If you are the type of fan who’s into the annual offseason drama, then you might have browsed the web for trade rumors that could benefit your team. If so, odds are that the Indiana Pacers have frequented your eyes, with multiple outlets suggesting the Blue and Gold as a key player in the trade market in the offseason.
With a roster filled with properly valued players with significant roster control still, the Pacers are pegged to be receptive to calls this summer, particularly as regards their veteran cogs. Alas, Indiana is in the middle of a soft reboot, setting them up to be potential sellers in trade panels with the NBA Draft serving as their primary gauntlet to improve the roster.
The Indiana Pacers are tabbed to be a team to monitor in the trade market
That being said, the Indiana Pacers have to approach the trade market rather cautiously. Some hard-capped teams filled their rosters with misfits, leading to underwhelming finishes in the season. And it is usually these cubs who try to shove their way into the trade market to save themselves at the expense of chary small-market teams.
Thus, to avoid capping what the Pacers can do to improve their roster, here are three teams in particular which the front office should absolutely steer clear from as trade partners, owing to bad contracts and lack of attractive assets, among others.