<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sixers-rumors-phillys-true-feelings-on-ben-simmons-trade-negotiations-with-pacers.jpeg"></figure><h1>Philly’s true feelings on Ben Simmons trade negotiations with Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-15T11:53:47-07:00">October 15th, 11:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-15T11:53:47-07:00">October 15th, 11:53am</time><address><a>Jack Winter</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Ben Simmons is back. Just because he finally reported to the Philadelphia 76ers, though, hardly means that Daryl Morey’s stance on accepting anything less than a bonafide star in exchange for Simmons has softened.</p><p>According to <a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-76ers-latest-news-ben-simmons-trade-rumors-damian-lillard-pacers-timberwolves-joel-embiid-preseason/">Kyle Neubeck of Philly Voice</a>, Philadelphia never had much interest in a trade package that would have brought Malcolm Brogdon and Caris LeVert to the City of Brotherly Love, one that was proposed by the Indiana Pacers.</p><blockquote>“Recent reports have turned up names like Malcolm Brogdon and Caris LeVert, for example, but sources say the names floated in those talks came primarily from Indiana’s end, with the Sixers never expressing much interest in a Pacers deal or even registering serious talks.”</blockquote><p>It’s been clear for months that Morey and the Sixers had no intention of trading Simmons without acquiring a superstar, an approach that was only fortified by his two-week holdout from official team activities. Unsurprisingly, Simmons <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-major-plan-for-ben-simmons-after-return-to-city/">suddenly showing up at team facilities</a> earlier this week hasn’t changed that dynamic.</p><blockquote>“Trading Simmons for good players, even multiple good players, is not something they view as a path to either improving their current title odds or swinging a bigger deal down the line. They are after difference-making players, not more solid role players to add to what they feel is a reasonably deep (and young) group.”</blockquote><p>Damian Lillard is re-entrenched with the Portland Trail Blazers, and Bradley Beal seems content with the Washington Wizards. Dreams of Zach LaVine forcing his way from the Chicago Bulls might be dashed given his incumbent team’s potential improvement in 2021-22, too.</p><p>The Sixers, obviously, are comfortable playing the waiting game. Recent intel indicates Joel Embiid isn’t putting pressure on the front office to make a trade, either. Until those stars or a fellow luminary becomes available, expect Ben Simmons to remain with Philadelphia for better or worse.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Philly’s true feelings on Ben Simmons trade negotiations with Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pacers-news-tj-warrens-status-for-start-of-season-in-doubt-due-to-plantar-fasciitis.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavaliers-Pacers: Game Time, Odds, Schedule, TV Channel, Betting Odds, and Live Stream (Friday, October 15th)</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-15T10:00:20-07:00">October 15th, 10:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-15T10:00:20-07:00">October 15th, 10:00am</time><address><a>ClutchPoints</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA Game Time</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers (22-50) take on the Indiana Pacers (34-38) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.</p><p><b>Game Time:</b> 7:00PM EDT/4:00PM PDT on Friday, October 15th</p><p><b>TV:</b> BSIN</p><p><b>Betting Odds:</b> <a href="https://www.bovada.lv/sports/basketball/nba" rel="noopener noreferrer">NBA Odds</a></p><p><b>Live Stream:</b> Watch the game <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408&amp;bgvideo=NBATV.mp4" rel="noopener noreferrer">online with fuboTV (free trial)</a>. Sign up now for a free seven-day trial. You can follow the game live on the <a href="http://bit.ly/CPAppNow" rel="noopener noreferrer">ClutchPoints app</a>. <br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/adamsilver4live/comments/ezi3xz/games_will_be_posted_here/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reddit Thread.</a></p><p><b>Cavaliers Active Roster:</b> Denzel Valentine, Lamar Stevens, RJ Nembhard Jr., Tacko Fall, Kevin Pangos, Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love, Collin Sexton, Dylan Windler, Justin James, Ed Davis, Ricky Rubio, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Kyle Guy, Isaac Okoro, Evan Mobley, Cedi Osman, Mitch Ballock</p><p><b>Cavaliers Injured Players:</b></p><ul><li>None</li></ul><p><b>Pacers Active Roster:</b> Justin Holiday, Isaiah Jackson, Duane Washington Jr., Goga Bitadze, Chris Duarte, Domantas Sabonis, T.J. Warren, DeJon Jarreau, Myles Turner, Oshae Brissett, Brad Wanamaker, Keifer Sykes, Terry Taylor, Jeremy Lamb, Nate Hinton, Torrey Craig, Caris LeVert, T.J. McConnell, Kelan Martin, Malcolm Brogdon</p><p><b>Pacers Injured Players:</b></p><ul><li>T.J. Warren (Out – Foot): Warren underwent foot surgery and will miss the rest of the season, according to Scott Agness of the Fieldhouse Files.</li></ul><p><b>Follow us on Twitter</b> at <a href="https://twitter.com/CavsNationCP" rel="noopener noreferrer">@CavsNationCP</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PacersNationCP" rel="noopener noreferrer">@PacersNationCP</a>.</p><p><b>Follow us on Facebook</b> at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CavsNation" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndianaPacersNation" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indiana Pacers</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavaliers-Pacers: Game Time, Odds, Schedule, TV Channel, Betting Odds, and Live Stream (Friday, October 15th)

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Grizzlies-Pacers: Game Time, Odds, Schedule, TV Channel, Betting Odds, and Live Stream (Wednesday, October 13th)

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Pacers legend Reggie Miller makes shocking admission about ‘soft’ NBA

