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Bojan Bogdanovic may be a free agent, but he might not end up going anywhere.
According to Tony Jones of The Athletic, the thought around the league is that Bogdanovic is “Indiana's to lose,” as Bogdanovic has spent the last couple of seasons with the Pacers.
The 30-year-old is coming off a career year in which he played 81 games and averaged 18.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists over 31.8 minutes per game while shooting 49.7 percent from the floor, 42.5 percent from 3-point range and 80.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Bogdanovic saw increased responsibility when Victor Oladipo went down with a knee injury in late January, and he stepped up to the challenge, becoming the Pacers' No. 1 offensive option and helping the team stay afloat during the second half of the year.
The Bosnian native was originally selected by the Miami Heat in the second round (31st pick overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft.
However, he never actually played a game with the Heat and ultimately made his NBA debut with the Brooklyn Nets during the 2014-15 campaign, appearing in 78 contests and registering 9.0 points and 2.7 boards across 23.8 minutes a night.
Bogdanovic went on to spend the first two and a half years of his career with the Nets before being traded to the Washington Wizards midway through the 2016-17 season, and that year, he averaged 13.7 points per game overall.
He parlayed that success into a multi-year deal with the Pacers that ensuing summer, and he has gone on to improve in each of his first two seasons in Indiana.
