Alex Golden goes solo, talking about the Indiana Pacers WORST start in Franchise History, falling to 1-12 on the season with an 18-point loss to the Toronto Raptors. Transition defense was nonexistent, playing without any resistance by allowing 78 points in the paint, and not playing with enough force to take advantage of opportunities that these players may never have again once this roster gets healthy. 

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On today's episode, Alex Golden is joined by Destin Adams to discuss the Pacers 35-point loss! Aaron Nesmith goes down with a scary injury in the 3rd quarter, and Indiana falls to 1-11 on the season. Alex and Destin look at the future of this season and discuss if the Pacers would be wise to be sellers at the trade deadline to really give themselves more bites at the apple in the NBA Draft. Alex shares a trade idea; Destin talks about what players seem the most untouchable and whether or not the Pacers should be taking phone calls on any of these guys and Alex asks Destin if this roster was fully healthy aside from Tyrese, would you rather have Q Jax and Furphy in the second unit, or Sheppard and Jarace. The guys conclude the show talking about the success of Indiana Football, Basketball and the Colts. 

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Today, Alex and Facci conclude the November Mailbag...pretty sure Alex said this was Part 3 and the graphic says Part 2, sorry for the confusion. We answered 1 mailbag question last Friday, which was technically Part 1, but whatever Part it is of the mailbag, we answered your questions and talked about this team! Here are the questions below:

1. Nick Ogren: Quenton Jackson’s hamstring injury might be the most devastating injury this fall, given the opportunity in front of him. After a Haliburton-esque 25 pt, 6 rebs, 10 assist AND ZERO turnover masterclass against the Warriors, when will the team reward him with a standard contract?
2. Nick Ogren: Of the (healthy) bench players from ‘24-25, which one(s) have shown the most growth thru 8 games in ‘25-26? And which players have shown the most potential to be key contributors once the guards get healthy later this year?
3. Hoops Hub: How much money is too much money for Mathurin where you start to look at trading him/sign and trading him rather than re signing him?
4. Meghan Ogren: I loved seeing Huff hit some 3s and give us a reverse dunk in the Nets game. Have your thoughts on Huff’s potential (or IJax’s) changed after the recent home stand? Why or why not?
5. Liquid Meddler: If Mathurin’s first two games prove to be true of his new level of play, does Nembhard become the piece to help acquire a potential big who “could” play center (Jabari Smith Jr?) in the 26/27 season and beyond?
6. Doug Giles: Assuming greatest need next year is center and I think it takes three years for a non superstar center to show true potential. I don’t think there is a Shaq/Robinson talent in college right now. What is the best way to address the need not through the draft?
7. Bearable Fan: Is Aaron Nesmith's ability to draw charges and offensive fouls the most underrated skill set he has

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Alex Golden is joined by Noah Rusk to recap the Indiana Pacers best scoring night of the season, TJ McConnell making his season debut and the BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, MAGNIFICENT city edition jerseys being worn for the first time, all to lose their 5th game in a row. The Jazz CRUSH the Pacers by 24 points, scoring 152, and shooting a ridiculous percentage, to ruin any positivity from the Pacers efforts tonight. Join us for a discussion about almost every player on the team, what we saw in this game, and why things are not working. 

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On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex and Facci answer questions from the Mailbag to discuss the questions listeners have about this team. We recorded this episode on Thursday, November 6th, in case any news breaks and the conversation is about something that happened previously. 

Today the questions were answering are from Rooster, Pacers Faithful and Paulo Borges:

1. Rooster - What do you think the path is to next seasons starting center? IJax? Trade for Kessler (in graphic) or who else? Would you trade this years first round pick?
2. Rooster - Which NBA team has the dumbest fan base? And why is it the Bucks?
3. Pacers Faithful - Give us your percentage/odds for each scenario: (1) Mathurin re-signed for next year, (2) IJax remains starting center, (3) Quenton Jackson gets a standard contract, (4) The Pacers make the playoffs, and (5) Myles finishes his career with "that" team.
4. Why did the Front Office give McClung a multi-year contract instead of a 10-day? 
5. Should the front office look to trade for a center, if this team turns it around with Drew, Benn and TJ?

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Andrew Nembhard and the Nembhard-ettes get blown out on the second night of a back-to-back against the Steph Curry-less Warriors. Alex and Facci recap this horrific game, discuss why the team had no chance of winning and what to make of the 1-9 start to the season. Then, the guys discuss Myles Turner once again throwing shade at the Pacers and their fans in a postgame interview between Milwaukee and Chicago, as well as a former Pacers All-Star joining the Bucks G-League affiliate, The Wisconsin Herd. 

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On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex Golden goes solo to discuss the Pacers 117-100 loss to the Nuggets. Alex discusses 10 things from the game that stood out to him, leading to the Pacers loss.

1. Nembhard's Return
2. A Terrific Nesmith Game
3. Weird Rotations
4. A tough Siakam night
5. Good Jarace, but need MORE of it
6. The Biggest Jay Huff Hater is back!
7. Monte Morris' debut
8. Points in the Paint
9. Shot Making (or lack thereof)
10. Transition Defense

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On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex Golden and Mike Facci discuss the Pacers deciding to waive Mac McClung and bring in Monte Morris. In addition to that, Facci shares what he likes about this specific move, whether or not McClung was given a fair shot, and more. The guys also discuss Cody Marting being brought in Wednesday for a 10-day contract and what he can bring to the table. After that to conclude the show, the guys answer the 1st question from the Mailbag Podcast, sent in by Noah from The Blue & Gold Buzz. 

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On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex Golden goes solo to discuss the Pacers loss to the Nets, a game in which they looked terrible in, outside of Ben Sheppard and Jay Huff. Alex goes through and reads his notes from the game to highlight what he saw good or bad. Then, Alex briefly touches on Cody Martin's arrival to the team. 

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Alex Golden and Mike Facci look at how the Pacers stack up against the rest of NBA in certain categories...After that, they play a game of "describe it", a new segment where we describe is something is good or bad for the Pacers. This week we touched on Siakam, and the 3 words we have to come up with how his season has gone so far...

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