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INDIANAPOLIS -- Nate McMillan learned a lot the last three seasons as an Indiana Pacers assistant.Working with a more mature team and established leaders, McMillan shed the drill-sergeant label he earned in Seattle and Portland. Working with a defensive-minded team, he found it to be OK to loosen up the reins on offense. And because he wasnt the head coach, McMillan had time to rethink his coaching philosophies.All the new Indiana coach has to do now is stay true to those lessons and keep winning.What we have to do this year, including me, is reinvent ourselves, McMillan said. The style of play has changed and a lot of teams have gone small ball. I think Golden State and Memphis really changed the way people developed their teams. You saw, not long ago, it was big versus small. Small won.Now everyone is trying to adapt.A year ago, Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird promised fans a faster, more entertaining style of basketball. Instead, it got scrapped because Indiana didnt have enough pieces to make it work consistently. Indiana made a first-round playoff exit and Bird hired McMillan to replace Frank Vogel.Bird continued the transition this offseason, acquiring point guard Jeff Teague and power forward Thaddeus Young in trades and signing free agent center Al Jefferson to go with three-time All-Star Paul George and budding second-year center Myles Turner.And suddenly, the future looks bright.I think its back, George said when asked about the Pacers title hopes. Having David (West) and having Roy (Hibbert), that was a great unit. I dont want to jump the gun and say this is the best team Ive played on, but it certainly could be.McMillan just has to find a way to embrace the new style and win games in ways most people never envisioned in his first two head coaching stops.This is a different team. We have a lot of guys in their prime and I hope we have a lot of hungry guys, McMillan said. I think they want to be part of a winner and, hopefully, they want to win big.Here are some other things to watch for from the Pacers:RATED PGIn his first full season back from a broken leg, George led the Pacers in scoring (23.1 points), was second in rebounding (7.0) and third in assists (4.1). He was even better in the playoff (27.3 points, 7.6 rebounds) despite acknowledging he wasnt completely healthy. How much better can George be this season?Ive always kind of seen myself at that next (elite) level of talent, and I think this is really my first opportunity to prove Im the best player on the court every night, he said.BACK HOME AGAINTeague returns to his hometown, and the former All-Star is a more natural point guard than his predecessor (George Hill). Teague also is quicker and better at getting to the basket than Hill, all of which will help smooth the transition. But without Hill, the Pacers lose a versatile defender. Teagues contract also expires at the end of the season.TURNERS TURNTurners rookie season was first slowed by an injury, then by his inability to crack the starting lineup until midseason. Yet the 6-foot-11, 20-year-old showed so much promise that the Pacers wasted no time naming him the starting center, and they expect the progression to continue this season.My approach didnt change, the quality of my work changed, Turner said of his offseason. I was really able to hone in on what I wanted to work on.SHOOTING STARSThe biggest question is whether the Pacers have enough 3-point shooters to make the spread offense work. Bird and McMillan discount those criticisms, figuring Teague, George, Monta Ellis, Rodney Stuckey, C.J. Miles and potentially Turner can all shoot 3s.BUSY FIRST WEEKThe Pacers are busy right away: The opener comes at home Oct. 26 against Dallas, followed by back-to-back road games against Brooklyn (Oct. 28) and Chicago (Oct. 29).Fake Balenciaga For Sale . 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Fake Balenciaga Shoes .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N.RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin appeared before a legislative task force at the state capitol Monday to recommend changes to a law that prevents law enforcement officers from being charged with a crime in uses of deadly force unless it can be proven that they acted with malice and without good faith.According to The Seattle Times, the task force voted to remove the references of malice and good faith from the law.The major part of it is that it sends a message to the community that law enforcement and the agencies that represent law enforcement, that theyre serious about the gravity of their decisions and about the standards that they hold themselves to, Baldwin said.And it sends a deep message to the community of just that. And an olive branch, if you will, that theyre willing to work with the community. It heals a much-needed relationship. As far as being able to prosecute police officers, obviously thats not the intent. Were the only state in the country that has the malice clause, so its catching up with the times if were moving it. The police officers, they are still protected to the full extent of the law for use of deadly force in which it is justified under the law.Baldwin, the son of a police officer, earlier this season formed a Building Bridges task force with the Seahawkss, aimed at using his platform as a professional athlete to bring law enforcement closer to the communities they serve.ddddddddddddBaldwin also met with Gov. Jay Inslee (D) during his visit to Olympia.The perspective that I tried to relay is that I know its a complex situation, Baldwin said. I know that police officers have a very difficult job. They have to make split-second decisions that will impact the communities that they serve, but also their families and their own personal lives. But that doesnt mean that were OK with status quo. Theres still a lot of work that needs to be done, things that can change, things that will change, that have changed. But you dont rest on those and look at them as thats it. Theres a continuous battle, a continuous change, a continuous fight that needs to happen.Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said earlier this week that hes proud of Baldwin.I think hes going to be a legitimate factor bringing about change, Carroll said. Its wonderful to see him making the time and applying himself so well. He has such a unique background with his dad being in the law enforcement and all that. His background and just handling this kind of an effort is really showing up. ' ' '