Summer is coming. Rakeem Christmas' road from Fort Wayne to Indy must first take a detour through Orlando.
As has been rehashed ad nauseum over the past week, what the Indiana Pacers were at the end of the 2015-16 season was very different from what they set out to be at the start of the team's training camp. A lesser discussed side note is that head coach Frank Vogel's mid-season decision to abort the team's emphasis on playing faster and smaller had an impact beyond his own squad.
"It's tough because I'm here and they're there," Mad Ants head coach Steve Gansey told the News Sentinel's Reggie Hayes prior to the All-Star break.