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After a fruitful decade with only one missed postseason,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/roster"> the Pacers</a> had a down year. Injuries to important players and midseason trades definitely affected them in a major way. Thus, the expectation was that they will be able to come back this season, healthy and ready to play in the playoffs again.</p><p>Unfortunately for the Pacers, one of their best players is injured again. Caris LeVert hurt his back during training camp and it is now clear that he will miss the start of the season. Regardless, coach Rick Carlisle will be happy with a few of his guys and their performances in the preseason games. Indiana played the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers so far. The Knicks got the better of them, 125-104, while the Pacers beat the Cavs, 109-100.</p><p>With a lot of their standard rotation guys playing, it was difficult for the younger players to really assert themselves. One did manage to do exactly that and he might be the pleasant surprise out of training camp for the Pacers – Chris Duarte.</p><h2>Pacers training camp surprise</h2><p>Chris Duarte has a very interesting story. <a href="https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/2021/10/06/pacers-chris-duarte-preseason-debut/">He is actually 24-years-old, something that is not seen much when it comes to modern drafts.</a> Youngsters usually enter the league when they are done with their first season in college. However, Duarte did not have it easy. Firstly, he started with Northwest Florida State College in the NJCAA. Only after two years here did he transfer to Oregon in the NCAA, where he led them to the Sweet Sixteen in his last college year.</p><p>Even though his play at college earned him many awards, such as the Jerry West Award for best shooting guard at the collegiate level, he was still older than most of the players who get selected this early in the draft. However, the Indiana Pacers had the 13th selection and did not hesitate to bring Duarte in. It was unclear what role exactly was made out for the rookie.</p><p>The Pacers already had Malcolm Brogdon, TJ McConnell, Caris LeVert, and Jeremy Lamb to fill the guard spots. Of course, Duarte can be there and wait for his chance, but with a thinner rotation elsewhere in the squad, serious questions were raised. However, with the injury of LeVert, it was clear that Duarte was to step up.</p><p>In the two games played, Duarte has scored 15 points in 20 minutes against the Knicks, off the bench, and 11 points in the same time against the Cavaliers. He was able to get Lamb out of the lineup, although it is likely that Duarte will be on the bench come game time versus the Charlotte Hornets when the season starts for the Pacers on the 20th of October.</p><p>Duarte still has two more opportunities to earn his minutes in the NBA. The Pacers are yet to play the Memphis Grizzlies and the Cavs again, and since LeVert is out, he will have a great chance. While most believe that Lamb will be starting when the season starts, Duarte can be that difference-maker off the bench, a role similar to what exactly LeVert had in Brooklyn.</p><p>Coach Carlisle also did not hold back when complimenting the young guard. After Duarte’s first game, <a href="https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/2021/10/06/pacers-chris-duarte-preseason-debut/">as USA Today reports</a>, Carlisle was mentioning how he can help the Pacers offensively. Carlisle stated:</p><blockquote>He did a lot of good things. He made some mistakes, too, that are correctable mistakes but when you’re in your first NBA game, these kinds of things can certainly happen. Overall, he is a fearless guy and I loved the way he played.</blockquote><p>Getting this kind of praise going into the season from a coach with the resume of Carlisle must have done wonders for Duarte’s confidence. The young shooting guard does not lack it, of course, because his offensive skills were completely on display in that game versus the Knicks. Regardless of his amount of confidence, comments like these confirm the notion that Carlisle clearly sees Duarte as an important part of the Pacers’ rotation coming into the season.</p><p>While it is clear to everyone that the Pacers will miss LeVert, the offensive output by Lamb and Duarte is very good and might be a key part of the transition until LeVert is ready to play. It is still unclear when exactly will he return, but it is important that the Pacers are ready to fight for the postseason even without him. The pleasant surprise for the fanbase and an optimistic sign is definitely the game of Chris Duarte.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

1 pleasant surprise who stood out for Pacers during 2021 NBA training camp

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Pacers-Cavaliers: Game Time, Odds, Schedule, TV Channel, Betting Odds, and Live Stream (Friday, October 8th)

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He is an NBA writer and editor for ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation. Back in the day, while other kids were consumed by their toys and comic books, young Arlos was already thumbing through the pages of sports magazines.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets, Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers all made minor moves Tuesday night involving salary dumps and future draft picks.</p><p>According to <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1445545763363188740">ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a>, the Nets are acquiring Edmund Sumner and the Miami Heat’s 2025 second round pick from the Pacers. Once the deal is finalized, <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1445546076677677057">Woj</a> reports the Nets will then waive Sumner, who’s already out for the season due to a knee injury.</p><p>On the other hand, the Nets are sending Sekou Doumbouya and a future second round pick to the Rockets. The pick will be unprotected in 2024 while Doumbouya will be waived by Houston, per <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1445547296100212736">ESPN’s Tim MacMahon</a>.</p><p>To recall, Doumbouya, along with Jahlil Okafor, was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-brooklyn-trades-deandre-jordan-to-pistons-for-jahlil-okafor/">traded in September</a> by the Detroit Pistons to the Nets in exchange for DeAndre Jordan, four second-rounders and cash considerations.</p><p>Doumbouya was the 15th overall pick by the Pistons in 2019. He was a project, to begin with, but the 6-foot-8 forward never materialized anywhere close to his potential. In two seasons for Detroit, he only averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/doumbse01.html">5.1 points</a> and 2.6 rebounds per game.</p><p>This flurry of silent deals doesn’t make much of an impact on the Nets, basketball-wise. However, it allows them to save a serious amount of money, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1445550053637115904">ESPN’s Bobby Marks</a>.</p><blockquote>“The 2 trades will save Brooklyn $6.8M toward the luxury tax and $1.29M in salary. Total of $8.1M in savings Brooklyn recoups the 2024 2nd sent to Houston with a 2025 2nd from Indiana (via MIA) in the Sumner trade.”</blockquote><p>The Nets have a bigger fish to try in Kyrie Irving’s vaccine situation, though. As of this writing, the star point guard still hasn’t changed his position against the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets agree to 2 player trades with Rockets, Pacers

