The Mad Ants serve as Indiana's training ground for developing talent. So why didn't the Pacers send Glenn Robinson III there more often?
The Minnesota Timberwolves waived him, and the Philadelphia 76ers declined to make him a qualifying offer, but Larry Bird saw something in Glenn Robinson III he felt was worth giving a shot in free agency.
"He's very impressive to me," Bird told the Indy Star's Gregg Doyel. "He's long, strong and big."
Adding Robinson III's youth and physical attributes to a roster constructed with the intent to play faster and smaller was a low risk potentially high reward move, but expecting a prospect in need of development to learn on the job, after having been let go by his two former employers, arguably did a disservice both to him and the team.