Okay, seriously, I am getting tired of these rumors of the Pacers moving. I really don't think it's going to happen at all. It'll never happen. NEVER! I have so many reasons, so let's start now.

Yes, yes, Indiana has been going to financial troubles and there are those rumors of them that they might be threatened to leave town.

Financial troubles are getting so bad that if Herb Simon can't pay for the team and the building costs by June 30th, it's all over. Everything has to be done in 30-40 days, says Jim Morris.

But I just don't see it happening. I think Indy can get through this. I know they can. I mean, how can you see a professional basketball team moving from the state of Indiana!

Indiana! This is where basketball dreams are made. Indiana is probably one of the top five states for basketball. They had 1,000 people in attendance for a State Finals high school basketball game!

The Pacers have been in Indy for over 40 years! And now people are expecting them to move. Oh jeez. There's a bright future out there. We heard all the rumors. At the beginning of this season, there were rumors of them moving to Vancouver.

They were way off. And now the rumors come up again. Probably a lot of you basketball fans have read Bill Simmons' recent book. He said the basketball H.O.F. should be in Indiana. He thinks Indiana is the best state for basketball.

Which brings me to this: there is no way a professional basketball team will leave Indiana. It's just impossible. I guarantee Herb Simon and Larry Bird will find a way to fix this.

I just know they will. So you guys can just keep going on those rumors. It's not gonna happen!

Plus, if you look at this way: would you pay $15M for Conseco Fieldhouse or $150M for leaving the city and moving to another city, as Indy Cornrows points out. Take your choice. There's another reason, see?

And according to the Indiana Business Journal, the Pacers would be in $147M in debt if they were to leave the city and do all that bullcrap.

Though Indiana has been a struggle for the past few seasons and again this season, just think of what would happen here. Chaos. This team has so many good memories. From Billy Knight to Rik Smits and Reggie Miller to Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, a new future is awaited.

We are seeing a new team. Rebuilding. Next year is the best bet for the playoffs. It's possible. With a new future with building around Danny Granger, Dahntay Jones, A.J. Price, Troy Murphy, Brandon Rush, and Roy Hibbert; there's no way in hell Indy is moving.

Fans will probably help. But I know. I know, the Pacers are staying.

And they always will.

There's really not much left to say except...it can only get better next season...I hope...

Full season analysis coming soon...

Hilarious.  For weeks, with their playoff hopes gone and the lottery in waiting, the Indiana Pacers played their best basketball of the season, winning 10 of 12 games.  All it did was destroy almost any hope of securing a top 5 pick in the next NBA draft (which they were in line to get before the run).  Now, when it TRULY doesn't matter whether the Pacers win or lose anymore (since it won't change their position in the standings regardless), they go and get blown out by the Orlando Magic in their home finale, 118-98.

As has happened so many times this season, the game was over by the end of the first quarter, when the Magic steamrolled ahead with a 42-18 lead.  What made things more depressing was that after keeping playing time sporadic during the damaging  hot streak, Coach Jim O'Brien finally decided to give more playing time to AJ Price, who played 25 minutes.  However, the bulk of the bench minutes were given to Mike Dunleavy and Dahntay Jones.  Josh McRoberts only played 12 minutes, and Luther Head and Solomon Jones didn't play at all.  Puzzling and depressing.

The Pacers finish their regular season on the road against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.

The Indiana Pacers just can't stop winning, though to be fair, they probably would have beaten the woeful New Jersey Nets even if they were tanking.

The final score, 115-102.  Troy Murphy had 25 and 9.  Danny Granger had 22.  The Pacers are now 32-48.  They have won 4 straight and 10 of 12.

I'm sorry, but this is just crazy.  The Pacers don't need to win any more games.  They haven't for a very long time.  The good news is that even if they win their final 2 games of the season, the Pacers won't be leapfrogging anyone else in the standings. And even if they lose both games, they won't be falling behind anyone else.  Which means they should probably try and win.

Jim O'Brien said this: "I said to our guys, 'They are tasting victory, they are hungry and they have confidence.  They have solid pieces. I don't think they're far away from being a playoff contender."

Just not this season.

Granger played well with 36 points. I like that. I like what the Pacers are doing right now. I see a good team next year. Good wins so far. This is a good one, too. But in my opinion, I feel that they just got lucky because LeBron was out. They won by three points with LeBron gone. Their butts would be whooped if he were there. Maybe.