Indiana Pacers Mailbag: Trades, expectations, and how to fix the lineup

Welcome to the 8 Points 9 Seconds mailbag! We asked for your burning questions about the current Indiana Pacers season on Twitter, and you all came up with excellent questions. In this post, I’ll answer fan questions about why Jalen Smith doesn’t fit in the starting lineup, what our expectations for Chris Duarte should be, whether we should want the Pacers to be winning or losing, and we’ll also examine a potential John Collins trade.

Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for us to answer. If you’re reading this post and have any questions for our next mailbag, tweet those questions to @8pts9secs and we’ll include them next time we endeavor to answer your inquiries.

Without further adieu, let’s take a look at our first question!