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Pacers End-of-Season Mailbag w/ Samson Folk (Patreon)

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2024-05-30 12:45:00
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By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

As promised, with the extended playoff run for the Pacers coming to an end, so too ends the extended podcast run with Samson Folk. To commemorate the occasion, our recap finale comes in the form of a mailbag -- answering all of your burning questions about where the Pacers go from here and what they should take from their unexpected trip to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Also, to satisfy my promise of providing monthly popsicle content, there is a brief Indy-themed, popsicle-related prompt for Samson at the end, which was intended to thank him for contributing his time and talent to this market and my tiny outlet here at Basketball, She Wrote.

In case you just want to listen for your specific question, here are the relevant timestamps:

0:00 - Introductions

2:02 - Why did the Pacers get shutdown in the second half of Games 3 & 4 in the ECF?

11:36 - What was the biggest overarching cause of the end-of-game meltdowns?

17:05 - From the regular season, what carried over and/or was exposed during the playoffs?

30:38 - Samson asks for a status update on the lottery picks who weren't part of this run

34:01 - Top positive and negative takeaways from the playoff run

44:09 - Balancing the need to add size and defense without disrupting the offense (i.e. can Walker or Siakam play the three?)

48:49 - Biggest impacts if Walker (hypothetically) replaces Toppin

54:59 - Can the Pacers optimize Haliburton and Nembhard at the same time?

1:05:19 - How reactive should the Pacers be following such a lengthy playoff run (also, difference in perception of Myles Turner's impact before, during, and after the playoffs)

1:12:46 - Bennedict Mathurin's role for the Pacers next season

1:20:41 - The most fun games that we've watched live, in-person

1:24:03 - Samson's least expected, yet most refreshing aspect of the Pacers

1:25:42 - Our plans for the offseason

1:31:02 - Will we team up for Olympic coverage?

1:31:50 - How much of the Basketball, She Wrote salary cap would it take to retain Samson?

1:33:19 - Favorite and least favorite moments from the playoffs

1:38:50 - The backstory on how this collaboration came into being

1:42:23 - Picking our favorite popsicle flavors at Nicey Treat

1:47:13 - Thank you and one last goodbye

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Pacers End-of-Season Mailbag Recap

Caitlin Cooper and Samson Folk end their extended podcast run with a recap mailbag of the extended playoff run for the Pacers -- answering questions about what should be taken away from how the team advanced and was eliminated from the Eastern Conference Finals. Plus, general banter and lots of appreciation to all of you for watching and supporting our work. Follow Caitlin: @C2_Cooper Follow Samson: @samfolkk Patreon: patreon.com/basketballshewrote

Comments

Norma

Thanks for the coverage

Norma

Caitlin i know you need to rest and this isn't urgent in any way...i was wondering if you had any thoughts on the fact that the Pacers seem to have issues with side post entry passes to Pascal

CK

Thanks for all the coverage! Great stuff all year. I was a little unsatisified with the Jarace talk. 1. I think most of the defensive criticisms of Jarace you showed in video -- lateral movemnet, screen navigation, how to play off a shooter - are just experience oriented. Maybe there is a basic IQ issue, but I don't see much reason to think that especially with a guy who as such great court vision. Comparing him to Obi on defense just seems silly. Jarace has lateral movement, hand quickness and an ability to get lower to the ground that are just not available to Obi. Jarace just needs minutes and he automatically would be a defensive improvement on back-up 4 minutes if that's the way you wanted to go IMO. 2. I think Jarace's elite skill is passing and court vision. We have seen so few minutes of it and every time I'm astonished at how comfortable he is with the ball and the passes he sees and attempts. Again, he makes a fair number of mistakes, but that's what you'd expect from a guy who has payed a handful of NBA games. There are not many guys his size that are comfortable doing what he seems comfortable with. 3. That being said, how does his pick setting look? Jarace as the short roll has the potential to develop into an antidote to any doubling of Tyrese in the future. He really could be Tyrese' Draymond. 4. I also see him leading the break. I don't see any reason that couldn't happen a lot next year with the second unit on grab and go situations. 5. It's hard with a team this good and also needing to devolop Mathurin, but you have to get the ball in Jarace's hands next year if you want to give him a chance to fully develop. 6. So I expect him to be our back up 3 or 4 to start the year. The goal should be to get him to replace Nesmith in the starting line-up. 7. But that's assuming you don't have Benn replacing Nesmith in the starting line-up. Best case scenario and we have a real log jam with Nesmith, Nembhard, Benn, Ben, and Jarace at the 2 and 3.

Bob Cook

Thanks for the mailbag! As you talked about Myles, it reminded me of some thoughts I’ve had about how, if the Pacers want to build a championship team, between the cap and players’ ceilings the team might end up making some unpopular decisions. Of course, if they work out the crowd quiets. For example, I’m sure you don’t hear much in Boston anymore about how could the Celtics trade away their heart and soul in Marcus Smart.

Basketball, She Wrote
>>139436464

I think you’re essentially repeating what I said — which was that he and Obi made some similar mistakes, but that Jarace has the tools to overcome the physical limitations that prevent Obi from being effective in switching schemes. I also admitted that Jarace is very young and there’s a lot that we just don’t know. I’m not really understanding the disconnect.

CK
>>139436464

I mean, not a huge disconnect or anything. I think I'm just a lot more optimistic about Jarace. Yes Obi and Jarace made similar mistakes, but one guy is a 4th year player and the other has barely played in the NBA. Jarace improving his defense seems like very low hanging fruit. Now I didn't watch much G-league so, of course, I'll defer to you if you really think there's any reason to think he'll never figure that out. Anyway, I feel like everything we drafted him for still seems on the table from everything I've seen and now he's got a spot up three too. I'm just excited about him!

Jess

Thanks for a great season! Us Pacers fans are lucky to have you