It’s that time of the NBA calendar again when the league’s general managers respond to a bunch of questions as compiled by NBA.com’s John Schuhmann about the best players, teams, coaches, and offseason moves. This season, with Indiana’s front office running back nearly the same roster with by and large evenly dispersed talent and in the absence of a first-round draft pick, the GMs didn’t have much to say about the Pacers, aside from projecting where the team will finish in the Eastern Conference.
In that category, with Philly’s roster making more sense, Miami fresh off an NBA Finals berth, and Brooklyn adding former MVP Kevin Durant, only four percent of the responders picked Indiana to repeat as a top-4 seed.