Let’s shift away from the Indiana Pacers for a brief second and talk about some other teams and other sports. What if the Charlotte Hornets never traded Kobe Bryant? What if Dave Roberts didn’t successfully steal second in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series? What if, well, any team EXCEPT the New England Patriots decided to draft Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL Draft?
You get the point. When analyzing the history of sports, it’s easy to keep coming back to those “what if” scenarios. Sometimes thinking about these situations can plague the thoughts of miserable sports fans for decades.