The Indiana Pacers, fresh off two big deals to remake their core before the draft, may be looking to shake things up even further. In a must-read opus on what we can expect as free agency begins, Zach Lowe of ESPN included this little nugget about one thing Larry Bird may be kicking around: “The Pacers would probably like to dump Monta Ellis.”
It’s a throwaway line in a long column that serves to make a point about the unpredictability of this offseason. This wasn’t a journalist going out of his way to spark rumors about Monta Ellis while making a definitive statement on Indiana’s plans.