Amid the most dormant part of an NBA cycle, we at Liberty Ballers will be sizing up the Philadelphia 76ers’ 14 Eastern Conference foes. Next up are the Indiana Pacers.
Previously on our offseason review series: Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons
Under governor Herb Simon, the Indiana Pacers have adamantly refused to embrace a Process-style, multi-year teardown. But after realizing that they had reached their ceiling with their current core, they blew apart their roster at last year’s trade deadline by sending Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb and a 2023 second-round pick to the Sacramento Kings for Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.