Category: Indiana

30 teams in 30 days: Indiana Pacers

Today’s Team: Indiana Pacerspacers_old4

Team Roster
NO. NAME Pos Age Height Weight College 2015-2016 Salary
5 Lavoy Allen PF 26 6-9 255 Temple $4,050,000
10 Chase Budinger SF 27 6-7 209 Arizona $5,000,000
25 Rakeem Christmas PF 23 6-9 250 Syracuse $1,007,026
23 Toney Douglas PG 29 6-2 195 Florida State $947,276
11 Monta Ellis PG 29 6-3 185 $10,300,000
12 C.J. Fair SF 24 6-8 215 Syracuse
13 Paul George SF 25 6-9 220 Fresno State $17,120,106
3 George Hill PG 29 6-3 188 IUPUI $8,000,000
27 Jordan Hill C 28 6-10 235 Arizona $4,000,000
44 Solomon Hill SF 24 6-7 225 Arizona $1,358,880
11 Kadeem Jack SF 22 6-9 235 Rutgers
28 Ian Mahinmi C 28 6-11 250 $4,000,000
0 C.J. Miles SG 28 6-6 231 $4,394,225
40 Glenn Robinson III SG 21 6-7 222 Michigan $1,100,000
2 Rodney Stuckey PG 29 6-5 205 Eastern Washington $7,000,000
33 Myles Turner PF 19 6-11 243 Texas $2,357,760
42 Shayne Whittington PF 24 6-11 250 Western Michigan $845,059
1 Joseph Young PG 23 6-2 180 Oregon $1,007,026

Who’s gone: Roy Hibbert, David West, Luis Scola, C.J. Watson

Who’s new: Myles Turner, Monta Ellis, Jordan Hill, Joseph Young

Offseason review: It was a rapid descent from consecutive Eastern Conference finals appearances to the lottery for the Pacers, and this offseason was a time to reset and move past the Roy Hibbert era. He’s off to the Los Angeles Lakers, and this is Paul George’s team now. Indiana wants him to play power forward, and Monta Ellis will help pick up the pace. With just a couple moves, Indiana remade its team.

Grade: C

2015-16 season outlook: A healthy George could help the Pacers to a better record than last year’s team, but rim protection will be a question for Indiana with Hibbert gone. Once again, this team will be on the outside looking in for the Eastern playoff race, with a lottery berth as likely as sneaking into the No. 7 or No. 8 seed.
Prediction: 9th Eastern Conference