Players Acquired: Monta Ellis (free agency), Myles Turner (draft), Chase Budinger (trade), Jordan Hill (free agency), Glenn Robinson III (free agency), Joseph Young (draft), Rakeem Christmas (trade), Toney Douglas (free agency)
Players Lost: Roy Hibbert (trade), David West (free agency), C.J. Watson (free agency), Luis Scola (free agency), Donald Sloan (free agency), Damjan Rudez (trade), Chris Copeland (free agency)
In the past three seasons, Frank Vogel’s team has lived and died by the phrase ‘defense wins championships.’ In their two runs to the conference finals in 2013 and ’14, the Pacers had the top ranked defense in the NBA.