Inside Indiana Board

I haven't watched the Pacers as much as I'd like since they aren't on national TV that much. Is Granger generally the go-to guy down the stretch? And is he the one that will be guarding LeBron?

Yeah, George definitely gives them another option on the wing. It'll be interesting to see what line up Miami plays against the Pacers. If they go small and play Bosh at center, Hibbert needs to have a huge series. The "centers" Miami has on the bench are all flawed in some way, so if those guys are on the court, the Pacers need to expose them on both ends of the floor.

That was a tough one tonight. Good to see Horford back though.

Thats crazy how that stuff works out sometimes.

Hand to my heart, I was heartbroken the day we drew the No. 2 overall pick in the '05 draft. I knew Billy Knight, who was then the GM, would succumb to public pressure and his own failings and take either Bogut or Williams, neither of whom I wanted or we needed.

I desperately wanted Chris Paul. Saw him mature over two seasons at Wake Forest and thought he would be an absolute stud. Plus that Hawks team would have matured so differently with a point guard who was worth anything. Remember, that was right at the beginning of the Joe Johnson era in Atlanta, and Josh Smith and Josh Childress were both still exceptionally young. Putting a point guard of Paul's caliber onto that team would have been brilliant.

Ugh, it makes me ill to talk about it even now.

I'm just saying, watching the Bulls get whipped by the 76ers and knowing D-Rose and Luol Deng will be out until about January of next year is equally as depressing, seeing as they're title contenders otherwise.

Deng has said he wants to postpone, and the Bulls haven't exerted any pull against that as of yet. You'd hope they do, though, because the franchise will be missing its No. 1 player and then its next-best scoring option from the wing. I'm sure they understand how badly Deng wants to represent in the Olympics, but your livelihood should take precedence.

Yeah, if I'm the team paying him, I'm taking control in this situation. As soon as the Olympic team wants to pay his salary, he can do whatever they want. My guess is that the organization is treading lightly right now in an effort to avoid a PR nightmare as much as possible. Ultimately, though, I'd be very surprised if they let him go through with that.

Great win for the Pacers last night, and that'll buy them at least an extra day to prepare for the Heat.

And give credit to the Hawks for making big shots down the stretch to survive another day. Horford's tough, and really brings another dimension to that team. Should be a great game Thursday night.

Love Horford. Have since he joined the team. To me he's their best player. I feel ill when I see Joe Johnson dribbling the ball around.

I agree with you about both of those guys. When they move the ball and attack the basket, they're tough to defend. But when they go into iso mode with Johnson, they're much easier to guard. He makes some amazing plays at times, but he usually can't keep that up over the course of an entire game.