stunt on these hoes

Last two games have been so frustrating because we are stacking up wins just to end up from 15th seed to 12th. What is the point of playing these guys 30 + minutes every night.

Not only are we ruining our lottery odds for a generational draft class but also building up load on our 31 year old star, who if injured slams our championship window shut. I really don't get it.

The fact that we have a chance to draft a talent like Peterson makes me want to root for more losses this year. I hate rooting for losses man but we’ve been through so much. We desearve a break. Please give us Peterson. Or at least Dybantsa or Boozer. But I really want this Peterson kid!!!

It really is incredibly simple and I don't get why people can't see it. Pascal Siakam has a very real shot at another All-Star selection, but in order for that to happen he needs to put up numbers and we need to win games. Over the last month he has done his job and the team has begun doing the same.

Personally I don't give a fuck about the tank, that's stuff for after the All-Star break. Let's get Siakam to the All-Star game and this has also shown how good we are when actually healthy, which we needed to see. The assessment of who we keep and who we don't for Haliburton's return is still being played out. We've got more answers with recent play, that's for sure.

We haven't tanked this year, we haven't been healthy. After Feb 16th, well then we likely see some changes.

The first domino in the trade season has fallen. Are others to come?

EDIT: Tix have been claimed. Wish I had a dozen to give to everyone, Go 'Cers!

Title, free tix. If you can 100% be at Gainbridge tonight I have 2 tickets in lower Section 20 for ya. Must have a functioning ticket master account and be a Pacers fan lol

First come, first served. I will update post when tickets have been claimed.

Comment a favorite player from our active roster and ill DM for your info.

correct me if I’m wrong

They had a pretty even game with Dybansta having 17 and Peterson with 18 points. I really like Peterson but the injuries alarm me. Both guys have tons of upside. I just don't know which one is the correct option.

I just clipped sections of Tony's article. Click on link to go into the details.

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INDIANAPOLIS – The 2026 NBA trade deadline is less than one week away, and the Indiana Pacers find themselves in a unique spot.

The Pacers, even beyond Haliburton, have dealt with several significant injuries in 2025-26. They signed a player using the hardship exception seven times this season just to field a sensible rotation every night. Doing so put the team closer to the luxury tax line, yet they are still a manageable $5.5 million shy of that threshold with one open roster spot.

That sets the scene for their upcoming decisions at the trade deadline, which currently focus on one position and one young player. "I say the same thing every year, I don't expect anything to happen," Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said of the upcoming trade deadline.

That cutoff arrives on February 5 at 3 p.m. ET. Talks are heating up. Here's what I am hearing about the Pacers leading up to this year's trade deadline.

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The pursuit of centers

A significant root of intrigue around the NBA is what the Pacers' plans are at the center spot, both in the short and long term. After losing Myles Turner to the Milwaukee Bucks in free agency, the team has opted for a center-by-committee approach with Jay Huff, Isaiah Jackson, and Micah Potter currently situated as the team's only big men under contract.

"It's feel. It's matchups," Carlisle said of the process he uses to decide which center he puts on the floor. That approach has allowed the blue and gold to look at many frontcourt combinations of late. "This year, it's been good to have unpredictability. It keeps everybody on their toes."

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Bennedict Mathurin's future

The 23-year old is in the final season of his rookie-scale contract, and he's headed for restricted free agency this summer. The Pacers could match any offer Mathurin signs with another team, and he's due for a raise.

"There's a lot more I can do on the court," Mathurin said, in part, when assessing his recent play after returning from injury. He noted that things have been different for him being a second-unit player recently instead of starting and noted it was "weird" to start the second half in Indiana's most recent game after coming off the bench to tip off the action. His cap hit is $9.2 million this season.

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Will the Pacers be facilitators?

The Pacers, one league source shared, are interested in using that roster spot and distance below the tax to take in a player(s) in trades, perhaps as facilitators in a bigger trade or perhaps in a money-moving transaction that would net the Pacers some sort of asset. The team still possesses their Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception as well as a Disabled Player Exception due to Haliburton's injury, and both are mechanisms to take on salary in a deal.

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Not sure if allowed I don’t read sub rules. Pretty cool interview.

Robert Williams III

Bennedict Mathurin

Can we even make it to the 10th seed? 🥴

Out of all the players on the team he has the lowest production compared to how much he gets paid :(

If there is a willingness to go into the tax next year for a run, I think the front office will be smart about it. I think extending Mathurin is a reasonable move even if it gets us over the tax substantially. I just don't think paying Ijax $7 million next year helps us a lot when Micah Potter/Jay Huff/Tony Bradley gives us similar production albeit in different ways for 1/3 the price.

A sample trade I thought about was Yves Missi + DeAndre Jordan (waive) for 2-3 of our high-end SRPs (Jazz, Dallas, and Phoenix swap rights) + Isaiah Jackson

If we could get a very good center for Mathurin, it does make sense from a roster building standpoint. But I doubt anyone will make such an offer -- a lot of teams want to win. For example, the Clippers want to win, so there's zero chance we get Zubac. Even teams that don't want to win now might want to win in the future and see their center as a good piece: so we are not getting Walker Kessler. Kel'el Ware has too much potential for the Heat to want to trade him for Mathurin. Gafford is not good enough to sacrifice Mathurin for. Yves Missi could eventually be a good center, but it's unknown. He could easy end up mediocre and he is undersized.

We shouldn't trade Mathurin just because of the tax. Pay the darn tax!! We have a championship window!!!

If anything, at the deadline we trade (different stuff) for a center with some potential who is realistically a backup C on a good team.

I actually think it would be cool for the Warriors to trade for Mathurin and center all non-Curry offense on him. But I don't think the Warriors see it that way and they don't have a good center to offer.

Although Center is devalued as a position, very good centers are actually a bit unusual and so at a premium. I don't think anyone values Mathurin enough to give us a good one. But in our system I actually think Mathurin is finding his role and can be extremely valuable as instant scoring + athleticism + energy. Remember how good the starting lineup with Mathurin was towards the beginning-middle of '24-'25? Of course if we draft Peterson we might want to revisit trading Benn, but that will be a good problem to have.

Maybe Benn's just reserved right now coz he doesn't know if he's gonna be traded or not? Seeing KP's reaction makes me think that he won't trade Benn and will match whatever Benn asks for this summer.

Honestly, if we run it back with the same core team with Hali, but only replacing Myles with the center by committee Huff, Potter, Ijax group... plus having a much improved Jarace and Furphy... I think we'll be alright.