This season for the Indiana Pacers has not exceeded expectations, in part because it was just getting started in some ways with Victor Oladipo finally returning from injury at the end of January.
Sitting at fifth in the Eastern Conference, some hoped the team would surge in the remainder of the season to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. While that seems theoretically possible, 2K simulations say otherwise.
Nonetheless, with a break in the action for an indefinite period of time, let’s look at some players who have regressed and try to evaluate how much cause for concern there is with each player’s regression this year.