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Myles Turner: “So, and again, like, you know, there was like comments that that I said afterwards that people kind of took and spun for their own narrative, whatnot. You know, I'm saying like I'm in a spot that is going to appreciate me now. And about then I was talking about the front office, but they in the city of Indiana took it on them like, ‘Oh, we appreciate you for years. The [__] are you talking about?’ “And then I got on a podcast just like this and started talking about, you know, Tyrese and like our relationship or whatnot. Talked about him for like what, like, I don't know, maybe like five minutes of everything that we had been through. Then it took like a 5-second clip, but I said something about like, uh, oh, fake tough guy, this, this, and that. Clip farm that and try to make me into like into the enemy and whatnot. Like that's just how it goes, bro. But I mean again I understood game afterwards and you know it was real no no real bad blood but kind of just is what it is cuz it is a rivalry and now I'm forever just going to kind of be that guy. The hardest part was getting booed though. I will say that going back to the arena and then you know you put 10 years of your life and your blood sweat into like you know an organization. I got booed throughout the entire tribute video bro. And again like the what people say is that I deserved it because of like what I said and this and that.”
Tony East: From Doc Rivers: Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing, Ousmane Dieng is out, Bobby Portis is playing, Myles Turner is playing
The three worst teams in the league - Indiana, Washington, and Sacramento - call the most timeouts. The Bulls and Pelicans are fourth and fifth in timeouts, and not much better in the standings. Meanwhile, the same is true on the other end. The teams that call the fewest timeouts include the Pistons, Rockets, Knicks, Celtics, and Thunder, five of the top six teams in net rating. They don’t often have to worry about their opponent going on a threatening scoring run. And then there’s the Utah Jazz. Utah has the fifth worst record in the NBA, is outscored by eight points per 100 possessions, but Head Coach Will Hardy hasn’t stepped in to stop the bleeding. In the past, Hardy has talked about the value of letting players learn how to handle pressure and communicate under duress while taking responsibility for fixing mistakes rather than being bailed out by a stoppage. He may also be scared from that one time he lost his team a game with a timeout.
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Harden was traded to Cleveland. Zubac was traded to Indiana. Two key starters. How did you feel about those trades? Brook Lopez: It was tough, obviously, because they brought so much to the team and so much of our success hinged on them. That being said, I don’t think internally we see our expectations as that different. We’re very confident. We definitely, a while ago, turned a corner and we know we can play with anyone.
Joey Linn: Darius Garland on Bennedict Mathurin: “He has no fear. I didn’t know he was that creative with the ball in his hands… In Indiana he was aggressive, but over here T-Lue and everybody is letting him rock out. I really like it… Ben is gonna be Ben. We really need him to go be Ben. I love the aggression. I didn’t see it in Indiana but I love it over here.”
Farbod Esnaashari: Bennedict Mathurin on how it's been as a Clipper since getting traded from Indiana: "My teammates have embraced me a lot. I wouldn't trade that for anything... I'm super happy that I'm in LA and can show people who I am."
Scott Agness: After a good first quarter for the Pacers, it was all Hornets after that: 133-109. 16-3 run to start the 2nd, a period they outscored Pacers 36-12. Brandon Miller scored 33, Kon Knueppel had 28. CHA was 22/46 from 3. Obi Toppin started, played 8mins in 1H Next: Sun. v MEM
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Numerous contacts with rival teams have suggested to me that the Pacers traded away too much for Zubac and could have waited until the summer to see what other options would have presented themselves, but I continue to hear that Utah is determined to retain restricted free agent-to-be Walker Kessler. The Pacers have long coveted Kessler, sources say, but I would counter the skeptics and say that there is tangible wisdom to Indiana getting its frontcourt business done now if its other preferred target is not likely to be available.
Sources say Indiana called about 28-year-old Jarrett Allen, who is in the midst of a three-year, $90 million agreement in Cleveland. They also really valued Atlanta’s Onyeka Okongwu, sources say, with the 24-year-old enticing them both because of his ability as well as his annual $15.5 million salary via his four-year pact with the Hawks. Zubac, of course, is in Year 1 of a three-year deal that pays an average annual salary of $19.6 million.
League sources tell The Stein Line that the LA Clippers were hit with multiple trade inquires for Kawhi Leonard in the final hour before last Thursday's 3 PM ET trade deadline sounded after it became known leaguewide that the Clippers had agreed to send Ivica Zubac to Indiana.
North Carolina, where Hayward currently resides with his wife, Robyn, and their three daughters and two sons, is known as a basketball state. But Indiana bragging rights often came up in his NBA travels. “No doubt,” he said. “Everyone has seen the movie ‘Hoosiers.’ That’s Indiana high school basketball. We always had to remind people we grew up learning how to play the right way. We might not have the overall population of Texas or California, but there are always a lot of Indiana guys out there.”
