In a league where crazy things happen all the time, it says a lot how much intrigue there seems to be in what the Indiana Pacers do this offseason. After taking LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in the first round, many are interested to see how they respond to a season full of overachievement.
With a ton of non-guaranteed money on the books, Indiana has the ability to open up enough cap space to sign a free agent to a max deal—and have a little more after that if they wanted.
A free agent that should demand max or near-max money comes from the restricted variety—Aaron Gordon.