As it turned out, the last opportunity the Pacers had to see Tyreke Evans in action with the Grizzlies was also one of the last few opportunities the Grizzlies had to see him in action with the Grizzlies.
When Memphis traveled to Indiana at the end of January, the dynamic playmaker began a stretch of five games in which he was held from the lineup in anticipation of the team finding a trade partner prior to the deadline (February 8). Thereafter, once general manager Chris Wallace inscrutably determined that none of the fielded offers outweighed the benefits of keeping Evans on a losing team, the 28-year-old only appeared in six of the team’s 35 remaining games, missing several as a result of healthy scratches.