Pacers officially announce Paul George to start at Power Forward. PG is "not thrilled"

[Here Comes the Pain]

LeBron is 250 and melo ain't far behind and they had a hard time at that position. Paul george ain't buff like lebron or fat like melo. He's a skinny nikka.

Paul george should ask for a trade later towards because larry bird ain't treating him right. He's well on his way to getting another injury at that position.

The pacers are trash now. Ride it out for almost half the season and pad your stats I guess.

 

[Malta]

This is a team that needed to take the chance on Anthony Bennett.

 

[Alexander The Great]

It does if you think he'll have trouble with the speed at the 3.

no way they think this. Vogel even said George looks more explosive than before.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

This dude just finished putting his leg back together and he's gonna play the 4

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Gil Scott-Heroin isn't the real problem with putting PG at the 4 the wear and tear he is gonna be putting on his body a la Shane Battier a couple years ago? Even LeBron was getting worn down in the post during his peak athletic years. I agree it's their best bet to be above average on offense. On the best days, they'll be able to score at will and suffocate the other team's pick n rolls. It'll probably be lights out in the playoffs. But an entire season is gonna hurt ole boy. Especially with his workload on offense.

But it hasn't been confirmed he'll be playing 40 minutes a night there either so this could all be a moot point.

He definitely won't be playing at the 4 for anywhere near close to 40 mins a night. They've still got two adequate backups who could both potentially see 10+ mins a game in the frontcourt - pushing George to the 3/2 or to the bench. We'll just have to wait and see how Vogel works him in. I don't think the wear and tear will be as big of a problem as most do. Teams won't be able to control the possession count by working over George with a 4, as there isn't one in the league that can stop him on the other end - which will more often than not force teams to use a small ball lineup.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I don't got the answers breh

I have to assume the men getting pain millions to put the pieces together do.
I'll have a more informed opinion once I see these guys on the court.

But you seem to think it'll only work if he plays the 4 on offense and 3 on defense - can you tell me how that's possible when we already know the basic makeup of the starting lineup?

 

[Regular_P]

LeBron is 250 and melo ain't far behind and they had a hard time at that position. Paul george ain't buff like lebron or fat like melo. He's a skinny nikka.

Paul george should ask for a trade later towards because larry bird ain't treating him right. He's well on his way to getting another injury at that position.

The pacers are trash now. Ride it out for almost half the season and pad your stats I guess.

Dough Boy and Randle for George. Do it, Mitch.

 

[Fresh]

what did he do wrong (Paul George that is)

nobody in the NBA would put PG, from...that leg, to playing powerforward, even on offense be serious about this

The other PF could be on him for a million reasons if he's playing any type of PF, and give him a hard foul for whatever reason, a serious game maybe , and he's the last dude who needs this.

I'm guessing nobody is this dumb, who'd he piss off?

 

[Sccit]

THE 4 OF 2015 IS LIKE THE 3 OF 15 YEARS AGO.....6'6" DRAYMOND GREEN WAS THE STARTING CENTER ON A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, AND YALL SURPRISED? THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE NBA IS HEADING IN.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Dude gonna get injured again doing this. Pacers definitely not making the playoffs, need to gun for Skal Labissiere

 

[BigE214]

They need a 4? Peace out Dirk, Do it Cubes

And hold up MFFL's

Spoiler

 

[ThugLife]

PG sticking Chris Bosh?

Heat brehs we finna feast

 

[FS4LFE]

 

[jaguar paw]

Candid as fukk

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

He being real vocal in the media about not liking it
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i respect him for it