Pacers Player Review: Thaddeus Young doesn’t get enough credit

After giving up a first-round pick for Young in 2016, he went on to be one of the Indiana Pacers’ best and most consistent players.

Heading into the offseason with no starting power forward, the Indiana Pacers draft day acquisition of Thaddeus Young was a good move for a team trying to get smaller and faster. After a year of Lavoy Allen, C.J. Miles and Myles Turner sharing the starting duty at the 4, Young was a breath of fresh air for the Pacers in 2016-17.

Young was a welcomed presence, especially on the defensive end. He was always good for a few easy buckets around the rim per game. His season did not go perfectly, however. He suffered a wrist injury in early February, causing him to miss…