Setting The Pace: A Pacers Podcast

Alex Golden and Mike Facci start off today's show recapping the Pacers incredible win over the Utah Jazz, behind Sabonis' career high 42-points and Lance's career high 14-assists. The guys talk about The Lance Effect and what it means for this team. In the next two segments, the guys answer half of the mailbag questions! Topics: Pritchard's reason for signing Lance, Warren's return, favorite regul...

Alexa Ross (@AlexaRossTV) joins Alex Golden to discuss Lance Mania and the performance Lance Stephenson put on Wednesday night for Pacers fans, The two then move into a conversation about the benefit of tanking and look at Philadelphia's ups and downs with missing and hitting in the draft. Lastly, they look at the Pacers roster as a whole and discuss what type of moves need to be made. Later, Rich...

Awesome show today, as Facci and Alex answer voicemail trade ideas from our great listeners! We had 8-trade ideas, and the majority of them were different, allowing for a wide variety of conversation to be had. We hope you enjoy! In our final segment, we have on comic expert, JHAQ, to discuss his love for the Pacers, growing up a Pacers fan, thoughts on the current roster and how he got into creat...

Alex Golden is joined by COVID expert, Dr. Michael Facci, to answer questions from Pt. 2 of the Mailbag! Topics: Covid Impact on Pacers trades, losing for a high draft pick, signing Lance for the rest of the season, conspiracy theories with Matthew Peck on leaked information/throwing games, getting leaders on the Pacers that are similar to Big Q and Darius Leonard for the Colts, getting the fun ba...

Alex Golden and Facci recap the Lance Stephenson's 2021 debut with the Pacers, more players in Health and Safety Protocols and what went wrong against the Cavs. After that, they kick off the mailbag questions discussing: Lance Stephenson, Sabonis becoming a 3pt shooter, the coaching staff's faults with this rosters overall play, trading for Kevin Porter Jr. or Christian Wood and rapid fire answers...

Alex Golden and Michael Facci start off the show recapping another lackluster performance from the Pacers in their 116-108 loss against the Hornets. Alex and Facci discuss Goga Bitadze being a wasted pick by the Pacers, the lack of a team identity and dying interest in the team. Next, Facci shares the Setting The Pace, Player of the Week. The guys discuss why this player won and how a certain stat...

Alex Golden and Michael Facci start off today's show discussing the Pacers last two games, and the recent news of Brad Wanamaker being waived and Keifer Sykes being added to the Pacers 15-man roster. Later, Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files joins the show to discuss the current state of the Indiana Pacers. Key talking points from this conversation are centered around Rick Carlisle, Brogdon extended...

Alex Golden is joined by Dan Favale of Bleacher Report and The Hardwood Knocks Podcast to look at potential trades the Pacers could make, and why the Pacers have been so inconsistent this season, Alex and Dan alternate sharing their trades, explaining why they came up with their trade idea framework and what they view as fair value for the Pacers best trade chips. Learn more about your ad choices....

Alex Golden is joined by Mark Montieth to look at the Pacers biggest problems, what areas they need to improve this roster and what to make of this current core and all the reports/rumors that have come out over the last few weeks. In segment 1, Alex opens up the show with a little Christmas exercise, where he compares every player on the Pacers roster this season to a Christmas character. Lastly,...

Host Alex Golden and Facci are back to answer the remaining questions of this week's mailbag. The guys jump into some great topics! Jersey sales for players traded What position do you project Isaiah Jackson playing? Duarte always sits close to the coaches during the game...why? Getting younger, but finding a potential all-star Who has a better chance of re-signing? Myles or Domas? Herb and KP's c...

Alex Golden and Facci are back, and we had some terrific questions here in Part 1 of the Mailbag Monday Podcast. The guys discuss questions on: Whether or not Carlisle and Pritchard are saying things to the media to appease fans. Trading for Thad Young, Spurs interest in one of the Pacers bigs Thoughts on Killian Hayes Herb Simon adding more confusion than necessary No rebuild now? When can we exp...

Facci recaps the Pacers week as rumors are boiling hot on Domantas Sabonis wanting out of Indiana. Also, Pacers owner Herb Simon had a "little" bit of information to share with 5-media members, so Facci shares his thoughts on that conversation. Later, Facci is joined by Derek Murray of BasketballNews.com to look at this upcoming NBA Draft Class and they look closely at two Indiana college prospect...

