2011-12 Indiana PACERS...CIRCLE City...NAPtown....INDY...MARKET SQUARE Arena...CONSECO Fieldhouse....PACERS Hoops Preview

Any of these names RING a BELL...George McGINNIS (ABA who later joined DOC, CHOCOLATE THUNDER, BIBBY, and COLLINS at the SPECTRUM in PHILLY), Mel DANIELS (played at SOUTHEASTERN Community College the Winningest JUCO in the land). and last but not least...MILLER TIME..UCLA's Finest and maybe the only PLAYER going to the NBA Hall Of FAME where his SISTER was better than him in CHERYL MILLER.

Fast Forward in the 1990's an coached by Larry BROWN it was arguably the best PACERS TEam ever..MILLER TIME, ACTION Jackson, the DAVIS BOYS...DALE and ANTONIO, the Flying DUTCHMEN SMITS of MARIST, HEAVY D McKEY, and the RIFLEMAN Chuck PERSON. If it weren't for AIR JORDAN and PIP or KOBE and SHAQ....the PACERS might have gotten themselves a CHIP.

Now that brings us to the 2011-12 PACERS of CIRCLE City Fame with a young head coach straight off the Rick PITINO Coaching Tree in Frank VOGEL. PACERS President of BASKETBALL Operation Larry BIRD was hesitant a bit to take the interim tag off of VOGEL after he replaced Jim O'BRIEN. Credit to the PACERS Players they made it known to BIRDman and others in the Organization that they wanted VOGEL and VOGEL it was.

Since the 2008 Season the PACERS have slowly been building their ROSTER via DRAFT and heavy Free Agency for not only a quick fix but a good mix of YOUNG TALENT, a PACERS Holdover or two, and along with getting the right PLAYER in the DRAFT.

The PACERS now have the makings of putting themselves right in the middle of the EAST and they have some stability now on their ROSTER led by All-Star Small Forward Danny GRANGER who many missed on in the DRAFT as he went #17 in ROUND 1 after dominating at New MEXICO University where he played a little out of position at Power Forward.

But BIRD and management didn't become complacent as they said let's build around GRANGER with a BIG in Roy HIBBERT of HOYA PARANOIA, a versatile 2-3 in 2nd Year man Paul GEORGE, trade for Darren COLLISON since he was going no where backing up CP3 in NAWLINS', get PSYCHO T of CHAPEL HILL NC Fame, CIRCLE City Native George HILL of IUPUI a proven Young Talented COMBO from the SPURS in a TRADE, and go after Low Maintenance PF David WEST while he was coming off of an ACL Injury that the GREEN TEAM in BEANtown wanted so bad.

Now the PACERS find themselves 2.5 Games behind the BULLS after beating them last night on the WEST SIDE of CHI City. As WEST, GRANGER, and GEORGE did most of the DAMAGE as the BULLS had some trouble matching up with the PACERS without LOU and TAJ.

Now the PACERS are ready and primed to make a nice run in the EAST as BIRD and the PACERS Brass has fixed them quickly and they will be around for sometime looking at the OVERALL AGE of the new CONSECO Contingent.

The PACERS have something to build towards as they are chasing something those BOYS in the RAFTERS never could get their hands on...the LARRY O'BRIEN....and that is all their is to shoot for in the ASSOCIATION.

NOTE: A huge help to the VOGEL Coaching Staff is LAKERS Castoff and NBA Head Coach in the MAKING UCSB Alum and Ex-CELTIC and LAKER Player Brian SHAW...a huge pull for VOGEL, BIRD, and the PACERS Organization moving forward and he brings nothing but RINGS.