The Pacers are looking to acquire help for Paul George, even if it means relinquishing their first round pick in the 2017 draft. According to a report from Chris Haynes of ESPN, the Pacers are hoping to acquire an established wing or frontline player in exchange for the pick. In midst of a six-game skid, the team fears its window to build a championship team around George is closing.
George has made no secret of his desire to play for a winning team, telling Marc Stein of ESPN “It’s frustrating just playing the game for stats or for numbers or to showcase yourself. Man, I want a chance to play for a chance to win a championship.”
The “window” Haynes refers to runs through 2017/18, at which point the team fears George will opt out of his contract. Indiana currently owns a 29-28 record, sitting on the sixth seed of the Eastern Conference. As Haynes notes, offseason acquisitions Jeff Teague and Thaddeus Young haven’t performed up to expectations, not to mention underwhelming numbers from veteran guard Monta Ellis. Last season, the Pacers front office acquired Young in exchange for the draft rights to Caris LeVert and a conditional second round pick. It remains to be seen what type of value their #18 overall pick will receive.
lakers go offer lou
Thought of that too. Makes sense, but defense is still the bigger problem for the pacers.
Lou Williams does nothing to help the Pacers. They already have an older version of him in Monta Ellis.
you can have moz then Hahahaha
Ellis is trash compared to Lou. Lou is more efficient and would be a lot bigger help than Ellis. Just stop.
As a side note I guess Jerry West directed The Warriors into the correct choice of keeping Curry and trading away Ellis instead of vice versa.
Never said Ellis was better, just that he’s an older version. But Lou does nothing to further push the Pacers to a championship contender. Another combo guard? Oh boy, not like there’s enough of them already in Indy. Lou, at best, is a 6th man of the year type of player. The Pacers are in no position to even benefit from that.
Lol unless the Pacers trade that draft pick for Lebron or Russell Westbrook there is no one person they can add that would make them a serious contender for a championship.
Pacers just need a whole new roster. Stop dreaming.
This announcement is as much about proving to George they are serious about improving the team.
you could say this about just about every team in the nba
Nah Celtics, Clippers, Spurs, Hawks, Raptors, could all conceivably win a ring after a decent trade. Pacers are just too far away.
I’m sure Courtney Lee is available from the Knicks. Plays good perimeter defense and is a 40 % shooter from 3
Yeah but the Pacers would def need to move Monta/Stuck. I like the idea of Lee in the starting 5 though.
Okafor? Myles Turner is versatile enough to play the 4. Then have Thaddeus Young come off the bench.
At that point, it would make more sense to make Okafor come off the bench. Turner can’t thrive in a stretch 4 type of role. Okafor also limits the space available for Teague and George to work with (I know George can sit outside and shoot 3s but he’s not efficient enough to just sit out there and wait for kick outs).
Okafor lol, they already have his clone Al Jefferson. Pacers need a 3 and D guy. Ellis is garbage.
Would like to see the Nuggets trade for P.G.
Jamal Murray
Emmanuel Muiday
Faried
2 1st Rd Picks
No ty on Mudiay or Faried.
Jimmy Butler
Trading PG is the only way for the Pacers to improve, otherwise stuck in mediocrity they will be.
PG
PG, Big Al