FavreFan wrote:
So Evan Turner for Granger is our big trade of the day? Yawn. Makes Indy slightly better, I guess. Balance of power remains the same.
I don't know about that. Turner is good enough to start for Indy. If Stephenson is playing poorly he can be demoted to the bench. I think it gives the Pacers an added dimension. When Ray Allen comes in the game against them he will have to defend Stephenson or Turner.
50 Lavoy Allen PF 25 6-9 255 Temple $3,060,000
8 Rasual Butler SG 34 6-7 215 La Salle $884,293
17 Andrew Bynum C 26 7-0 285 $1,000,000
22 Chris Copeland SF 29 6-8 235 Colorado $3,000,000
24 Paul George SF 23 6-9 220 Fresno State $3,282,003
55 Roy Hibbert C 27 7-2 290 Georgetown $14,283,844
3 George Hill PG 27 6-3 188 IUPUI $8,000,000
9 Solomon Hill SF 22 6-7 225 Arizona $1,246,680
11 Orlando Johnson SG 24 6-5 220 UC Santa Barbara $788,872
28 Ian Mahinmi C 27 6-11 250 $4,000,000
4 Luis Scola PF 33 6-9 240 $4,508,504
15 Donald Sloan PG 26 6-3 205 Texas A&M $884,293
1 Lance Stephenson SG 23 6-5 230 Cincinnati $1,005,000
12 Evan Turner SF 25 6-7 220 Ohio State $6,679,867
32 C.J. Watson PG 29 6-2 175 Tennessee $2,016,000
21 David West PF 33 6-9 250 Xavier $12,000,000
With the improved play of Roy Hibbert and the increased depth, the Pacers are better all around.
They've added Luis Scola, Evan Turner, C.J. Watson, Lavoy Allen, Chris Copeland and Andrew Bynum. I think that significantly improves their bench. Plus this season the Pacers have been much more dominant.
The Pacers have enough size to dominant the Heat. If they get better point guard play with fewer turnovers there is no reason they can't beat the Heat. They almost did it last year, but they had a couple late game meltdowns.