Setting The Pace: A Pacers Podcast Blue Wire

Pacers forward Oshae Brissett joins Alex Golden and Facci for a great conversation about his NBA journey, his goals for next season, sharing his experience with the Pacers, what interests he has off the basketball court, he walks us through the reverse and-1 dunk against Portland and so much more!
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Alex Golden and Michael J. Facci are back and bring on Evan Sidery from Basketballnews.com. Evan has covered this Suns team for the past few years and has great insight on the Phoenix Suns-DeAndre Ayton situation. The guys look at every scenario, recap why Ayton might be looking for a new home, the pros and cons to Ayton's game, what it might cost to acquire Ayton and potential trade ideas to land the 23-year old big man.
Later, Evan rejoins Alex and Facci to discuss the NBA Draft, the latest buzz surrounding Malcolm Brogdon and his future with the team and Evan shares a few bold takes for this upcoming offseason and draft.
Alex and Facci close out the show recapping their conversation and discuss what they would do when it comes to DeAndre Ayton.

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Alex and Facci kick off the show celebrating Chris Duarte receiving the All-Rookie Second Team honors and what a fun season this was for him, despite the injuries (1:35)! Then, the guys bring on Bob Kravitz of The Athletic to talk about Pritchard's presser, what he anticipates this offseason and the players he thinks the Pacers are most likely to draft (8:00). Later, Alex is joined by brothers Clay and Landry for the Fan of the Week Segment (26:30)!
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Kevin Pritchard had some important things to share with the media and fans after the Pacers landed the 6th overall pick in the draft. Alex and Facci share what stood out to them from this presser, discussed some of the prospects in their range and threw out some hypothetical trade ideas to see how the Pacers might be able to move up.
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The guys watch the draft lottery live and react to the Pacers landing the 6th overall pick! Then, they discuss all the scenarios the Pacers could do with the pick and what players make the most sense. Facci closes out the show reading the history of the 6th overall pick and how its faired in history.
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Alex Golden is joined by David Cole and Carson Stafford to discuss Chris Duarte's stats in his rookie season, and what other players had similar stats to him in their rookie years. Alex presents NINE players who had similar stats, and the three determine which career path makes the most sense for Duarte. Afterward, the guys rank the players from 1-9 in terms of what career Duarte will most likely have.
Later, the guys then share their Top 3 players they would like to see the Pacers trade for, Oddly enough, none of them share the same name, so there are 9-players discussed as potential trade targets. The guys discuss the reason why they picked each player and what their role with the Pacers might be...

Facci will be back with Alex for our LIVE Draft Lottery Podcast! Thanks for your support of the show and let's have a GREAT WEEK of LUCK!
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