The pacers finally couldn't hold on. Recently, according to the "The Athletic" Shams Charania report, the Pacers will begin to rebuild, Leville, Miles Turner and little Sabonis will be put on the shelves. "Indiana Supermarket" will open.
In recent seasons, the Pacers have received a series of offers for Turner and Sabonis Jr., including some that have struck him. Undoubtedly, the value of the duo's transaction today is quite high, and the Pacers executives do not want to miss such opportunities.
To this end, the Pacers executives have repeatedly persuaded the team's 87-year-old boss, herbert Simon, who has been the owner of a team in the NBA for the longest time in recent years, to persuade him to seize the opportunity to rebuild. Now, Simon finally nodded.
Next, the Pacers will give this year's two rookies Duarte and Isaiah Jackson more opportunities while remaining active before this year's trading deadline.
In fact, if other NBA teams were in the same environment as the Pacers, they might have already begun to rebuild. After reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 2013-14, the Pacers began to go downhill. After McMillan replaced Vogel as coach, the Pacers made the playoffs for five consecutive years, but stopped in the first round five times in a row.
After George left the team in 2017, Oladipo, Turner, Sabonis Jr., Brogden, T.J. Warren and Le Ver came to power, and the Pacers were talented at first glance, but these stars were either ruined by injuries (Oladipo, Warren, Le Vere) or had problems (Turner, Sabonis Jr.) and could not take the Pacers further. Moreover, the continuous injuries have worn away the enthusiasm of the fans, and the Pacers seem to be "cursed" and can not always put together a complete lineup.
The operation of the top management during this period is also debatable. After firing McMillan in 2020, they did not choose Mike D'Antoni as predicted, but instead hired Nate Björk Glenn, a Raptors assistant coach with no previous coaching experience. As a result, this jun left the class after a season in office, and the Pacers took advantage of the high-level personnel changes of the Lone Rangers to welcome back the former coach Carlisle. Carlisle's return has rekindled hopes for fans, but the Pacers have only finished 13th in the East End with just 10 wins and 16 losses so far this season.
So, instead of dragging it half-dead like this, it's better to have a hard time (but Carlisle, if he had known that, might have made another plan this offseason). According to media reports, the Pacers will now accept deal negotiations with LeVille, Turner and Sabonis Jr. as the main body, and the most attractive chip for them, and the most important chip for reconstruction, is naturally the first round of signing.
It remains to be seen who the Pacers 3 core will spend. (Supine Braces/Hairy)