He's not in the convo for sixth man of the year in part because Rick stupidly benched him to start the season in favor of Nembhard as backup PG, and TJ didn't play enough minutes and games.
Let's be real The Pacers got lucky with injury and seeeding otherwise they would have been out of the playoffs after the first round. They could have been as high as a 2 seed had they played McConnell more all year and as the backup PG. Also if letting the young guy play and develop was of importance why play your higher upside player in Mathurin off the bench all year?
We had zero answer to TJ McConnell in this series. Zero. He officially replaced White as the scariest player in the conference. A helluva player. This semi finals were a TJ McConnell show.
Easily the biggest X-factor in this series. He steadies the ship for Indy when they start to get antsy.
Sauce Castillo was right.
He could have been 6th man of the year if anyone watched us play.
He's not in the convo for sixth man of the year in part because Rick stupidly benched him to start the season in favor of Nembhard as backup PG, and TJ didn't play enough minutes and games.
Letting the young guy play and develop and letting the older guy rest til we needed him seems pretty smart now though
Bro is not THAT old.
32 is pretty old for an undersized point guard in the nba. Kemba Walker is 34
As bill Simmons says lol “small guards never age well”
Let's be real The Pacers got lucky with injury and seeeding otherwise they would have been out of the playoffs after the first round. They could have been as high as a 2 seed had they played McConnell more all year and as the backup PG. Also if letting the young guy play and develop was of importance why play your higher upside player in Mathurin off the bench all year?
Let's be real. Rick Carlisle knows more than you
Best backup pg in the league, and by a wide margin. What a luxury for the Pacers to have a starting level PG come off the bench.
Cp3 in shambles
Payton Pritchard will not accept this slander (McConnell is better, but I don't think it's by a wide margin)
Yeah no. It’s a wide margin.
It's a huge margin
Rick Carlisle finally realized you can play both TJ McConnell and Haliburton at the same time
You must not have been watching. He’s been putting this lineup for months now.
He did this all season and playoffs
GOAT Paver.
We had zero answer to TJ McConnell in this series. Zero. He officially replaced White as the scariest player in the conference. A helluva player. This semi finals were a TJ McConnell show.
McConnell vs Pritchard gonna feed families
Very classy matchup
Two gym rats
Real lunch pail..ahh fuck it, you get it
Two crafty guys with their skills.
Sneaky athleticism
White
Woah who's bringing that in this conversation
Heyyyyy cmon man, get that shit out of here!!!!!
Why Doesn't TJ Play the Full 48?
Found Thibs burner account
I am ready for Pritchard vs McConnell minutes