Ethan Thompson

And I was like, what a guy.

Like, it was so funny because I think his first assist was like to Ethan Thompson.

And that's going to be such a trivia question one day for Pacer fans.

But like, yeah, he just, that was the first thing I noticed with him was just how well he gets rid of the ball and how well he sees the floor.

Maybe they'll change my mind over the next few months.

The Indiana Pacers, they lost Cam Jones, Talon Peter, Micah Potter, and Ethan Thompson.

They added Kelly Oubre, perfectly serviceable rotation forward.

Larry Nance Jr. has been banged up a lot over the last couple years and been in and out of the rotation everywhere he's been, but has some upside as kind of a small ball five that can shoot the three.

I don't even know if they're going to play him this year or loan him to another team.

But more importantly, Carly Jones is healthy, and they brought him some backcourt help with Beavers legend Ethan Thompson.

This is explosive.

I've been reading the Euro fans.

And I just have so many questions, let's say, about the offensive part.

Like maybe Ethan Thompson can contribute something.

right from the start, but that's it.

The bench is where I have so many questions about this team.

in the best-case scenario, they're making the play-in with Carlinho Jones being the...

In the run for the MVP, in the race for the MVP, Ethan Thompson becomes this great addition from the NBA, another scoring punch.

They find some nice chemistry with different guards that they have, with Paiola, Kyle Allman, Luca Vildoza.

These bigs, like Tonia Jacqueira and Kavaris Hayes, they're becoming these great... centers, defensive mindset players.

I did not see this one happening.

I for sure thought Ethan Thompson would still be on the roster on a two-way deal, but they decided Kobe Brown was more important than Ethan Thompson.

And I mean, I guess what we saw last year, that's a fair point.

I think Kobe Brown actually showed some stuff, even though his plus minus was not great, but the team sucked last year.

Yeah.

Uh, Ethan Thompson, I would see him for sure going over.

I could see that happening with Lamar Stevens, maybe even Luka Vildoza.

But consistently 10, 10 or more points is-

Yeah, no, it definitely feels like a total opposite type of thing.

And like, I mean, we've even heard before, like, you know, Ethan Thompson, who was someone who was, like, lighting it up in the G League, but then comes over to the NBA.

It's not your role, you know? So I do think that's, like, a totally different style where, yeah, that's a very valid point of, like, he might be playing 30-plus minutes with Noblesville and then playing...

you know, seven minutes total in a game, how can you impact it? So that's going to be really tricky for him.

I just – I don't – I think the

competition better.

The G League competition, it's like – that's the, like, kick them while he's down by Ethan Thompson.

Like, there's someone who, like I said, lights it up in the G League and then comes over to Pacers and he's shooting, like, I don't know, like 37% from the field and just does not look anything like that type of guy.