As is, the Pacers could be looking at another low playoff seed

The Pacers have an almost entirely different rotation than they did during their first-round playoff series against the Cavs last April. However, the weak nature of the East could put them right back where they were for next year’s playoffs.

After Paul George’s agent infamously declared that George would not be re-signing with Indiana, most of the NBA media labeled the Pacers as a bottom-of-the-barrel team next season, with the playoffs being little more than a pipe dream.

I wouldn’t be so sure.

The 2017-2018 Pacers will be monumentally different than the 2016-17 team. Paul George, Jeff Teague, CJ Miles, Monta Ellis, Aaron Brooks and Lavoy Allen are all gone. In their place is Victor Oladipo,…