Looks Like Tinsley's There For Easy Swoppings

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

 GONER (If you believe Vecsey)?
Banished to bench by new coach Rick Carlisle, Jamaal Tinsley may find his 
next move is to another team.

 Peter Vecsey - NY Post 
 November 11, 2003 -- HOOP DU JOUR 

WELCOME to theNBA, where there are more buyouts than sellouts. 

Provoked by Piston owner Bill Davidson and VP Joe Dumars, today's objective is to stay in vogue and thereby give Rick Carlisle a swift kick while he's up. 

If the Al Gore act-alike can generate a modicum of minutes for the habitually dunked-on, offensively bankrupt, rebound-delinquent Austin Croshere, you'd think the chilly coach could at least spare some loose daylight for Jamaal Tinsley. 

Frankly, I don't give a hydro-electric damn how many games the 6-1, league-leading Pacers have won, or how much credit can be directly attributed to Kenny Anderson and Anthony Johnson; the coach's decision to bury a two-year starter behind a pair of journeyman is callous and unconscionable. 

Especially since Tinsley - fifth last season in assists (7.5) in distinctly fewer minutes than the four players above him, did everything expected of him last summer; he took 500 jumpers a day and got down to marrying weight toeing the treadmill. 

 If Carlisle wasn't going to use him it might've been helpful if management knew a couple of weeks ago before it exercised next season's $2M option; don't tell Isiah Thomas he's not communicating regularly with Larry Bird. 

Look for Indiana to tag-sale Tinsley and Scott Pollard (did his allure ever wear out fast; demoted after one game from starter to little-used scrub) any day now, if it hasn't already. Conversely, look for Croshere's responsibilities and allotted time to swell.