Predicting what the Pacers’ version of NBA basketball will look like when their regular season resumes in Orlando on Aug. 1 is a fool’s errand, but the safest prediction is this:
Health permitting, Domantas Sabonis will be in the thick of whatever happens.
Sabonis, sporting a shaggy pandemic beard and hair, told media members via a Zoom call on Thursday he doesn’t believe the starters will be able to go the usual 35 or so minutes per game because of the quick ramp-up to re-entry following the 3 ½-month layoff.
“I feel like everyone is going to have their minutes,” he said.