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Survey Says: Rick Carlisle earns high marks as tactician

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, even with Indiana once again running back nearly the same roster, the GMs had considerably more to say about the Pacers — especially with regard to the team’s latest coaching change.

A year ago, when asked which new or relocated head coach would make the biggest impact on his new team, none of the GMs voted for first-time head coach Nate Bjorkgren.