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Despite the fines continuing to rack up, the three-time All-Star for the Sixers has stood firm on his holdout and does not plan to appear until his trade request is fulfilled.</p><p>One team that has been seen as a dark horse in the Simmons sweepstakes has been the Indiana Pacers. They popped up in rumors early in the summer and are back again. <a href="https://www.sny.tv/articles/notes-how-ben-simmons-situation-relevant-knicks-nets">In a recent article for SNY</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/1445388143016960016">Ian Begley reported</a> that Indiana is once again in the mix for the former number one overall pick.</p><blockquote>League sources confirm that the Pacers are among the teams who have talked to the Philadelphia 76ers about a potential Ben Simmons trade. Caris LeVert was among the players brought up in those communications, per SNY sources.</blockquote><p>LeVert, 26, played just 35 games for the Pacers last year after arriving early in the season as part of the James Harden trade. In those games, he averaged <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/caris-levert/a86d093f/stats">20.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG, and 4.9 APG</a>.</p><p>At six-foot-six, LeVert is a do-it-all guard/wing that is at his best when looking to score. He has managed to increase his scoring output every year since he entered the league back in 2016.</p><p>While there is a lot to like about his game, there is one major blemish in LeVert’s resume. Even dating back to his college days, he has struggled to stay on the floor.</p><p>In his five seasons as a pro, LeVert has never played a full season and hasn’t played more than 50 games since 2017-18. The Sixers cannot afford to take a chance on an injury-prone player as they look to contend in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>It’s likely this deal did not get very far in conversations as Daryl Morey has kept the asking price high for Simmons. As a headline piece, LeVert might fall short of an All-Star caliber player due to his injury history.</p><p>There is also the business side of things to look at when dissecting hypothetical trades like this. LeVert is only under contract for the next two seasons. It’s doubtful Morey moves on from Simmons for a player that is under team control for such a short span.</p><p>With his size and skillset, LeVert might be an enticing target for Morey, but nowhere near enough to get a deal for Simmons over the finish line. Players like Malcolm Brogdon and TJ Warren would likely have to be added to the package to even spark Morey’s interest.</p><p>Due to all the uncertainties revolving LeVert, Morey and the Sixers are better off exploring other avenues. As far as non-All-Stars go, Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is arguably a better target than the Pacers’ guard.</p><p>Morey has remained patient all summer for a proper return for Simmons. Even with the holdout hanging over the team’s head, Morey does not appear to be budging. This reluctance to just get a deal done has bothered some but is the right approach if the Sixers don’t want to keep their window of contention open.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers make Caris LeVert available in Ben Simmons trade talks

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Sign up now for a free seven-day trial. Local viewers watch the live stream on <a href="http://www.msggo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MSG GO</a>. Non-local viewers watch the live stream on <a href="http://www.nba.com/leaguepass" rel="noopener noreferrer">NBA League Pass</a>. You can also follow the game live on the <a href="http://bit.ly/CPAppNow" rel="noopener noreferrer">ClutchPoints app</a>. <br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/adamsilver4live/comments/ezi3xz/games_will_be_posted_here/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reddit Thread.</a></p><p><b>Pacers Active Roster:</b> Justin Holiday, Isaiah Jackson, Duane Washington Jr., Goga Bitadze, Chris Duarte, Domantas Sabonis, T.J. Warren, DeJon Jarreau, Myles Turner, Oshae Brissett, Keifer Sykes, Terry Taylor, Jeremy Lamb, Nate Hinton, Edmond Sumner, Torrey Craig, Caris LeVert, T.J. McConnell, Kelan Martin, Malcolm Brogdon</p><p><b>Pacers Injured Players:</b></p><ul><li>T.J. Warren (Out – Foot): Warren underwent foot surgery and will miss the rest of the season, according to Scott Agness of the Fieldhouse Files.</li></ul><p><b>Knicks Active Roster:</b> M.J. Walker, Nerlens Noel, Kevin Knox II, Julius Randle, Miles McBride, Aamir Simms, RJ Barrett, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Bacon, Jericho Sims, Alec Burks, Mitchell Robinson, Taj Gibson, Kemba Walker, Wayne Selden Jr., Evan Fournier, Immanuel Quickley, Quentin Grimes, Obi Toppin</p><p><b>Knicks Injured Players:</b></p><ul><li>None</li></ul><p><b>Follow us on Twitter</b> at <a href="https://twitter.com/PacersNationCP" rel="noopener noreferrer">@PacersNationCP</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KnicksNationCP" rel="noopener noreferrer">@KnicksNationCP</a>.</p><p><b>Follow us on Facebook</b> at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndianaPacersNation" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indiana Pacers</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkKnicksNation" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Knicks</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers-Knicks: Game Time, Odds, Schedule, TV Channel, Betting Odds, and Live Stream (Tuesday, October 5th)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ben-simmons-Pacers-Sixers.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Pacers emerging as dark horse in Sixers’ Ben Simmons sweepstakes</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-01T15:19:09-07:00">October 1st, 3:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-01T17:27:51-07:00">October 1st, 5:27pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Ben Simmons’ future with the Philadelphia 76ers looks nonexistent at this point. The team is trying to find a trade partner for him after he refused to show up to training camp. While the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors have been in the conversation for the disgruntled Sixers star, it looks like another organization could be in the mix: the Indiana Pacers.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzLO4bAVbAA">Per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on The Jump</a>, Indy could be a ‘sleeper team’ for Ben Simmons. The question is, what could they give the Sixers in return? The Pacers were just handed an unfortunate blow with Caris LeVert suffering a stress fracture in his back which will force him to miss time at the beginning of the season. T.J. Warren will also miss the start of the campaign after being sidelined for all of 2020-21.</p><p>Philly will likely want a lot from Indiana for Ben Simmons, but it could be a solid landing spot for him. The Pacers are a young team which could use another legitimate ball-handler, especially if injuries continue to hurt them again this season.</p><p>At this point, it seems like there is no turning back in the Ben Simmons saga. The Sixers have even refused to pay him $8 million of his salary because of his absence from camp. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-star-joel-embiid-finally-lets-loose-righteous-ben-simmons-rant/">Joel Embiid basically put his teammate on blast during an interview on Thursday</a>, saying they’ve built this team around him for several years.</p><p>Ben Simmons has even said he’s willing to sit out the entire campaign to force a trade. There are no details as to what a package could involve with the Pacers, but Windhorst is a pretty reliable source. It’s a situation to keep an eye on, keeping in mind that this story might have a fixed reference point — Simmons wants out — but no clear final destination. A trade partner has to give Daryl Morey enough of what he wants. Until then, don’t expect an immediate move.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Pacers emerging as dark horse in Sixers’ Ben Simmons sweepstakes

