Let’s just start this by saying that I don’t think current Fort Wayne Mad Ants forward Jarrod Uthoff is the next Jeremy Lin or anything. I don’t believe he going to rise from being an afterthought and then take the NBA by storm. Uthoffmania likely won’t start in Indiana.
But I do think Uthoff deserves a chance. And it isn’t as if there isn’t room for him on the Indiana Pacers as far as (garbage) minutes go.
However, the Pacers already have their 15-man roster full. Most of the players are young with potential upside, but at least two older veterans won’t have a future playing for Indiana.