On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex Golden and Mike Facci are joined by Young Simba! The guys each share 3 trade ideas and then evaluate one another's trades. 

Alex Golden is FINALLY back with Mike Facci for today's episode! Before bringing on Justin Termine to talk all things Pacers and a little Eastern Conference, the guys discuss Facci's Mets trading for Ryan Helsley from Alex's St. Louis Cardinals, and where both of their teams are currently at...

Then, we get into the majority of our show with Justin Termine, host of the NBA Today Show on Sirius XM Radio. Justin answers a ton of Pacers questions and shares his thoughts on the Pacers magical playoff run and where he would rank the Pacers arean/fan base amongst the rest of the NBA.

Justin discusses the current landscape of the Eastern Conference, who will be the top dawgs and who has the opportunity to be this season's Indiana Pacers of 2025. He also shares which team has the bleakest future in the league. 

On today's show, Alex Golden goes solo to share four things from Rick Carlisle's interview with Caitlin Cooper on the Basketball, She Wrote, Video Podcast. Here is a link to that podcast if you haven't watched it yet.  Please WATCH THIS before listening to this episode!

Alex discusses these four things from Rick Carlisle's interview:

• Mathurin Starting at 2
• The Center By Committee comments
• RC says Pascal Siakam is a "GREAT" player and discusses his role next season
• What no Tyrese means for Nembhard + his role next season. 

On today's show, Alex Golden is once again joined by Derek Kramer of iPacers.com to draft a starting 5 of the Biggest "What Ifs" in Indiana Pacers history. After the draft is concluded, the guys share their honorable mentions that did not make the cut. 

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Alex Golden is joined by Derek Kramer of iPacers to share their Biggest Questions for the upcoming 2025-2026 NBA Season. Let us know what you think of the questions presented in today's show, and if we left off any questions you have, please leave them in the comment section!

Alex Golden joins Sirius XM Radio with Justin Termine and Eddie Johnson. During this segment, Alex discusses the Pacers upcoming season, the Pacers incredible playoff run, what to make of the recent Victor Oladipo rumors, any interest in Ben Simmons as a fit with the Indiana Pacers, Myles Turner's departure for Milwaukee and expectations for McConnell and Nembhard next season without Tyrese Haliburton. 

Alex Golden is joined by Casey Johnson to share their Top 5 Players They Want To See Make The Biggest Jump Next Season for the Indiana Pacers...Casey's #1 will shock MOST fans!

Then, Cory Gill comes on as our "Fan of the Week"...Cory discusses his fandom and some of the key differences in Gainbridge and Market Square Arena. The guys also discuss this incredible run Haliburton went on and Cory then asks Alex questions about the Pacers and the podcast.

Well, hello there Pacer Nation! Thanks for tuning into Setting The Pace, YOUR go-to Pacers Podcast! Today, Alex Golden and Mike Facci each share 5 players they want to see the Indiana Pacers target in a trade. The guys then share a handful of honorable mentions at the end. 

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Alex Golden and Michael Facci are joined by Tony East of Locked on Pacers and Forbes.com to discuss the Indiana Pacers. The guys discuss who is the most intriguing player(s) we want to see develop next season, whether Benn Mathurin is more likely to lead the team in scoring or get traded, how the Pacers can use the Designated Player Exception (DPE) for Tyrese Haliburton being sidelined for all of next season, Ben Sheppard's potential, James Wiseman's chances of providing something this year, what to make of Tony Bradley's non-guaranteed option, what players would make sense to replace Bradley for, potential names to monitor for an Exhibit 10 deal and more!

Then, to conclude the show, the guys do an "Alex" draft. Facci, Tony and Alex compete in a snake draft, where they select either fictional or non-fictional people/characters named Alex. Let us know who you think drafted the BEST starting 5 of Alex's in the comments below...if you think Alex Golden got snubbed for not being drafted, let us know in the comment section also lol

On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex Golden and Mike Facci are joined by Caitlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote to discuss the upcoming season for the Indiana Pacers. Before the guys bring on Caitlin, they congratulate Tyrese Haliburton and his girlfriend, Jade Jones, on their engagement. Facci then shares a story of his first interaction with Jade at a road game and what he said to her to "break the ice".

Then, Caitlin joins the show to go through nearly each player on the roster and what their role could look like this season. She also addresses what are the biggest areas of concern for this upcoming season, and next season, that the Pacers front office might want to address. Lastly, the 3 spend a handful of minutes at the end talking popsicles, Italian ice, frozen Greek yogurt, Cookies and MORE!

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