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While other teams have changed many aspects of themselves over time, the Pacers have remained loyal. They remain a slow, defense-oriented team that beats opponents by grinding them out. Their style is recognizable and does not change depending on the roster. Furthermore, their basketball philosophy is always the same and it is a refreshing thing to see in an ever-changing league. After missing the playoffs last year, the Pacers want to get back to where they belong, and there are some trade candidates that might help them get there in the end.</p><p>The Pacers have a solid roster, certainly enough to make the postseason in a vacuum. However, injuries to key players will remain an issue. Caris LeVert is already ruled out for the start with a stress fracture in his back. Additionally, TJ Warren will also miss time, due to complications with his foot injury. It is clear that replacements in the short term for these two will need to happen if the Pacers want to play basketball past March.</p><p>Here are two trade candidates for the Pacers that might turn their fortunes around – Eric Gordon and Harrison Barnes.</p><h2>Pacers trade candidates</h2><p><b>Harrison Barnes</b></p><p>Barnes, in this situation, makes a ton of sense. While he is not the perfect player, he will be a great filler for the contribution Warren makes to this team. The Pacers need some stability and consistency because those two things usually fall off when there are significant injuries on the roster. He would bring both stability and consistency, thus he is the puzzle piece the Pacers need right now.</p><p>Barnes brings some very important intangibles, aside from his game on the court. He has a ton of experience, winning a ring and making two finals trips with the Warriors. The Pacers have a fairly young team, with Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis, and LeVert primarily, and this kind of championship experience is needed.</p><p>On the court, however, Barnes is also very valuable to a team ready to fight for the playoffs. He is a lanky defender who can cover two positions and his defense was the reason why he was kept in the Warriors rotation in 2016, even when his shots were not falling. In terms of offense, he has remained a consistent offensive threat since moving from the Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks in 2016. The Pacers would need them for both his offensive game and his great defensive play.</p><p>Coming back to consistency and stability, holding the ship tight when there is internal turmoil is incredibly important. The Pacers are going through an array of injuries, a coaching change, and other internal tumblings. Of course, the coach is now Rick Carlisle, someone who has immense experience and is a very good coach. Still, any coaching change can be tumultuous. Barnes would hold the line with his veteran leadership and also provide a ton of good things on the court. Thus, the Pacers should be on the phone with the Kings right away.</p><p><b>Eric Gordon</b></p><p>Gordon is another player that would be there to ease the impact of LeVert and Warren injuries, but also remain a key part of the roster. The Pacers do not have many offensive threats from the bench and while their starting lineup is filled with great offensive players, they still need a gunner from the bench. With the Pacers, Gordon can start until LeVert is ready and then possibly even challenge for a Sixth Man of the Year award after the former Nets and Rockets player gets back.</p><p>Gordon, similar to Barnes, has a ton of experience. He has been in the league for 12 years, played for three teams, and played in a plethora of different roles. He was a starter next to James Harden in some great Rockets teams, but also a winner of the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2017. Additionally, he made the playoffs in five seasons of his career and played a big role in each series his teams played. That is the kind of experience the Pacers really need.</p><p>On the court, as mentioned, he would be the starting two-guard until LeVert can come back. Due to the injury history of LeVert, Gordon would have a ton of chances to start and play well for the Pacers. With his immense experience and the skill set he brings, it would not be odd to see LeVert as the sixth man, with Gordon starting.</p><p>Experience and success, two things that both Gordon and Barnes bring. While both of them did not have a ton of success in the last few years, their roles on great teams are enough reason to believe that they can help any young team in the league. Thus, the Pacers should be exploring all options to bring them to Indianapolis.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2 potential trade candidates for the Indiana Pacers entering 2021 training camp

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pacers-news_copy.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Pacers’ Caris LeVert suffers stress fracture in back</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-28T06:49:36-07:00">September 28th, 6:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-28T07:06:04-07:00">September 28th, 7:06am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt has been an editor at ClutchPoints since 2018. He also covers the Bulls for Forbes and SB Nation's Blog a Bull. In addition, he co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network. If you couldn't tell, he's from Chicago.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers guard Caris LeVert just can’t catch a break when it comes to his health. LeVert is dealing with a stress fracture in his back, <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1442844903407595526" rel="noopener">according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a>, though there’s some hope he’ll be ready around the start of the regular season in about three weeks.</p><p>That certainly seems like an optimistic timeline given the injury, but hopefully it truly is just a “minor setback,” as Woj puts it. The Pacers guard will undergo more testing to determine the exact severity of the injury.</p><p>Still, this is another tough blow for Caris LeVert and a Pacers team that’s already missing T.J. Warren for the start of the 2021-22 season. Indiana dealt with a ton of injuries as part of a disappointing 2020-21 campaign, and now it’s happening again for new head coach Rick Carlisle.</p><p>LeVert has dealt with a lot over the last year. When he was traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Pacers as part of the James Harden deal, it was discovered that he needed cancer surgery on his kidney. That kept him out for a while after the trade, but he was able to make a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-rumors-caris-levert-make-miraculous-return-this-season-after-surgery-kidney-cancer/" rel="noopener">miraculous return later</a> in the season.</p><p>Caris LeVert wound up playing 35 games for Indiana last season, averaging 20.7 points, 4.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds as Malcolm Brogdon’s new backcourt partner. The Pacers were set to enter training camp expecting big things from LeVert, and now they’re just crossing their fingers this back injury isn’t a big problem.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Pacers’ Caris LeVert suffers stress fracture in back

