[z Revis]

Always nice to have other Pacers fans around. Hopefully you stick around. Not many Pacers fans here at OS aside from AuburnAlumni and RiderGH from what I know.

Anyway, I'm excited for this year. I LOVE the Collison pickup. Murphy was pretty good, but our problems were at PG. We haven't had that legit PG in a long time, even in the Reggie Miller days. I don't think we'll miss Murphy one bit.

The biggest thing I'm interested in this year is seeing how improved Hibbert is. He had an awesome game 1 against the Spurs with, IIRC, 33 points. 9 boards, and 3 blocks. We need that big man presence and of course the scoring never hurts. He's in his 3rd year. This should be the year that he makes that leap, if he ever does. I'm still skeptical, but he's a promising player and I'm hopeful he'll be able to fill that void.

One thing we have to be able to do is close out games. I've said it time and time again over the past 3 or so years. We're in virtually every game, regardless of the opponent, but every time the scoreboard hits the 4th quarter, we fall apart. And even if we manage to stay consistent throughout the 4th, we'll make key mistakes at the end of the game. That may just be something that will come with experience. A lot of youngsters on this team.

Overall, I'm excited for this year. Hopefully it'll be one that ends with a Playoff appearance. I don't care what we do if we get there, I just want us to get back there.