out Of Half Torches Pacers

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Steve Nash
Mike Dunleavy SG Jason Richardson
Danny Granger SF Grant Hill
Troy Murphy PF Amare Stoudemire
Jeff Foster C Shaquille O'Neal

(0-2) 110

vs.

120 (3-1)

Troy Murphy was feeling it tonight, racking up his first 20/20 game of his career. Tonight was the first game of this young season that Murphy scored and/or rebounded in double figures.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|27|34|18|31|110
PHX|28|32|34|26|120[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
T. Murphy|29|21|4|2|1|13-29|1-2|2-2
D. Granger|24|5|5|2|0|10-21|0-1|4-6
M. Dunleavy|17|2|4|1|1|5-15|2-5|5-6
T.J. Ford|17|1|7|2|0|5-13|2-5|0-0
[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
S. Nash|30|5|13|2|1|10-23|4-13|6-6
A. Stoudemire|24|10|4|3|4|12-19|0-0|0-0
S. O'Neal|18|15|2|2|3|8-17|0-0|2-2
L. Barbosa|18|1|5|4|0|8-15|1-3|1-2
J. Richardson|15|5|1|4|0|6-17|1-7|2-2[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Amare Stoudemire

Quote Of The Game:
"Troy and I had the pick and pop flowing. He was coming off good screens and his jumpshot was falling for him tonight. I think we got into the mindset that we could beat them with our offense and then when we came out slow after the half, our defense just wasn't what it should've been and they pulled away." - T.J. Ford

Next Game:

​

 

[Flight24]

i dont really like it, but you can use it if you want.

 

[CB4]

Tough loss. Especially after Troys 20/20 game

 

[PNovak]

Great job man. I like the whole sum up the game in the quote idea. Writing reviews can be a hassle sometime. I'm getting a little tired of it in my Import/Knicks association.

 

[mfbmike]

Great job man. I like the whole sum up the game in the quote idea. Writing reviews can be a hassle sometime. I'm getting a little tired of it in my Import/Knicks association.

Yeah, I used to write up game recaps in my previous chises but I'm shying away from that now. I don't think many people read them anyway personally. lol. The quote plus the in-depth stat boxes should give enough of an idea of how the game went.

Thanks for following guys.

I was neck and neck with them for the whole 1st half but this team just doesn't have the defense at this point to slow a team like the Suns down. lol.

Thanks for the banner flight, I might use it in the future.

After shooting the lights out with Dunleavy in the first 2 games, he was ice cold tonight. lol.

 

[mfbmike]

Grizzlies Priming For A Playoff Run, Interested In Tinsley?

The Grizzlies signed veteran center Alonzo Mourning this past week to a 1 year deal rumored to be worth 2 and a half million dollars. Normally this wouldn't be that big of a deal but sources around the league are stating that the Grizzlies feel they can make a playoff run this year.

The Pacers have had little luck drawing interest for point gaurd Jamaal Tinsley so far this season but after signing Zo out of free agency, the Grizzlies have made calls to the Pacers regarding the veteran point gaurd.

The Grizzlies are not quite convinced by Michael Conley's inconsistent play so far this season and feel Tinsley's veteran presence could bolster their starting lineup to earn them their 4th playoff appearance in franchise history and snap a 12 game losing streak in the playoffs.

The Grizzlies have two capable 20+ point scorers in rookie O.J. Mayo and up and coming forward Rudy Gay, and now a presence in the paint in Mourning.

The Grizzlies have been rumored to wanting to part ways with Darko Milicic and any deal they are involved in will more than likely involve him. Darko has a large contract which expires in 2010, the year which Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh could fall into free agency. With that being said, the Nets or Knicks may be eager to get involved in a possible 3 team trade with the Pacers and Grizzlies.​