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He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo still doesn’t know when he’ll be able to play, but there are two things he’s certain of: he’ll be back this 2021-22 and write “one of best comeback stories ever.”</p><p>Oladipo is still recovering from the quad surgery he underwent early in his start with the Heat last season. After being acquired by Miami at last campaign’s trade deadline, he only played four games for the South Beach franchise before undergoing the season-ending procedure.</p><p>For what it’s worth, Oladipo did say he’s doing better now and that he’s optimistic he’ll be able to suit up for the Heat sooner rather than later. He has been medically cleared to do just “super light stuff, nothing crazy.” However, while he noted that he is progressing well after two injury-riddled seasons, the 29-year-old admitted that it has been really tough as well.</p><blockquote>“This is another battle in the books for me. I want to show my resiliency and have one of the best comeback stories ever. I want to make the most of my situation. It’s easy to quit and say ‘woe is me,’ but that doesn’t solve the problem. I know there are a lot of eyes watching. Hopefully, I can be a vessel for them and show them they can get through anything if they really put their mind to it,” the Heat guard added, per <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article254562897.html" rel="noopener">Barry Jackson of Miami Herald</a>.</blockquote><p>The Heat certainly have high hopes for Victor Oladipo, and they will certainly be happy to see him in a good place physically and mentally after the frustrating years he had to endure because of injuries.</p><p>Oladipo signed a prove-it deal with the Heat in the offseason, a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2021-nba-free-agency-tracker-signings-agreements-and-deals/" rel="noopener">one-year contract</a> that is worth roughly around $2.4 million. Considering all that he has been through, it’s pretty clear he’s more than motivated to bounce back and show everyone what he can do when healthy.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat guard Victor Oladipo gets real on comeback from another major surgery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-21-171919.png"></figure><h1>Myles Turner on his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moment for Pacers with DeMarcus Cousins</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-21T18:55:28-07:00">September 21st, 6:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-21T18:56:00-07:00">September 21st, 6:56pm</time><address><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@markhaynesnba?lang=en">Mark Haynes</a>Mark Haynes is an NBA beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors for ClutchPoints. He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Basketball has a ton of hidden rules that players all over the world follow. For example, when players make a shot, the rebounder has to give them their change by passing it back to them. Hidden rules don’t end once players make it to the NBA. More hidden rules are added once pros begin their NBA journey. Just ask Myles Turner of the Indiana Pacers and pro hoops veteran DeMarcus Cousins.</p><p>As soon as a rookie checks in a game for the first time, he quickly learns a new unspoken NBA rule. That rule is to find the rookie and go at him. Opposing players try to pick on you nightly because you are a rookie, and highlights are bound to happen. That’s when you get your welcome to the NBA moment.</p><p>Indiana Pacers star Myles Turner joined ClutchPoints Year 1 YouTube series to discuss his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/news">welcome to the NBA moment.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><blockquote>“Yeah, I remember <a href="https://youtu.be/CLSQmadgS2w">like it was yesterday.</a> I just put up my career-high (31 points) in Golden State,” Turner told ClutchPoints.</blockquote><p>Sometimes a rookie’s welcome to the NBA moment is a good memory. When Myles Turner scored 31 points in his rookie season against the defending champion Golden State Warriors, one would normally expect that achievement to make a man feel on top of the world. Then the high of this moment quickly evaporated when something unexpected happens the next night.</p><p>Myles Turner tells the story.</p><blockquote>“The very next night, we go to Sacramento to play, and I’m playing against prime Demarcus Cousins, and this is the Boogie that was in the post. People are accustom to the one shooting threes and with the handles. He was doing that a little, but he was straight low-post Demarcus Cousins at that point, Turner shared. “Bro was just abusing me. I think he probably put up 45. It might have been a 50 point game, but there was nothing I could do. There was not one thing I could do to stop him. You go from the high of scoring your career-high to low of just getting absolutely dominated. I legit looked at the coach in a timeout and said I don’t know what to do.”</blockquote><p>A rookie season is full of ups and downs, and you need the ability to develop short-term memory. Myles Turner moved on nicely from this set of back-to-back games like a true professional.</p><p>He’s now entering his seventh season with the Pacers and has become one of the NBA’s best defenders. Even though that game in Sacramento was a long time ago, Myles Turner will never forget that night against DeMarcus Cousins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Myles Turner on his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moment for Pacers with DeMarcus Cousins

