SB Nation Mock Expansion Draft: Pacers protected players

A couple of weeks ago, NBA commish Adam Silver mentioned that NBA expansion was “inevitable” for the league (Supes!). Naturally, that had the hoop heads at SB Nation pondering the possibilities and what might happen to current teams were they subjected to an expansion draft.

NBA teams would protect eight players and make the remainder of their roster available for an expansion draft. No more than one of the available players could be drafted, so chances are none of those available players would be picked.

As part of the thought exercise in late July, I submitted eight Pacers from the then 15-man roster to protect from the SBN NBA mock expansion draft. Using a long-term outlook for the…