About Indiana Pacers :
The departure of go to guy Jermaine O'Neal to the Toronto Raptors dampened the hopes of many Indiana Pacers in the 2008 National Basketball Association season.
Fans and basketball experts counted out the Pacers among the contenders for the NBA basketball crown this year when O'Neal was traded by the management to the Raptors before the season started.
The decision of the Pacers management to trade O'Neal had been viewed as a great loss since the veteran center is the main scorer and crunch time post player of the Eastern conference team.
Despite the loss of O'Neal and negative projection from basketball aficionados, Pacers players and management are very much optimistic of succeeding this basketball season.
Joining the Pacers this year are veteran scorers TJ Ford, who is expected to be the team's starting point guard and center Rasho Nesterovic, both acquired via the O'Neal trade.
Aside from the new players acquired in a trade with the Raptors, the Pacers were also able to draft two high profiled rookies shooting guard Brandon Rush and center Roy Hibbert.
With the exit of O'Neal and the arrival of new players, it is exciting to see the Pacers play live basketball games this season.
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