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-21-171805.png"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Myles Turner reveals the unexpected motivation he got on NBA Draft night</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-21T18:00:47-07:00">September 21st, 6:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-21T18:01:51-07:00">September 21st, 6:01pm</time><address><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@markhaynesnba?lang=en">Mark Haynes</a>Mark Haynes is an NBA beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors for ClutchPoints. He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At the NBA draft, players instantly earn labels from the media. Players can be the perfect selection, a steal, or they can view prospects as the wrong pick. It’s the first of many narratives to come. Many times the evaluation of rookies is inaccurate. The job of an NBA analyst can be challenging. Each year in the draft, you’re going to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/news">wrong about something. </a>On the ClutchPoints YouTube series Year 1 with Mark Haynes, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner talked about his <a href="https://youtu.be/CLSQmadgS2w">draft night critics.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><blockquote>“It might have been CBS Sports. They wrote an article about how they graded everybody’s draft, and they gave the Pacers a D- for picking me. That stuck with me D-. You remember stuff like that,” Myles Turner told ClutchPoints.</blockquote><p>Players often take notes when noticing negative comments. Even late in their career, the annoyance with opinions still can get under players’ skin. We’ve learned that with Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green. He is still one of those guys. He made a list of people who doubted the U.S. basketball team’s chances of winning gold and even took screenshots to document the disrespect.</p><blockquote>“I remember during the draft, I watched a recording of it. It was Jay Bilas and a couple of other guys,” Turner continued. “They were just surprised quote unquote that they (Pacers) took me. They were talking about, ‘oh, I thought the Pacers were going to take a guard.’ It wasn’t like this is what Myles brings to the table.”</blockquote><p>Myles Turner was the 11th pick in the 2015 draft. He believed he would be a top-five pick. Teams told him they were taking him in that range. As names came off the board and Turner’s name wasn’t called, he was nervous.</p><p>Players in the past received invites to the green room and ended up dropping out of the lottery. Myles Turner could have been that next player, but once the Pacers selected him, that possibility ended.</p><p>When asked about the teams who passed on him, Myles Turner said, “That’s one thing I did take personally.”</p><p>Being drafted sooner would mean more money and maybe a few business opportunities, but now the Texas native was officially in the NBA.</p><p>“I wasn’t too concerned about it. I got drafted. My family is secure, and I figured everything out that I needed to,” Turner said.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Myles Turner reveals the unexpected motivation he got on NBA Draft night

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-21-171602.png"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Myles Turner talks NBA Draft, rookie year, blocking LeBron, and more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-21T17:53:00-07:00">September 21st, 5:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-21T17:53:41-07:00">September 21st, 5:53pm</time><address><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@markhaynesnba?lang=en">Mark Haynes</a>Mark Haynes is an NBA beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors for ClutchPoints. He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Players have to earn respect in the NBA. If they aren’t respected, they will be a target opposing teams pick on. Since he was a rookie, Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner has received a ton of respect from peers; from the media, not as much as he believes he deserves.</p><p>In a recent interview on ClutchPoints’ <a href="https://youtu.be/CLSQmadgS2w">YouTube series Year 1</a> with Mark Haynes, Turner talked about his rookie draft night, his block on LeBron James, the highs and lows of that season, and more.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p><b>Q. Mark Haynes:</b> Do you remember anything that was said about you during the draft?</p><p><b>A. Myles Turner:</b> It might have been CBS Sports. They wrote an article about how they graded everybody’s draft, and they gave the Pacers a D minus for picking me. That stuck with me, a D minus. You remember stuff like that.</p><p><b>Q. Mark Haynes:</b> Did you use that as a little bit of a chip on your shoulder?</p><p><b>A. Myles Turner:</b> Every team that passed on me, I made a focal point that season, even the following season, to at those certain teams. It’s cliche you hear a lot about people doing that, but that’s one thing I did take personally teams that told me at the draft they were going to take you, then they ultimately flake in the end. In, It gives me something to play for like I needed any more motivation.</p><p><b>Q. Mark Haynes:</b> Your rookie season, you had one of your biggest blocks against LeBron James. Can you tell me about that moment?</p><p><b>A. Myles Turner:</b> It was like my first quote-unquote viral moment. That’s when I had everybody back home hitting me up like yo that just happened. I had a lot of eyes and attention on me at the time. When you first come into the league, you crave that in a sense. You crave that attention. You want to be known, so it was one of the things that kind of put me on the map, but the actual moment itself like, I knew it was going to end up on SportsCenter one way or the other, I was going to block it, or I was going to get dunked on. There’s a certain fearlessness that you have to have on the defensive side of things. I’m a shot blocker, and it’s one of the things I’ve always done. I just went out there and let the chips fall where they may.</p><p><b>Q. Mark Haynes:</b> You are one of the best defensive players in the league. Do you feel you just don’t get the acknowledgment?</p><p><b>A. Myles Turner:</b> I think it’s one of the things that, even if it’s not the Defensive Player of the Year, it’s at least the all-defensive team with what I’ve done. People talk about you just block shots. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m one of the better pick and roll defenders in the game, and I guard the perimeter, I defend, guards out to the perimeter as well. Teams don’t make it a focal point to switch on me. They’ll try to pick on somebody else because they know I can move my feet, and I block shots and recover. I at least average a steal a game, but there’s more stuff that I’m doing that doesn’t get the acknowledgment that it deserves, or you would have never seen if you’ve never watched me play. That’s the problem. We have these media members, they see all these ESPN games, and they see all these TNT games. Indiana Pacers aren’t on ESPN and TNT. We maybe get two, maybe three games a year on national TV. So they’ve never seen me play. They only see the box score. They don’t get to see the advanced stats. You don’t get to see this talented defensive player every day. You only get to hear word of mouth only get to see one or two games a year.</p><p><b>Q. Mark Haynes:</b> Do you remember what you felt like was you welcome to the NBA moment?</p><p><b>A. Myles Turner:</b> Yeah, I remember like it was yesterday. I just put up my career-high (31) in Golden State. The very next night, we go to Sacramento to play, and I’m playing against prime Demarcus Cousins, and this is the Boogie that was in the post. People are accustom to the one shooting threes and the handles. He was doing that a little, but he was straight post Demarcus Cousins at that point. Bro was just abusing me. I think he probably put up 45. It might have been a 50 point game, but there was nothing I could do. There was not one thing I could do to stop him. You go from the high of scoring your career-high to low of just getting absolutely dominated. I legit looked at the coach in a timeout and said I didn’t know what to do.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Myles Turner talks NBA Draft, rookie year, blocking LeBron, and more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-21-173559.png"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Myles Turner opens up on viral block of LeBron James</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-21T17:43:26-07:00">September 21st, 5:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-21T17:44:16-07:00">September 21st, 5:44pm</time><address><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@markhaynesnba?lang=en">Mark Haynes</a>Mark Haynes is an NBA beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors for ClutchPoints. He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James knows that Indiana Pacers star Myles Turner is one of the best shot blockers in the NBA. The 25-year-old has led the league in blocks twice during his six-year career. Out of 921 career blocks, a block from Turner’s rookie year <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/news">stands out the most.</a></p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/news">In an exclusive interview</a> with ClutchPoints, Myles Turner talked about his <a href="https://youtu.be/CLSQmadgS2w">highlight block against</a> LeBron James.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><blockquote>“It was my first quote-unquote viral moment. I had everybody back at home hitting me up like <i>yo,</i> <i>that just happened</i>,” Turner told ClutchPoints.</blockquote><p>When the Pacers drafted Turner, he inherited an ongoing rivalry with James. Time and time again, the Pacers were eliminated in the playoffs by one of James’ teams. Blocking him the way he did in this regular-season match showed the world Myles Turner was the real deal.</p><blockquote>“When you first come into the league, you crave that in a sense. You crave that attention. You want to be known. It was one of the things that put me on the map,” Turner said about the block.</blockquote><p>When James is coming at defenders full speed, players usually move out the way. Not the rookie from Texas. He had no intention of moving. Instead, Myles Turner scheduled a meeting between himself, James, and the rim.</p><blockquote>“I knew it was going to end up on SportsCenter one way or the other. I was going to block it, or I was going to get dunked on,” Turner told ClutchPoints. “There’s a certain fearlessness that you have to have on the defensive side of things. I’m a shot blocker. It’s one of the things I’ve always done. I just went out there and let the chips fall where they may.”</blockquote><p>It was a situation where nobody would blame him for allowing James to dunk. Myles Turner made the decision not to tolerate it. It set the tone for his career. It made a statement that it wouldn’t be any easy dunks on his watch. Today that message is still understood loud and clear.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Myles Turner opens up on viral block of LeBron James

