No Paul George. No Lance Stephenson. No good for the Indiana Pacers.
Only a year after finishing with the best record in the Eastern Conference, Indiana would find itself fortunate if it were playing in May. Injuries and general roster attrition have seemingly killed the Pacers' season, but in a weak conference, it's too soon to count the team completely out of the picture.
It almost feels like the basketball gods have banned Indiana from the East's top eight with the same vigor as the Soup Nazi would reject a loud customer.
No playoffs for you.
And unfortunately, the Pacers didn't even get to pull a Constanza and leave last season on a high note, losing to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals after dropping 13 of their final 23 regular-season games.
The aforementioned basketball gods seemed to have it out for Indiana over the summer. The Pacers lost All-Star Paul George for the season when he broke his leg during a Team USA scrimmage back in August. But not all of the 56-win Pacers' summer downfall was due to bad luck. At some point, the organization has to take on blame.
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