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While injuries and challenges due to health and safety protocols have surely plagued the Indiana Pacers this season, NBA personnel have long been crediting the team's stumble to ninth in the Eastern Conference to a crumbling team chemistry at the hands of first-year head coach Nate Bjorkgren.

As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported on Tuesday evening, it appears Bjorkgren's tenure in Indiana will likely come to an end after just one season. His struggles as a head coach could even put longtime Pacers executives Kevin Pritchard and Chad Buchanon in jeopardy as well, multiple league sources told Bleacher Report.

"He's just very different," said one league executive who has worked previously with Bjorkgren. "He's not a d--k; he's just completely out of his element as a leader."

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Nor did they consult with last year's Orlando bubble breakout player T.J. Warren—who played under Bjorkgren in Phoenix—according to sources. There is a belief among several members of the Pacers organization that Warren requested a trade upon learning of Bjorkgren's hire and has no interest in playing for Bjorkgren.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2942713-inside-the-turbulent-tenure-of-indiana-pacers-coach-nate-bjorkgren

TPercy wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Interesting article on the Pacers coach disaster:

While injuries and challenges due to health and safety protocols have surely plagued the Indiana Pacers this season, NBA personnel have long been crediting the team's stumble to ninth in the Eastern Conference to a crumbling team chemistry at the hands of first-year head coach Nate Bjorkgren.

As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported on Tuesday evening, it appears Bjorkgren's tenure in Indiana will likely come to an end after just one season. His struggles as a head coach could even put longtime Pacers executives Kevin Pritchard and Chad Buchanon in jeopardy as well, multiple league sources told Bleacher Report.

"He's just very different," said one league executive who has worked previously with Bjorkgren. "He's not a d--k; he's just completely out of his element as a leader."

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Nor did they consult with last year's Orlando bubble breakout player T.J. Warren—who played under Bjorkgren in Phoenix—according to sources. There is a belief among several members of the Pacers organization that Warren requested a trade upon learning of Bjorkgren's hire and has no interest in playing for Bjorkgren.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2942713-inside-the-turbulent-tenure-of-indiana-pacers-coach-nate-bjorkgren

They said Thibs had a horrible management style omg. I figured something was up with the Pacers considering how much talent they have. His game management in games Ive seen has also been terrible. Won’t be surprised if they come back brand new next year.

It gets worse! Just a ridiculous situation:

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Clean wrote:With all the drama happening in that organization the Pacers still came through for us. Every loss for the Hawks makes things a little bit easier on this road trip.

Very kind of them, much appreciated!

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Clean wrote:In a perfect world I wanted to play the Celtics in the playoffs. It does not seem like the Celtics has enough to pass the Hawks. 2nd best for us is the Hawks. Their scoring will cause us fits. The team I most want to stay away from 4/5 is Miami. I think they are a terrible matchup for us when they are healthy.

At this point I do not know what I would prefer: us moving up a couple of spots in the first round of the draft, or seeing Miami and the Nets bleed each other dry in the first round of the playoffs.

Nalod wrote:Griff being critical about league at fault for Zions pinky break a bit of preemptive PR to look like they have his back? The old is a huggernaught and he goes thru everyone! Of course there will be contact.

ToddTT wrote:I don’t know if Jimmy Butler was going for the Sideshow Bob look, but he ****ing nailed it.

Miami starting to look like last year
Also we missed a helluva player in Nesmith