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He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner led the NBA in blocks for the second time this season. With a career-high 3.4 blocks per game. He’s one of the league’s most prominent defenders, but he’s only looked at as a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/indiana-pacers/news">rim protector.</a></p><p>In an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints, Turner opened up about being <a href="https://youtu.be/CLSQmadgS2w">overlooked defensively.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Not only did Myles Turner lead the NBA in blocks, but he did while averaging 0.9 steals. Nearly one takeaway per game for the big man.</p><p>It was the second time in his career averaging that amount. After outdoing the 2020-21 Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert in blocks and steals, Myles Turner failed to make an all-defensive team.</p><blockquote>“If it’s not the Defensive Player of the Year, it’s at least the all-defensive team with what I’ve done. People say I just block shots, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m one of the better pick-and-roll defenders in the game, and I guard the perimeter. Teams don’t make it a focal point to switch on me. They’ll try to pick on somebody else because they know I can move my feet. I can recover and block shots. I average a steal a game, but there’s more stuff that I’m doing that doesn’t get the acknowledgment that it deserves. You would’ve never seen if you had never watched me play. That’s the problem.”</blockquote><p>Small market teams have a tough time getting their stars the recognition they deserve. It’s one of the reasons players decide to leave for bigger markets during free agency, an issue the NBA has been trying to fix for some time.</p><p>Myles Turner has two years left under his current contract. The thought of losing the NBA’s leading shot-blocker is not something the Pacers have to worry about yet. Figuring out how to win games and getting their players noticed nationally is the current task. Everyone knows that in basketball and most other endeavors, winning fixes all problems.</p><blockquote>“We have these media members, they see all these ESPN games, and they see all these TNT games. Indiana Pacers aren’t on ESPN and TNT. We maybe get two, maybe three games a year on national TV. So they’ve never seen me play,” Turner told ClutchPoints.</blockquote><p>All players like recognition for their hard work, and playing in a small market shouldn’t penalize players. The truth of the matter is that it does. Not being acknowledged can keep players from making All-Star appearances, getting awards, collecting endorsements, and more.</p><blockquote>“They only see the box score. They (media) don’t get to see the advanced stats, Turner said. “You don’t get to see this talented defensive player every day. You only get to hear word of mouth only get to see one or two games a year.”</blockquote><p>Myles Turner understands the uphill battle he faces when going after his goals. He uses it as fuel to be better and better each season.</p><p>Turner is constantly in the gym trying to perfect his craft. You can catch him on Instagram training in gyms with no air conditioning, pushing himself to the limit. Although he has already proved to be a good player in this league, he knows the world hasn’t seen the best version of himself. That reality motivates him to keep going.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Myles Turner speaks out on not getting defensive recognition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Myles-Turner-Pacers-Rick-Carlisle-Domantas-Sabonis-Malcolm-Brogdon-Caris-LeVert.jpg"></figure><h1>Myles Turner flexes insane weight loss ahead of Pacers training camp</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-20T23:01:34-07:00">September 20th, 11:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-20T23:01:34-07:00">September 20th, 11:01pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo is a freelance writer, TV producer, and news editor based in Manila, Philippines.  He will debate anyone to death that Penny Hardaway is the real GOAT, and he will work for pizza.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has been one of those guys who are predicted to churn out an All-Star year every season but somehow, he has always fallen short of expectations. Well, it definitely looks like Turner is a man on a mission this upcoming campaign.</p><p>Despite the rumor mill running strong on Turner, he remains as a member of the Pacers, who will have a new direction this season with returning coach Rick Carlisle. Early on, it’s clear Turner is ready to be a major piece in their fresh start.</p><p>He posted <a href="https://twitter.com/Original_Turner">on his Twitter</a> on Monday his impressive weight loss just this offseason. In less than six months, he lost 25 pounds and shed 5.5 percent of body fat. We’re not math experts, but those numbers sound awesome. His body looks ripped as well, with a six-pack to boot!</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Top – April 280 lbs 14% Body Fat <br>Bottom – September 255 lbs 8.5%  Body Fat<br>Off Season Well Spent 💪🏾 <a href="https://t.co/DiNCQM7iQW" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/DiNCQM7iQW</a></p><p>— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) <a href="https://twitter.com/Original_Turner/status/1440161613361803270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">September 21, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Turner entered the NBA in 2015 as a wide-eyed 19-year-old after starring for Texas. He looked a little heavy during his first two years with the Pacers, affecting his mobility. But in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/myles-turner/baff0a14/stats">past three seasons</a>, he has learned how to develop his physique, even developing an outside game with his improved agility.</p><p>Now, he looks even more fit with his incredible body transformation. Turner has been seen playing in a bunch of pickup games recently, which most probably helped his conditioning and weight loss.</p><p>Turner will once again team up with Domantas Sabonis, Malcolm Brodgon, and Caris LeVert in trying to lead the Pacers back into the NBA Playoffs after missing out last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Myles Turner flexes insane weight loss ahead of Pacers training camp

