Depending upon who you talk to, (soon to be former) Indiana Pacers point guard Jamaal Tinsley may or may not be traded to the Denver Nuggets for point guard Chucky Atkins and center Steven Hunter.  All I can say is that I wouldn’t care if they traded him for four or five bench players, or even the towle boy, from last season’s bottom feeder Miami Heat team.

Bottom line: Jamaal Tinsley has got to go as do a few other players still on the roster (Marquis Daniels & Shawne Williams). If the Indiana Pacers want to win the fans back there has to be a zero tolerance rule in place since it has gotten well out of control. And it looks like they’re trying to do just that.

The Indiana Pacers almost have me back in the fan base…

The Pacers distanced themselves from Tinsley earlier this summer when they removed his nameplate from his locker at Conseco Fieldhouse and boxed up his belongings and shipped them to him in Atlanta.

- Via The Indy Star

They have a few other knuckleheads to part ways with and there will be a lot of happy fans in Indy again…even if we do have a string of losing seasons.

I said it almost a year ago and I’ll say it again, the Indiana Pacers must get rid of Jamaal Tinsley (legal troubles and just poor judgement) and they might as well send Jermaine O’Neal (slows the team down when he’s on the court), Marquis Daniels (legal troubles with his buddy Tinsley) and Shawne Williams (legal troubles) with him in some sort of package deal that does not include Mike Dunleavy (as I can see them doing that).  Poor off court decisions, regardless of who is at fault, continue to kill the support for the team and maybe eventually even the players themselves.  Seriously guys, something has got to give.