The results of the annual GM survey are in and while the Pacers may no longer have the benefit of sneaking up on opponents after wildly exceeding expectations last season; it doesn’t appear that they have a target on their back, either.
With LeBron James relocating to the Western Conference, Boston (38%), Toronto (26%), Philadelphia (21%), and Milwaukee (7%), received a higher percentage of the vote to be a top-four team in the East than Indiana (6%), adding substance to some of the motivational pablum Kevin Pritchard has circulated while making the media rounds in recent weeks.