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pacers-trades-.jpeg"></figure><h1>2 hyperbolic trades the Pacers need to make right now</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-18T08:00:47-07:00">September 18th, 8:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-18T08:01:27-07:00">September 18th, 8:01am</time><address><a>Nihad Žunić</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers enter this season seeking to come back into the Playoff picture. Last season, they ended up with a 34-38 record and ended up missing the postseason for the first time since 2015. However, their season was also plagued with uncertainty and injury issues, resulting in a trade that saw Victor Oladipo, who was supposed to be one of the leaders of the franchise, leave, and Caris LeVert was brought in.</p><p>Now, they come in completely free of any injury issues. This should be the season where the storied franchise comes back into the postseason. Here are two trades that would bring them a step closer.</p><h2><b>Potential Pacers Trades</b></h2><p><b>D’Angelo Russell to Pacers; Myles Turner, Jeremy Lamb to Timberwolves</b></p><p>It is clear that the Pacers are missing some real quality in the backcourt. They do have the duo of LeVert and Malcolm Brogdon, but giving Russell the chance to become an All-Star again and lead the franchise would take them to a whole other level. Russell would reunite with former Net teammate LeVert and, incidentally, that is where he was at his absolute best.</p><p>It is clear why the Pacers do this – they make a big three that is worthy of a Playoff push. Russell and LeVert provide a ton of scoring from the guard positions, while Domantas Sabonis can do his thing in the paint. Russell had a bit of a down year, playing in Minnesota, and played only 42 games in the season. However, his skill set is up there with the best guards in the game. He can shoot and distribute the ball in a great way, get his teammates involved and be the closer every team needs.</p><p>On the other hand, Turner simply did not work out for the best for the Pacers. The former Texas big-man entered the league as a stud, being a defensive and offensive phenom that the team needed from the get-go. However, his numbers have been stagnating and, sometimes, it can just be a change of scenery that completely turns the situation around, both for the franchise and for the player himself.</p><p>He can still be a great contributor. He has all the skills on the defensive end to be a great player, as he showed with two years leading the league in blocks, including last year. He still needs to improve on his offensive consistency, since 47.7% shooting from the field is way too low for a center. In Minnesota, Karl-Anthony Towns and Turner can pair up to lock down opposing big men, as both are great defenders. Lamb would also be a good scoring option on the bench, but Minny does this trade mostly for Turner.</p><p><b>Caris LeVert to Nets; Joe Harris to Pacers</b></p><p>While it might be odd to send LeVert back to the Nets after waiting for him for almost half the season, it is clear why this trade makes some sense. Harris, last postseason apart, is a proven wing scorer and one of the best catch-and-shoot guys in the league. If a team is making a serious Playoff push, as the Pacers should, making this deal to add more reliable wing scoring is a no-brainer.</p><p>Indiana makes this trade based on the fact that Harris can ball. He does not need the ball in his hands, so he can wait for Sabonis kick-outs and Brogdon passes off the drive and everyone in the NBA knows that more times than not, he is putting it into the hole from behind the arc. Harris just finished a regular season where he had the best three-point percentage in the league, at 47.5% shooting from deep.</p><p>Additionally, Harris is also a capable defender, something LeVert is not, at least not yet. He can also drive well and is smart with his offensive movements, making sure to keep the defense on alert. Harris would slide right in with Turner, Sabonis, and Brogdon, making a defensive four-man line-up that could defend almost any team in the league.</p><p>On the other hand, the Nets do this to bring LeVert off the bench. With Harden, Irving, and Durant, first line-up scoring is pretty much set, but the bench needs work. LeVert would be able to make a serious case for Sixth Man of the Year, should this trade materialize. He would have all limits off in terms of taking all the shots with the bench unit and by all assumptions, he would thrive in that role. Also, he had past experiences with Durant and Irving, who both stated that he is a great prospect, <a href="https://www.netsdaily.com/2020/12/1/21768324/shams-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-see-caris-levert-as-very-significant-part-of-this-team">even calling him a very important part of the squad</a>, before the trade to acquire Harden.</p><p>Should these trades happen, the Pacers would be a potential landmine in the East. Regardless, Indiana should come back to the postseason, where it truly belongs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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