Blue & Gold Forever

Also toying with the tag #TankCers for the #Pacers instead of #YesCers for the remainder of the season. We all know what we are doing. Can we embrace it and be ok with it? The tanks have been rolled out! Minutes loads are being distributed deep in the bench. We aren’t gunning for Ws. So… #TankCers?

The #Pacers in their best jerseys on their best court design lost to the #Mavericks. Steady P balled out w/ 30pts, 8rebs. Drew did great too w/ 22pts, 11assts. Jarace has been gold lately; 18pts, 6assts, 9rebs. I am so excited for our season next year. Prayers up for Ty #shingles. #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers fell again to the Tanktastic #Wizards. What do you call a game that doesn’t have great defense? Can’t be a rock fight. A Daria-style effort with a little “oh no you made it past me again” look? I know our guys want to win & aren’t throwing games. But…took an L. Next. #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers lost against the Tanktastic #Wizards in a small rock fight. Even if the league doesn’t like what we are doing, we really do need to see what we have on the roster. Give guys honest looks (w/ time!) against nearly real NBA competition. So let’s let Chef Rick cook & learn. #YesCers #NBAsky

Grandpa Silver is threatening to be really serious this time about teams not tanking. He means it! He isn’t kidding! He’s going to put his foot down & might even raise his voice. He could even go as far as having a few meetings about the possibility of doing something about it. #NBAsky #tanking

#belatedsky I wonder if the #Pacers will get another fine as a result of their WIN against the #Nets last night. Our young guns & hungry roster fillers would not be denied against the other tank. Jarace showed out! And look at MPot go - those boards! I loved the bench joy. Now lose. #YesCers #NBAsky

According to stats & research, the #Pacers are absolutely allowed to beat the #Knicks anytime, any day, anywhere. And especially at the Garden! Regular time win, overtime win, doesn’t matter. It’s always sweet. So eat it, Knickerbockers. Blue & Gold forever. What a win. #YesCers #NBAsky

Le sigh. Poor Johnny. #Pacers young legend Johnny Furphy, Australia’s own, has officially ruptured his ACL. Maybe he’ll be good for next year’s finals run? Get well, sir. Prayers up for you and the rest of the league missing healthy Achilles. #YesCers #NBAsky

Hard to update about the #Pacers loss to the #Raptors while we still await word about Furphy’s condition. He’s a huge part of our team/future and losing him long term will suck. Also, him suffering sucks. How can we roll out the tanks AND keep everyone healthy AND develop chemistry? #YesCers #NBAsky

Not Johnny. No. Noooooooooooooo. #Pacers #YesCers #NBAsky

The draft hasn’t been where we’ve killed it before. We had Myles…then…Goga? TJ Leaf? Drew is our biggest star, really. Let’s see if Johnny comes through. Otherwise, we develop who we have, sign from the fringes or trade for what we need. Like always. #YesCers #NBAsky

The variability as well as rolling the dice on potential (from our small market) highlights the difficulty and risk. Those pitfalls lean towards a good decision by the #Pacers front office. Only time will tell. Praying Zu finds his best form here. #YesCers #NBAsky

#belatedsky The #Pacers played ok against the #Bucks but lost solidly in the end. W/ the pick-protections on this year’s spot, we will invent new injuries to sit guys. Which also kind of sucks, because we need Zu to gel w/ this group. But; #fallforfour is what’s needed. #YesCers #NBAsky

What a trade deadline. I have multiple text threads not believing the #Pacers would make any moves, yet hoping they would. WHOA. Moves were made.
In: Zubac, Brown from the #Clippers.
Out: BennMath, IJax, highly protected 2026 1st, unprotected 2029 1st, & a 2nd.
We did…well? #YesCers #NBAsky 1/

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Will the #Pacers do ANYTHING by the trade deadline? #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers lost to all 7 available #Jazz tonight. Our 9 showed flashes of greatness - 7 in double digits! IJax had a dbl dbl! QJax (don’t care - I’m trying it) had 24 pts in 17’! And my sweet Jarace, heck of a game, also at 24 pts (don’t worry about those TOs. You were trying). #YesCers #NBAsky

#belatedsky The #Pacers fall in the final minutes to the #Rockets. We were turnstiles for Alpi. Great games from BennMath & Steady P. NeNe Bros & Jarace really did get us so close…but we couldn’t close out a Slim-less (so, tubbier?) Rockets. #YesCers #NBAsky

Congrats to #Pacers Steady P on his 4th #NBAAll-Star nod! He has literally given us multiple wins this season and frankly, that’s saying a lot. 🫡

This is the perfect summary of the #Pacers win over the #Hawks. We have taken it on the chin because we’ve been busted. And now, healthy, we are back to being a problem. 6 in dbl digits. NeNe Bros be raging. Steady P is still a beast. What direction will the org go? Compete or tank? #YesCers #NBAsky

OK, #Pacers! What a comeback against the #Bulls! Aaron w/ the bucket, then the block to clinch the game. 6 in double digits! Another beautiful reverse dunk by Huff. Jarace is validating the org not trading him when everyone thought they should. So proud. & Furph! Love his hustle. #YesCers #NBAsky

Another L for the #Pacers. #Hawks won convincingly late as we couldn’t make and they could. Our 3s were off. Good to see BennMath back & lots of guys get some run. NeNe Bros held court. So did Steady P. Results like this feel like we were ok losing. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I hear the tanks have started… #YesCers #NBAsky

Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton posted on Twitter the following text: “Alex Pretti was murdered.”

Quote post from @noellem1.bsky.social “I still have my account over there (Twitter) for reasons like having to look up a politician's posts & whatnot but rarely go over there. Saw this b/c someone who looks at what's left of Twitter more than I do told me about it. That's my point guard!!” #Pacers

W! #Pacers best the #Thunder by 1. Drew got off to a hot start. Jarace carried us through. Steady P steady. Aaron dunked Chet into oblivion while Johnny blocked him there. MiPot dbl dbl. Effectively played 8 & beat OKC. These games make me believe we choose which games to tank. #YesCers #NBAsky

Is this happening on Drew’s back? #Pacers #Thunder #YesCers #NBAsky

Welp, can’t copy/paste this last one. #Pacers lost to the #Celtics w/o the normal strong performances. We got the Steady P stunner, but had Furph & Jarace w/ the best support. NeNe Bros were off as was Teej & Huff. I hate losing, esp to them, but we notch another L & move on. #YesCers #NBAsky

#Pacers lose to the #Sixers (yesterday) with what feels to be an evergreen description. Nene Bros have great game. Steady P has best all around game. Teej was really efficient & Jay Huff had some great dunks. Jarace is coming along. Furph shows promise but I want more. #AmIWrong #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers lost to the #Pistons in miserable fashion. We rested Steady P & Aaron while Drew & Benn were out. Jay & Ben had light minutes. That resulted in an 11 point 1Q & 14 point 2Q. Gross. Congrats to the guys who got more run; Tank101 and it looks like we’ll have more of that. #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers notched a W against the #Pelicans because WE HAVE JAY HUFF. Career high 29 pts, 9 rebs, 2 blks, 2 stls. What a stud (accidentally dunked regularly. We won’t hold it against him.) Teej also crested 3k assists off the bench, 2nd all time. Steady P & Drew ⭐️ Jarace & Furph ⬆️ #YesCers #NBAsky

The #Pacers got beat by the #Raptors. Badly. Got way behind early, closed it to 4 late, but let it slip away again. Steady P & Drew deserve flowers, but let’s give them to Q, Furph and Jarace! Double double for Furphy!!! Walker’s had some really good games lately. Focus on good. #YesCers #NBAsky