Indiana Pacers: 4 big trade ideas to push the team to small-ball

The Indiana Pacers are one of the league’s last embracers of tall-ball, deploying two big men on the starting lineup with Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis manning the frontcourt. Despite their varied skillsets, the pairing hasn’t necessarily been an ace for the team, which is yet to break through in the improving Eastern Conference.

While both big men possess intriguing skillsets of their own which bode very well individually, it’s getting clearer every season that the pairing has a definite ceiling that is quite difficult to expand, especially with Indiana being limited on what they can install around their one-two punch in the frontcourt.

The Indiana Pacers should seriously consider shifting to small-ball and breaking up the Turbonis duo

With an eventful offseason filled with opportunities to retool, the Pacers should seriously consider making the proverbial switch to small-ball which, in today’s game, is rapidly becoming a necessity and a proven formula for winning.

Fortunately, the Indiana Pacers should easily obtain great immediate returns for either big men, more so with Turner’s defensive brilliance and perimeter stroke and Sabonis’ All-Star level play as a post scorer and facilitator. Without further ado, here are four trades that can prompt the Blue and Gold to fully commit to small-ball.