How did we get here? | Morning Shoot Around
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What teams are up 3-1 in the playoffs?
I don't know. We'll talk a little bit about the Knicks and how they are presently constructed and if it is a good enough, frankly, is a question that we have to have to put out there. And then same for the Timberwolves. Like, do they do they have enough as well? And what what can they do and what are their limitations in this offseason? I'm your host, Andrew Schlecht. With me, Dave DeFore, Esper Haney. We'll have Zena Keita joining us at some point as well. We can start with the Pacers because this is a team that I think a lot of times throughout this season, I don't think any of us... I'm just talking about me, okay? Frankly, I'm just talking about me.
Yeah, it is really only you.
Let's clear that up. I didn't have enough of an imagination. to think that the pacers could make the nba finals my imagination sometimes is limited and you know what it's a flaw that i have okay i'll admit it i've got it and i did not have the imagination for a team like the indiana pacers to actually make the nba finals and here we are they're up 3-1 they got to go back into new york to win And they're just on the doorstep, though. And they're obviously heavily favorited. It's hard to come back 3-1. Do the Knicks have the anatomy of a team that could come back from a 3-1 deficit? It doesn't look like it right now, but it never looks like it, I would say. Yeah. But let's start with the Pacers. How did we get here with the Indiana Pacers? And we can just kind of talk.
I think it's just interesting to kind of just take apart. Right now, we have this rubber band ball of a team. And it's like, how did this get here? And which one is this? But I think it's good to kind of take this apart a little bit and think about how do you build a contender? How do you build a team that could do something like this? How about Rick Carlisle?
Yeah. Like, start there.
That's a big one.
He gets pushed out of Dallas. Yep. Where he's coaching, you know, Luka Doncic and that whole situation, you know, with the the analytics folks and everyone sniping at each other and he gets handed the keys to the franchise. And this is a team that plays, this is like a Rick Carlisle team. I actually saw someone compare them to the 2011 Mavs, which is, which is interesting, right? I, I would, I don't think it's a real good comparison, but when you consider the, the, the different pieces that he's using, And especially all the guards, right? Like Ben Shepard getting all this run. That's Rick Carlisle. Like you can imagine if Devin Harris would fit right into this team, right? One-time all-star, Devin Harris.
Right.
And so I would start with that. Like Rick Carlisle and his sort of imprint and identity. Like we've said for years, he's one of the best coaches in the league. I think it's time to start thinking about this guy as one of the best coaches of all time.
You know what's crazy, Dave? He was not named in the NBA all-time coaches. Doc Rivers was, but Rick Carlisle was not. Just wanted to mention that.
Hey, Doc's a good coach, man. Doc's got a good track record. He's a good coach.
It's just the other side of it that Rick Carlisle was not.
Rick Carlisle, that's a different thing. And I would start there. I think that landing Rick Carlisle really is what turned the franchise around. I mean, the players obviously win the games, but – You know, having that guy in place for a rebuilt like think about it for for a team that's kind of turning things over that that's extremely rare.
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