Pacers End-of-Season Mailbag Recap and Lookahead - w/ Caitlin & Samson

Thanks so much for allowing us to add and be part of your playoff experience

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and despite the bitter ending that was Game 7, the 2025 Pacers were certainly a very good thing that deserves to be celebrated. Joining me to both ruminate and reminisce about the harsh conclusion to their incredible run, while also looking ahead at what comes next, is once again Samson Folk, wrapping-up our respective run as front-running video podcasters with patron-only mailbag questions.

Here are the relevant timestamps:

0:00 - Introductions

2:40 - As fans - "Why do we do this to ourselves?"

6:52 - Preferred methods for coping after a bad loss

12:45 - Biggest standout moment from the 2024-25 season

17:02 - Players who are poised to take the biggest step forward in Tyrese Haliburton's absence next season

22:48 - Was the bench more whoa or woe?

25:09 - Will the Pacers have to build a new offense around Andrew Nembhard as the primary ball-handler?

32:22 - Will Andrew Nembhard take over point guard duties or will the Pacers bring in another stop-gap point guard? Also, will Nembhell be as hot if Nembhard is tasked nightly with being the team's primary initiator while also applying full-court pressure against the opposing team's best perimeter player (that's a lot of responsibility!)?

38:43 - Thoughts on re-signing Myles Turner

47:52 - Impact on Turner's FGA at the top of the key, both with and without Haliburton

49:35 - Playoff observations that could impact the league's future style of play

59:46 - Will we do a full-time podcast together next season?

1:05:39 - Our favorite podcast episodes

1:09:18 - Choosing a Pacers game from the past for a re-watchables episode

1:12:18 - After covering two Finals teams, why Samson thinks this is the best work he's ever done

1:15:37 - Racing each other at typing

1:18:11 - (Extremely talking head voice) "Is Samson a superstar?"

1:23:30 - Most rewarding aspect of returning to spoken work

1:25:17 - Whether we prefer podcasting or writing

1:28:53 - Caitlin's old takes get exposed

1:32:15 - Thank you so, so much to everyone who sent in questions and for allowing us to add and be part of your playoff experience! You're the best!