The Pacers — like literally half of the teams in the NBA — will potentially have room under the salary cap to offer a maximum deal to any free agent on the market.
With half of the league having space, there will obviously be a bidding war for any top level talent, but a Pacers team with Paul George coming off his best postseason (and being the best player in the first round of the NBA Playoffs) and a winning culture shouldn’t be counted out of the derby for the bulk of the free agents out there.
We will be skipping over Kevin Durant and LeBron James, who the Pacers should literally give whatever is necessary if they’re willing to come to Indiana, and looking at the positives and negatives of some of the guys on the next tier of free agency.