I think we can all admit no one saw the Indiana Pacers playing this well this early into the 2017-18 season. In June, President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard dealt his superstar Paul George for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis, two players who had been underwhelming in their careers, to say the least. That move led everyone around the league and around the Pacers to believe the strategy for the season would be to “tank” for a high draft and prepare for a complete rebuild.
Fast forward to today and it is Kevin Pritchard who looks like the genius after all.