Obi Toppin ☆

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · 42 h ago

  The Pacers used a jumbo lineup with Obi Toppin on the floor and Siakam at the three, including a stretch without Haliburton. It was +13 in just under three minutes.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · 42 h ago

  Toppin went 4-for-7 from three, and the host thinks he shot 63% in the preseason. His best play was a block on a Tyler Hero drive early in the third quarter.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · 42 h ago

  Jay Huff played ahead of Larry Nance in this game (the host puts "ahead" in air quotes), but neither was in the rotation. Obi Toppin was the primary backup five during the competitive portion.

• Podcast Tony East, Locked On Pacers · Opinion · Oct 16

  Tony's preseason recap: Obi Toppin has played well, Ben Sheppard (heard as 'Shepard') hasn't played so well, and Larry Nance Jr. has played pretty well.

• Podcast Larry Nance Jr. (reported), via Locked On Pacers · Relayed report · Oct 15

  Pat Boylan relays Larry Nance's point that the team's centers have very different skill sets. Pat names Zubac, Nance and Jay Huff, and adds Obi Toppin at small-ball five himself. He says the four have little overlap, which allows the team to play to the matchup.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers · Prediction · Oct 15

  Pat Boylan thinks it is clear Zubac (heard as "DeVito Zubats"; likely Ivica Zubac) is the No. 1 center this year. Behind him the rotation could change a lot from game to game: some nights 15 Jay Huff minutes, other nights no second center at all, with Obi Toppin staggered into that role.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · Oct 14

  For the second time this preseason, Obi Toppin scored after running a pick-and-roll as the ball handler. The host would be fascinated to see the Pacers use it in the regular season.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · Oct 14

  Toppin finished 4-for-7 (0-for-2 from three) with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls and 2 turnovers. The host says he continues to be great this preseason and was moving really well.

• Podcast Locked On Pacers host · Report · Oct 14

  Under this year's officiating focus on the off-arm push-off, Toppin was called for one off the ball. Quenton Jackson (heard as 'Quinn Jackson'), whom the host calls the Pacers' second most common user of the tactic, was also called for one.

• Podcast Tony East, Locked On Pacers · Report · Oct 13

  Toppin played well in both preseason games. His synergy with Haliburton was obvious in the Minnesota game in Ames.

• Podcast Obi Toppin (reported), via Locked On Pacers · Relayed report · Oct 13

  Toppin kept playing at the end of last season when basically nobody else was. East relays that Toppin said this was so he could feel confident in himself and his body heading into this season.

• Podcast Tony East, Locked On Pacers · Report · Oct 13

  Toppin's numbers: four of his five made shots in the last game were dunks, and he is 7-for-9 on twos this preseason.

• Podcast Tony East, Locked On Pacers · Report · Oct 13

  Toppin played center against Minnesota and scored three times by setting a screen near the top of the key and then cutting to the basket.

• Podcast Tony East, Locked On Pacers · Report · Oct 13

  Against the Hawks, Toppin handled the ball in an inverted pick-and-roll with Andrew Nembhard setting the screen, and dribbled in for a semi-transition dunk.

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