With just three simple moves the Pacers improved one of the league’s worst bench units into one of the best. They posted a -2.6 net rating last season, the 17th best rating in the league.
At first glance its not terrible, but the Pacers’ net rating was 1.5 points lower than the 16th-best Pelicans. If you look at the list of 10-20th ranked bench units in the NBA year the Pacers are a lot closer to 20th than they are 16th.
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Based on all the offseason moves Kevin Pritchard made, it seems obvious that the singular goal was to increase the Pacers’ depth.