Pacers' rumored trade deadline plans couldn't be more obvious

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle during a game against the Washington Wizards. | Scott Taetsch/GettyImagesAccording to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Indiana Pacers are actively searching for a new center of the future ahead of this year's trade deadline.

"The Pacers are in active trade talks around the league to find a center of the future after losing Myles Turner in free agency, sources said," Charania wrote.

This report shouldn't come as much of a surprise. The Pacers lost long-time big man Myles Turner in free agency after he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. And their center-by-committee is mostly looking like a disappointment. Or, at the very least, nobody on the team (maybe outside…