Is the Pacers/Knicks rivalry back? Rob Perez weighs in with Scot Pollard and Charlie Clifford
Query & Company
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🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 138 minutes
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(00:00-25:27) – Charlie Clifford and former Indiana Pacer Scot Pollard open Wednesday’s show with Scot sharing his what it was like playing for Rick Carlisle during his first run in Indianapolis, why Pollard believes that Bubba Ventrone could be a lead candidate for the Colts head coaching gig, and what a veteran player is trying to do with the situation Jim Irsay’s franchise is currently in.
(25:27-43:04) – Charlie and Scot shift their conversation to the Indiana Pacers with the former NBA player explaining how Wally Szczerbiak’s comments lit a fire underneath a team that could have used it and with Pollard’s thoughts on why IU’s basketball team is struggling to win games despite the talents of Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino.
(43:04-49:16) – In the final segment of the first hour of the show, Charlie and Scot go back to sharing some clips from Chris Ballard’s end of season press conference from yesterday
(49:16-1:12:10) – President and publisher of GoldAndBlack.com in Alan Karpick joins Charlie and Scot to break down the makeup of Zach Edey that has allowed him to perform at the level he has this season for Purdue, his assessment on the programs of IU and Purdue going in totally different directions now, and why he is so bullish on the Boilermakers.
(1:12:10-1:31:44) – Rob Perez joins Charlie and Scot to detail when the last time a Pacers/Knicks game had this kind of rivalry game feel to it, how he reacted to the Wally Szczerbiak calling Tyrese Haliburton a “wannabe all-star”, how he wouldn’t be surprised if the Pacers gave their best effort tonight in Madison Square Garden, and if he has a favorite Scot Pollard story from his days with the Sacramento Kings.
(1:31:44-1:34:43) – Scot and Charlie close out hour number two by discussing the story of a train going off the rails and passengers being stuck on the train over twenty-nine hours.
(1:34:43-1:56:10) – Host of the World’s Greatest Postgame Show in Eddie White joins Charlie and Scot to give his perspective on the golden era of Pacers basketball when the Pacers/Knicks were a legitimate rivalry, how marveled he is by the growth of Tyrese Haliburton in less than a season with Indiana, and why he believes Rick Carlisle has been the perfect coach at the perfect time for the franchise.
(1:56:10-2:13:37) – The Athletic’s Bob Kravitz joins Charlie Clifford and Scot Pollard on the Fan Midday Show to explain if he’s seen Jim Irsay meddle the way he did this season before in his 22 years covering the Colts, why he thinks Chris Ballard is still the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, when he thinks Irsay lost faith/confidence with Ballard and Frank Reich, and if he believed anything that Ballard states yesterday regarding Irsay being a good listener and lets him do his job.
(2:13:37-2:17:23) – Charlie concludes today’s show by asking Scot about the time he didn’t realize that he was being interviewed by the WWE to possibly become a wrestler if his NBA career didn’t go as expected.
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