Change Has Been Good for George, Pacers

Someone once wrote a song about what a difference a year can make. So you can imagine the changes that occur over two years in the NBA, where transformations are made at warp speed by teams desperately seeking improvement.

The Pacers of two seasons ago, the team led by Paul George, serve as a prime example. Thad Young and Myles Turner are the only players from that team still on the roster, a point that will be made all the more obvious when Oklahoma City drops by Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday.

"It's definitely a complete change," Thad Young said following Wednesday's practice at St. Vincent Center. "We're going from Monta (Ellis) and Rodney Stuckey and C.J. Miles to a completely…