[The Athletic] Bold predictions for each NBA team in 2024-25: Jalen Brunson MVP? All-NBA Zion Williamson?
October 7, 2024
[The Athletic] Bold predictions for each NBA team in 2024-25: Jalen Brunson MVP? All-NBA Zion Williamson?
3 comments
> Pacers will finish top four in the East: I don’t know how I feel about the Pacers in the postseason. I like Boston, New York and Philadelphia as the East’s top-three teams, but in the scrum for fourth, I’ll buy Indiana. Pascal Siakam is a great fit, Tyrese Haliburton continues to emerge as a top point guard (and player), they’ll be better with a healthy Bennedict Mathurin, and I like Andrew Nembhard with this team. Oh, and they still have Myles Turner. Their performance in the East finals as a wounded No. 6-seeded team was admirable. And this season, they’ll prove what we saw last spring was real. — Joe Vardon
I think the pacers can be top 2 team in the East and I’m tired of pretending like they’re not
We have a chance of being higher. Unlike the Knicks, our team has already had time to gel. And we have the best bench and even more young talent ready to bloom. Our biggest challenge IMO is getting our defense to show up. We must be top 15 in D like we were in the 2nd half of the season. And Hali must lead by example.
3 comments
> Pacers will finish top four in the East: I don’t know how I feel about the Pacers in the postseason. I like Boston, New York and Philadelphia as the East’s top-three teams, but in the scrum for fourth, I’ll buy Indiana. Pascal Siakam is a great fit, Tyrese Haliburton continues to emerge as a top point guard (and player), they’ll be better with a healthy Bennedict Mathurin, and I like Andrew Nembhard with this team. Oh, and they still have Myles Turner. Their performance in the East finals as a wounded No. 6-seeded team was admirable. And this season, they’ll prove what we saw last spring was real. — Joe Vardon
I think the pacers can be top 2 team in the East and I’m tired of pretending like they’re not
We have a chance of being higher. Unlike the Knicks, our team has already had time to gel. And we have the best bench and even more young talent ready to bloom. Our biggest challenge IMO is getting our defense to show up. We must be top 15 in D like we were in the 2nd half of the season. And Hali must lead by example.
Vardon doesn’t mention the Bucks. At all.