Setting The Pace: A Pacers Podcast Blue Wire

Alex Golden and Michael Facci are joined by Chad Buchanan, Pacers GM, to discuss:
-the past season and the run to the East Finals
-was there a specific moment you realized this team had something special?
-the truth on Tyrese's health during the playoff run, and where he actually was health wise
-navigating the All-NBA requirements and Haliburton's injury the remainder of the season/postseason
-what Chad learned from his team against Boston
-players physically needing to get in better shape for a deeper playoff run
-balancing the thought process of making moves to win now, versus staying the coarse and developing this core
-what Chad learned from his team when they got down in a series: 0-1 against Milwaukee, 0-2 against New York
-what Andrew Nembhard did this playoff run and whether or not he is the long term answer at the shooting guard spot
-Aaron Nesmith's growth from being traded here for Brogdon and exceeding expectations
-How the playoffs helped Jarace Walker despite not playing much & what the front office learned about his game after not playing in the rotation this season
-What Bennedict Mathurin can take from this playoff run, what they want to see from Mathurin next season, Mathurin taking receipts of the negative comments about his game on social media and a great story about Mathurin's new hobby of baking

Hope you enjoyed the conversation from Part 1 of our interview. Part 2 will be a little longer and have more questions about the rest of the roster. Thanks for tuning in and LETS GO PACERS!
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On Thursday afternoon, Alex was a guest on The Sports Show with Brett Rump, where he did a radio interview breaking down the season the Pacers had and looking forward to the future. Brett asks Alex whether or not Myles Turner can be the starting center on a Finals team, what Indiana needs to do to improve their roster and whether or not there will ever be a hot seat for Rick Carlisle.
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Alex Golden and Facci share their thoughts on multiple topics that Chad Buchanan discussed in today's end of season press conference.

1. Keys to accelerating the rebuild
2. Experiencing and Understanding what a playoff setting is and what a deep playoff run is all about
3. What did this playoff run tell you that this team still needs
4. is there a specific piece you need or is it on the roster?
5. How do you assess where to go next after a deep run
6. Next steps of team building with a young roster
7. Pascal's fit and future
8. Obi's long term fit and what to do with him in the summer
9. Did McConnell's run change your outlook on his future with the team
10 Jarace's season and future
11. Assessing the job Rick has done
12. Going after the right player...piece by piece like Boston and Denver
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Alex Golden and Facci join on the 900th episode of Setting The Pace to discuss Indiana's 3-point loss to the Boston Celtics, for the 2nd straight time in a row. Instead of diving into the weeds of the game, the guys mostly spend the time reflecting on the season and the postseason run and what that means for the future of this Indiana team.

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Alex Golden is joined by Derek Kramer from iPacers Blog, to chat about the Pacers facing elimination and what they will need to do to extend the series to 5 games. The guys also discuss what they learned from Game 3, the playoff run nobody expected this season and what it means for Indiana to have been so competitive in 2 of these 3 games so far.

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Alex Golden is joined by Carson Stafford to discuss the Pacers collapse in the 2nd half to the Boston Celtics. The guys get into Rick Carlisle's postgame comments, the way NBA Playoff games have been officiated, the decision to not call timeout when Nembhard had the ball with 8-9 seconds left, the Nembhard heroic performance, veterans showing out: McConnell, Siakam and Turner. They close out the show discussing Luka's game winner over Gobert, Draymond's analysis on TNT afterwards and more.

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