\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEddie Gill: Zubac Opens \u2018Another Layer of Offense\u2019 for the Pacers<\/p>\n
Pacers Radio Network analyst and former Pacers guard Eddie Gill joined Jake Query on Query & Company from New Orleans on the Game Day Men\u2019s Health guest line, hours before the season opener.<\/p>\n
Zubac and Oubre<\/p>\n
Gill said Kelly Oubre Jr. is the easy answer for fitting the Pacers\u2019 pace because of his athleticism, but Ivica Zubac has acclimated \u201cextremely well\u201d too. \u201cThe way he hits people and gets that ball handler open is going to open up another layer of offense for this team,\u201d Gill said.<\/p>\n
He expects Rick Carlisle to mix fast and slow. \u201cWhen they do need to slow it down and run some sets and be a little bit more deliberate, they can do that,\u201d he said, pointing to post-ups for Zubac and Pascal Siakam and a small lineup with Obi Toppin. He also expects nine- to 10-man rotations, with Larry Nance Jr. adding depth.<\/p>\n
On Oubre\u2019s defense: \u201cHe\u2019s right up there with the top of them in terms of being able to guard so many different positions,\u201d Gill said. \u201cAnd not only being able to, he wants to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jarace Walker\u2019s Growth<\/p>\n
Gill said Jarace Walker took a step forward late last season and showed his versatility in the preseason. \u201cHe has a great ability to read the game offensively. You can play through him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Finding an Identity<\/p>\n
From his playing days and 11 years covering the team, Gill said a team knows who it is \u201cright around 20, 25 games.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pacers won the opener, beating the Pelicans 123-120<\/a>. More: Pacers 2026 season preview<\/a> and Carlisle on Zubac\u2019s screening<\/a>. See the Pacers roster<\/a> and schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Gill: Zubac Opens \u2018Another Layer of Offense\u2019 for the Pacers Pacers Radio Network analyst and former Pacers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,5663,113,126,3866,532,6462,6,114,279,1714],"class_list":["post-865491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indiana-pacers","tag-basketball","tag-eddie-gill","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-indianapacers","tag-ivica-zubac","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-nba","tag-pacers","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-rick-carlisle"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117488301095556565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}