Host Alex Golden is joined by Michael Facci to discuss the Pacers-Warriors game. Then, Alex and Facci reveal their Top-10 Trade Targets for this season and discuss what they like about said players. Later, Jake Fischer from Bleacher Report joins Facci for a one-on-one conversation about the latest rumors in the NBA, and specifically your Indiana Pacers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

Facci and Alex are back for Pt. 2 of the MAILBAG! Topics: The Pacers Tradable Trio (Sabonis, Turner and LeVert), building around Duarte, trading for Brandon Ingram, podcast interview dream, trading for an ideal point guard, who should be the Pacers closer, short-sighted front office, Lance Stephenson and should the Pacers rebrand to Indianapolis instead of Indiana. Learn more about your ad choices...

Facci and Alex recap the Pacers 3-game winning streak in segment 1, then jump right into mailbag questions! Topics: Ranking the roster, coach Pierce's role with Carlisle out, draft prospects for 2022, young talent that could be traded for, Domas not being a "star", Kelan Martin's improved play, Brad Wanamaker frustrations, Sabonis + LeVert for Simmons trade idea, likelihood of a trade happening an...

Alex Golden is joined by CBS NBA writer, Sam Quinn. Sam is a big fan of creating trade ideas and gauging the value of players amongst the league. In this episode Sam goes in-depth with what he thinks would be equal value for LeVert, Sabonis and Turner. Sam and Alex then discuss trade ideas in the 2nd segment and discuss what type of return would be best for both parties involved. Learn more about...

Alex starts off the show quickly recapping all that came out today, news wise for the Pacers. Then, Facci shares the Setting The Pace, Player of the Week and gives us an update on the rookies, with, The Rookie Report. Alex is joined by Bob Kravitz of The Athletic to discuss his reporting of the Pacers Rebuild. He shares his thoughts on Jared Weiss' article where he chatted with Kevin Pritchard and...

Alex and Facci share their thoughts and takeaways from Shams Charania and Bob Kravitz report on the Pacers openly embracing a rebuild. The guys then share a few trade ideas centered around Sabonis, Turner and LeVert (14:50). Later, Jake Query (30:00) joins the guys to discuss his thoughts on the Pacers rebuild/retool. Jake also talks about what TJ Warren can mean for the Pacers, Carlisle's role, h...

Mailbag Questions for Part 2: Question 16: Trading LeVert with a Big Question 17: Realistic moves without blowing it up Question 18: Who do Pacers keep at Deadline? Question 19: Inconsistent minutes for Oshae Question 20: Best Part of the Season is Trade SZN Question 21: Pritchard's lack of statements on the season thus far. Question 22: Pritchard being fired before season likelihood. Question 23:...

Alex and Facci share their thoughts on the Pacers-Heat game then get into mailbag questions! Mailbag Questions Question 1: Sabonis to the Warriors Question 2: Will Pacers ever rebuild? + Sabonis and Turner Trade Ideas Question 3: Pritchard need to go? Question 4: No Oshae Jersey's at the team store? Question 5: TJ McConnell: Energy guy, or a true backup point? Question 6: Trade Preference: Fox, Mu...

Alex and Facci recap last nights loss to Atlanta, another no-call for Duarte, Carlisle showing up 45-minutes late to press conference because team was breaking down first half film immediately after the loss, HOT TAKE on Caris LeVert's play, and comparing this team to a 500-piece jig saw puzzle. Next, the guys reveal the Player of the Week and rundown the play from our Rookies this week in the Roo...

Facci goes solo with Zak Noble, from Ball is Life. Zak recently interviewed Myles Turner on his podcast and shared thoughts with Facci about Turner and the interview. Later, the guys discuss what potential moves Indiana could make. the fit of Sabonis and Turner, TJ Warren's highly anticipated return and what Zak saw from the Pacers last night in a 2-point loss against Zak's Timberwolves. Learn mor...

Alex and Facci recap another disappointing loss from the Pacers. The guys express their issues with the teams inability to closeout games and what areas they can improve upon. Alex and Facci share their biggest hot takes to shake the current roster up. Facci suggests a starter be put on the bench and Alex suggests the Pacers find a better fit at a primary position. Lastly, Alex and Facci react to...

Alex and Facci QUICKLY recap Pacers/Bucks and discuss why this matchup is always a problem for the team. Then, they spend the rest of the show answering great mailbag questions. Twitter Question 1 (Sam Culbertson) - At what point do we put more blame on Carlisle for the Pacers rough start to the season this year? Question 2 (Aaron M) - Do you think we see more of an emphasis from the organization...

Alex Golden is joined by Brendan King to recap the Pacers loss in Overtime to LeBron and the Lakers. It was a tough one for sure, but there were positives to takeaway from this game. Then, we had a few voicemails from fans expressing their thoughts on the game and Chris Duarte. Lastly, Alex and Brendan assign each Pacers player to a specific food from your traditional Thanksgiving meal. There were...