3 young players Pacers should develop, 2 to give up on

The Indiana Pacers boast one of the brightest young cores in the NBA, led by one of basketball’s most cerebral point guards in Tyrese Haliburton. The 2022-23 Pacers showed serious promise as a top-10 team in scoring and passing. Indy’s roster has an average age of only 24.6 years, which sets the franchise up for an exciting future.

Coming off of his first season as an All-Star, Haliburton inked a five-year, $260 million max contract to stay with the Pacers. Indiana’s long-term success will mostly depend on whether the organization can surround Haliburton with the proper pieces as the floor general continues his ascension. Several young Pacers could develop into key cogs alongside Haliburton,…