Back in June, the Indiana Pacers drafted Taelon Peter with the 54th overall pick. While a late second-round pick doesn't typically make headlines (unless you're Bronny James), there was still some discourse surrounding Indiana's decision to select the Liberty guard.
Heading into the draft, few had Peter on their radar. In fact, the general consensus was that he was going to be an undrafted free agent. Following the Pacers' selection, Sam Vecenie of The Athletic wrote that, while some analytics execs were impressed with Peter, he personally didn't view him as an NBA talent.
"I don’t see an NBA player here, but a few analytics execs saw his name pop in models with how efficient he is as a scorer and became fans of him during the process.