Was listening to Nate and Danny talk about the process and path to the Pacers getting to this point which is pretty interesting
Kind of starts with the Paul George injury, then 2 years later trading him for Sabonis and Oladipo....Oladipo looking like an all NBA player and then suffering a devastating injury...the Nate McMillan-Nate Bjorkgren era, the Brogdon experiment....Rick Carlise thinking he was going to get the Bucks job only for them to win the Championship, keeping Turner and flipping Sabonis for Haliburton/Hield, Myles Turner team friendly extention while constantly being in trade talks, Nesmith team friendly contrac,.....Signing Bruce Brown to a big contract which was then matching salary for Siakam
Lot of luck, unfortunate situations and shrewd front office moves