Not long ago, in order to make room for Kever Sykes, the Pacers deliberately cut The Wernermaker who was just signed in the offseason, and this strange face who had never landed on the NBA official regular season stage before, really wrote a piece of their own "game madness" in Indiana, because Lamb, Brogdon, LeVert, Duarte and other backcourt cores have triggered health and safety agreements, can not be put on the battlefield, the Pacers can only adjust the point guard from the development of the league, to solve the urgent need for the team's backcourt shortage, Although he had very little playing time in the first two games, he only had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. However, since scoring 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the third game as a starter against the Cavaliers, Sykes has also completely gained the trust of coach Carlisle.
Sykes, who started again in the fourth game against the Knicks, blasted 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, although it did not help the team to win, but at least the bright performance on the offensive and organizational ends did give him a lot of extra points in the eyes of the coaching staff. In the earlier game between the Pacers and the Nets, the team was unfortunately overturned by the opponent in the second half, and finally continued to swallow the defeat 121-129, just when everyone focused all their attention on the return of Irving and the big storm of CBA Liaoning basketball veteran Stephenson, another CBA veteran Sykes also continued his steady play in this game, cutting 18 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
Since becoming the pacers starting point guard, Sykes can average 16.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and the three shooting rates have reached 50%, 42.1% and 85.7% respectively, almost allowing himself to join the 180 club, as an unknown young player who has no previous NBA regular season resume, it is indeed very difficult for Sykes to seize this "employment shortage" to make himself a price. Perhaps for most fans, the name Sykes is indeed a little strange, but familiar with the CBA, especially the fans of the Guangzhou men's basketball team, must have a certain impression of him, 19-20 season, guangzhou, which was sitting on three foreign aides at the time, signed Nicholson, Hunter and Sykes, but because the CBA stipulated that only two foreign aides could be played in a game, and Guangzhou, which has been constantly changing candidates between the three, finally chose to give up Sykes, who was inferior in stature.
After leaving the CBA, Sykes also briefly played in serie A and the Australian NBL League, plus he had previously had Korean KBL experience, and after a round trip, he returned to the embrace of the NBA, Sykes's career is indeed very inspiring, and I hope that he can seize this opportunity this time, even if he can't continue to stay in the Pacers, but at least to find the next NBA contract for himself, it should not be too much of a problem.