Indiana Pacers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

Indiana Pacers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

Dan is joined by Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) of the world-famous “Basketball, She Wrote” blog to break down the 2026-27 Indiana Pacers. Sign up for “Basketball, She Wrote” here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/basketballshewrote. And Subscribe to Caitlin’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CaitlinCooperBSW. CHAPTER BELOW.

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CHAPTERS⤵️
0:00 – INTRO
1:17 – Lessons from last season
4:25 – Tyrese Haliburton’s return
11:32 – The Ivica Zubac fit
37:54 – Pascal Siakam’s continued adjustments
42:53 – Impact of Andrew Nembhard’s shot quality
45:56 – Can Aaron Nesmith scale up?
50:38 – Kelly Oubre Jr.’s fit
55:15 – Obi Toppin’s passing
57:41 – The secondary big man rotation
1:03:01 – Jarace Walker’s role and future
1:10:05 – Johnny Furphy’s return
1:13:11 – Confidence level in the bench
1:16:37 – Most intriguing two-way contract
1:19:34 – Biggest needs
1:20:49 – How will the Pacers approach the possession battle?
1:17:48 – Top-10 rotation
1:23:54 – Go-to crunch-time lineup(s)
1:25:06 – Weirdo lineups we want to see
1:28:35 – PREDICTIONS

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