The hardest thing to do so far this Indiana Pacers season is to hope that it is not already over less than 10 games into the year. With the volume of injury issues combined with the bad losses the team has already taken against lesser competition, it's hard to think optimistically about a sample that has been so universally negative.
Amazingly, the biggest question mark of this Pacers offseason has already found quite a positive answer. Tyrese Haliburton has returned to a high level of play, and any worries about a decline in quality after his torn Achilles tendon and subsequent rehab have been very quickly put to bed.