Can The Pacers Survive Without Tyrese Haliburton?

Can The Pacers Survive Without Tyrese Haliburton?

Dan is joined by Caitlin Cooper (@CaitlinCooperBSW) from ‘Basketball, She Wrote” for a deep dive into the 2025-26 Indiana Pacers. SUBSCRIBE TO ‘BASKETBALL, SHE WROTE; ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/basketballshewrote. CHAPTERS BELOW.

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CHAPTERS⤵️
0:00 – INTRO
1:22 – The transformation of the Pacers
10:05 – Covering the NBA Finals
12:46 – The Tyrese Halliburton recovery
16:31 – The loss of Myles Turner
20:33 – Playing five-out vs four-out
23:21 – Isaiah Jackson’s return
25:13 – Jay Huff’s fit
28:33 – Will James Wiseman have a role?
30:35 – Pascal Siakam-Obi Toppin minutes
34:12 – Continued development of Bennedict Mathurin
42:28 – Andrew Nembhard as the lead guard
46:28 – What makes the Pacers defense special?
48:01 – The Andrew Nembhard-Pascal Siakam dynamic
50:40 – Can Aaron Nesmith get even better?
55:54 – Future of Jarace Walker
59:35 -Pascal Siakam falling down/transition defense
1:01:34 – Ben Sheppard
1:04:20 – Johnny Furphy, Taelon Peter, Kam Jones, RayJ Dennis
1:10:44 – Biggest needs
1:13:07 – Under the radar storyline
1:15:26 – Top-10 rotation
1:16:59 – Go-to closing lineup
1:18:13 – Weirdo lineups we want to see
1:19:45 – PREDICTIONS

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