We’re down to 14 days until the NBA Season officially commences, and we’ve gotten a taste of what some of the NBA teams are capable of during the preseason. Next up, however, at number 14, we’ve gotten the Indiana Pacers.
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14. Indiana Pacers: Will Indiana stay on pace for the NBA Playoffs?
The Pacers last season was a force to be reckoned with. They finished 5th in the Eastern Conference with a record of 48-34, making an early first-round exit to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Playoffs. Over the course of the off-season, the Pacers made a decent amount of roster changes, having players with sign with other teams as well as the announcement of point guard Darren Collison’s retirement.
In regards to the acquisitions the Pacers made over the off-season, they’ve brought on notable players around the league in hopes of filling the voids that were made with those who decide to leave. Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon found himself in Indiana off a sign-and-trade, which really is an upgrade for the Pacers roster. Despite losing Bojan Bogdanovic to the Jazz, they’ve managed to pick up TJ Warren, TJ McConnell, and Jeremy Lamb as well, bolstering the roster with solid guards.
Despite the additions the Pacers have made, the most important part when talking about this team is the core that they have created in Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis, and of course, Victor Oladipo. The Pacers and Pacers fans unfortunately saw Oladipo go down fairly early in the season, to which he would sit-out the year. Despite his absence on the court, the team managed to make the Playoffs, and although they did in fact not get passed the first round, with a healthy Oladipo, the Pacers are set on coming back stronger than years prior. With the core of the team that they have, and the additions of players that can play a good supporting role for the team, the organization is perhaps even scarier than last season.
Having said that however, it’s only right for some sort of skepticism to be had. It is without question that the Pacers have some very good players on their team, but they may be lacking in experience. The Pacers roster is filled with notable names as we’ve previously stated, but these names are also very young, with the oldest player on their team is 30-year old Justin Holiday. We as NBA fans can only speculate at this time, but soon enough we will see how the team stacks up against the rest on October 22nd.
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