Setting The Pace: A Pacers Podcast · Blue Wire

We Found the Viral Pacers Couple! Grace & Michael Join the Show

April 12, 2026·33 min·3 clips

Grace describes getting 50 messages after leaving the stadium, realizing their mundane talk was now public.

The cold open has plenty of sponsor noise, but the real hook still slips through fast: somebody is banned from Uber and now claims biggest Tyrese Haliburton fan status. Then the basketball talk takes over. The guest says he was unsure about the Haliburton trade at first because the Turner-Sabonis idea still had some pull, at least in theory. That take does not last. He now calls himself the biggest Haliburton fan, while someone else jokes about being a very close second. The Pacers praise works because it stays specific. He is not just talking about the highlight reel stuff. He likes that Indiana makes full games easy to watch, which matters in an NBA culture that can feel built for clips, quick hits, and selling the best few seconds. Indiana feels different to him. Even in a less successful season, he says watching most games on his office phone has been genuinely pleasant. The roster talk turns affectionate in a hurry. Micah Potter gets called absolutely fantastic, Obi being back sounds fun, and TJ being back gets a clean nod. Slauson gets love too. The guest sees him as a high-energy defender, the sort of detail that makes this sound like actual fan talk instead of a segment sheet. After the injury mention, the mood stays warm. The host asks about the last couple of Pacers years, and the answer becomes a small defense of the whole project. It is optimistic without getting glossy. The guest argues this season can still help if the extra minutes become next year's depth. Ads crowd the edges, unfortunately. The middle still has the right Pacers texture: relationship banter, roster inventory, and a lot of belief in Tyrese.

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A fan-first Pacers conversation built around Halliburton belief and the team's easy, fun style.

This Pacers conversation lands best when it follows the arc from doubt around the Halliburton trade to real belief in the group. Its strongest point is the plain recognition that Indiana is worth watching as a team, not just in isolated clips, and that the style keeps interest…

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