3 Players the Indiana Pacers shouldn’t have given up on

Every franchise, even the Indiana Pacers, has a fair share of moments in its history that it would take back if it could. One of the most common mistakes that a franchise can make is giving up on a player too quickly. In this article, we look at three players that the Pacers gave up on far too quickly.

Of course, there are plenty of players that the Pacers didn’t want to give up on, but gave up on the team. An example would be Paul George, who was traded but only after he had made known he no longer wanted to be here. This isn’t who we are talking about.

We are talking about individuals with serious growth potential that was somehow missed by Pacers management. As is often the case, these players are drafted of signed as undrafted players in order to see how they will develop over time. The story generally goes, these players don’t perform well early, and the Pacers have to make a hard decision.

Of course, these players often aren’t game-changing type players, in that perennial all-stars are often easier to tell early in their careers. But many times, franchises give up on players that could be solid rotation players in the short-term.

This first one may hit a bit close to home, in that it happened extremely recently.