Ah, the trade deadline! Usually, the trade deadline is a quiet time for the Indiana Pacers. They are a team that likes to ride internal development and chemistry to success, and mixing up the roster at the trade deadline negatively impacts that strategy.
This year, though, could be different. Not because of the team’s goals or values changing, but because the circumstances changed. All-Star guard Victor Oladipo‘s season is over, and it is going to be very heard for the Indiana Pacers to meet the playoff success goals they had for this season.
With new aspirations comes a different approach, and while nobody is quite sure what the Pacers new path forward is, some directions make more sense than others.