The Indiana Pacers are going into this season hoping to return to championship contender status. Even if they can't get back to that, they're set for the future ...
With so little risk in bringing Peter in for training camp, it's confusing why the Pacers didn't try to do the same for a player who already knows their system.
Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way; Tyrese Haliburton is not getting traded anytime soon. But if Indiana looked to deal him, what could they get?
When teams have quiet offseasons, they often use the same buzzword: continuity. That word has slowly become complacency in the NBA. The Pacers disagree.
If the punishment for the Joe Smith situation is a blueprint, the Clippers are getting the book thrown at them. That means the Pacers have their part to play.
The Indiana Pacers have a center problem. Not in the classic sense, but they have a handful of minutes at the spot with no plan to fill them. Enter Obi Toppin.
For a trade to make sense, it would have to give Indiana a new dimension, a different change of pace that they do not have yet. That trade likely doesn't exist.