As always, the rumor mill was churning heading into the offseason. “The Indiana Pacers could do this! The Indiana Pacers could do that!”
Most of those things didn’t happen. After a season of incredible overachievement, Indiana had opportunities to make big moves this summer. With the ability to open up enough cap space to throw a large contract at a star, the Pacers could have really shaken things up.
Instead, Kevin Pritchard and Co. decided to hold things together — for the most part.
With Cory Joseph and Thaddeus Young picking up their player options to return for one more year, Indiana no longer had the cap space to throw around max money.