It's time for your yearly preseason dose of Jarace Walker propaganda. The tantalizing power forward is entering his third NBA season, but with just 108 games played under his belt — barely over a season's worth of games — making any declaration on what he's capable of would be silly.
And in year three, with Myles Turner gone and Tyrese Haliburton out for the year, head coach Rick Carlisle will have plenty of opportunity to experiment with lineups and individuals. Walker could be the biggest beneficiary of that experimentation.
Lots has happened in the two years since Walker was drafted (most of it good, but some of it harrowing) so it's easy to forget that he was the No.