Pacers ready for more fireworks on draft night
Indy Cornrows —
... He blew up the team.
The flames that lit up the June night sky could be seen from Evansville to Fort Wayne. Bird made two gargantuan trades for seven new players on draft night in front of an extremely excited crowd at Conseco "Reggie Miller" Fieldhouse. The team president essentially turned the 11th pick and a broken-down Jermaine O'Neal into Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert, Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts, Rasho Nesterovic, T.J. Ford and Maceo Baston.
One year later and we're one night away from Bird's ...
2009 Unrestricted Free Agents - Who fits?
Bullets Forever —
... (Chris Mihm, Robert Swift and Jerome James). I also removed the players who have seen better days - the aging vets that just can't bring it any more. (Sorry Juwan Howard, Malik Rose, Calvin Booth, Donyell Marshall, Theo Ratliff and Jamaal Magloire).
Finally, I removed anyone who is considered a very poor defensive player or a poor rebounder - I mean, afterall, what are we looking for here? (Mikki Moore, Maceo Baston, Sean May, Melvin Ely, Stromile Swift, ...
The Shopping List
At The Hive —
... 2.4M
1-2
2-4
Yes ($)
Shelden Williams
No
4.1M
0-1
Minimum
Yes
Maceo Baston
No
4.5M
0-1
1-2
Yes ...
Larry Bird Building Pacers With An Eye Toward The Future
Indy Cornrows —
... and Maceo Baston along with the draft rights to Roy Hibbert. Birds sinister and methodical plan to whitewash the Pacers did produce Rasho, but he was actually more valuable as an expiring contract than as a white player to placate all of the racist hoop fans in Indy. ...
Camp Invites?
Canis Hoopus —
Floating some names out there who could fill out the roster. If you know of guys on this list who were already invited to another camp, pass them along. In no particular order:
Othello Hunter, F/C
Thomas Gardner, SG
Sean Singletary, PG
Jason Hart, PG
Maceo Baston, F/C
Melvin Ely, F/C
Robert Swift, C
Tyronn Lue, PG
Bobby Jackson, PG
Jake Voskuhl, C
Brevin Knight, PG
Juan ...
Pistons Players Answer Fans' Questions on Media Day
Motown String Music —
... swats on Lebron this year (From Fatty) DW: I'll let that situation play itself out.
Kwame Brown:
Q: Kwame, love your approach and work ethic. You're a Piston! Keep working hard. (From Jesse of PistonsNation) KB: Thanks.
Q: Kwame, what have you been working on in the offseason (From JP) KB: free throws free throws and free throws lol
Maceo Baston:
Q: Maceo, what's up welcome, did you ...
New Look Pistons Drop the Heat in Preseason Opener, 87-83
Motown String Music —
... Detroit shot just 66% from the charity stripe. Four of those misses came from Maceo Baston, who didn't do anything to help his cause in making this team. ...
Pistons Show Off the Offense in 113-104 Win vs. Bucks
Motown String Music —
... I don't know how much you buy into the +/- point differential statistic, but Will Bynum is a -23 after two pre-season games. He was again a team worst tonight at -10. Last game it was mainly due to the fact he was on the floor late and Miami's front court was scoring at will on Maceo Baston and co. I'm not sure what caused it tonight, but it's definitely not a comforting statistic to see staring me in the face in the NBA.com box score. ...
Tayshaun Prince Teaches Replacement Refs a Thing or Two
Motown String Music —
... to the line when it should have been Maceo Baston. Bynum had already made both free throws when they corrected their mistake. Baston wound up missing both. ...
2009-10 NBA Blog Previews: Indiana Pacers
Indy Cornrows —
... Since the salary cap remains an issue for at least two more years, the Pacers' decisions weren't solely based on basketball but more on the bottom line. The team let Marquis Daniels and his $7.5 million team option go and were unable to match Toronto's free agent offer for Jarrett Jack. The Pacers also preferred to use Rasho Nesterovic's expiring contract space instead of spending the money re-sign the veteran big man. Sparsely used free agents, Stephen Graham and Maceo Baston were also let go to find another team.
With six open ...
Pistons Fizzle in Dallas: 113-88
Motown String Music —
... all played the entire fourth quarter with the exception of Jerebko who was replaced by Maceo Baston for the final few minutes. With that being said, Dallas was also without two big guns, ...
IC Cold Links: Pacers Limp Back To Indiana After Bad Loss To Magic
Indy Cornrows —
... gold.
Ready for another season preview? This one is actually worth it as our friends at Eight Points, Nine Seconds puts together a nice catalog of season previews along with their own unique take on the upcoming year.
John Oesher, who has taken over Indiana Pacers duties at Examiner.com, posted his take on the latest positive news surrounding the injuries of Tyler Hansbrough and Mike Dunleavy.
USAToday reports that Maceo Baston, who played for the Pacers last season, has been waived by ...
Former Pacers Already Making New Teams Happy
Indy Cornrows —
... Former Pacers averages: Marquis Daniels (Celtics) -- 8 games played (2 starts), 19.9 minutes per game, 47.9% FG, 65% FT, 2.4 apg, 7.6 ppg.
Jarrett Jack (Raptors) -- 8 games played, 24.0 mpg, 37.9% FG, 6.7% 3ptFG, 80.0% FT, 4.0 apg, 7.9 ppg
Rasho Nesterovic (Raptors) -- 7 games played, 15.1 mpg, 35.7% FG, 3.4 rpg, 4.6 ppg
Stephen Graham (Bobcats) -- 8 games played, 18.6 mpg, 32.7% FG, 92.3% FT, 3.6 rpg, 7.6 ppg
Maceo Baston (Pistons, waived at end of preseason) -- 4 games played, ...
Waive Goodbye, Part 2
Ridiculous Upside —
... per-36 numbers are almost identical to White's NBA figures, but I guess there's still too much uncertainty over what White can do when there really shouldn't be. He's headed over to Europe now, I assume, since he's said he's done with the D-League, and who can blame him. If an NBA team says they're committed to your development, then semi-promptly gets rid of you, that would be disheartening for anyone.
Detroit Pistons
Who got cut: Maceo Baston
Who got kept: No one.
Sorry, Maceo. ...
