20+ PLAYERS FOR THE INDIANA PACERS TO TARGET THIS OFFSEASON!

20+ PLAYERS FOR THE INDIANA PACERS TO TARGET THIS OFFSEASON!

hey guys what is up it is the fast break report here bringing you guys another Vlog so I might as well do this immediately because everybody’s been asking about it like everybody’s already talked about the off season after last night’s loss to Boston um but the thing is uh Indiana lost that series um they battled all playoffs but a lot of their issues became very glaring as far as offensive rebounding rebounding as a whole uh having that third option who can go out there and get you a bucket when you need it you know you have seak you have halberton but they really need a third guy um and there’s a lot of questions about like defense uh like there’s just there’s so many question marks about this team and areas they need to improve in so I have a list of 22 players I was going for 25 but I’ve got a list of 22 players that I think um at the very that that could just help the team um we got Jaylen Smith departing Doug mcder is departing um you know OB toppen is really a toss up depending on what he gets offered um I I wouldn’t pay more than a total of $40 million 40 45 million at Max for Obi toppen um but you never know somebody could come in with an offer for four years 50 million four years 60 million for him depending on how desperate they are and if if he gets a contract like that I’m pretty positive the front office is going to let him walk so if that’s the case you know jarus Walker is going to get more minutes but we still need some guys on our team to fill some of the holes that we have on our on our roster so this is a list of 22 players I got the pepson deck so uh let’s go ahead and talk about some of the names I got Now understand none of these names are perfect um there’s no crazy young guys on here other than maybe one or two um this isn’t a list of sexy names they’re mostly role players um guys that I think could help out our roster and put us over the hump uh so to speak because we’re a team that I think we could have beaten Boston but we didn’t we kind of down our legs for the last you know for three out of those four games and um I just think that there’s going to be guys out there in free agency or guys that can be traded for this off season that would help this team a lot so without without any further Ado let’s go ahead and get into it so the first name I have on the list is Step Adams and the reason I have Steven Adams there is because he got traded to the Houston Rockets he’s a Savvy vet a good vet he plays hard he I think lead leads the league in offensive rebounds when he actually plays not much of a scorer obviously not a fast guy um but we do need somebody who can rebound at that Center position um and with you know I I understand we still have Isaiah Jackson we have Miles Turner but Jaylen Smith and Obi toen being gone could hurt us a bit step Adams would be a nice guy to maybe trade for I don’t know what the Rockets would want for him but he’s a guy that I look at it’s like he’s also a like a like almost like a James Johnson type of vet you know what I’m saying like a guy who’s not afraid of the other team he’s a guy that will defend his players like we saw you know Steph Adams all the time you know even in OKC defending Westbrook um even I think a couple times with the Memphis Grizzlies uh defending uh John Morant and stuff like that he is a guy that I like him because he’s Scrappy he’s not afraid to like throw hands with somebody if he has to so number one I got stepen Adams on here for physicality offensive rebounding purposes even defense he’s not terrible on defense so Steven Adams is one guy on the list number one number two is Dorian finny Smith Dorian finy Smith actually we’ll go over three also because he’s a part of the Nets organization as well and that’s Mike H Bridges so two and three are Dorian finny Smith and Michel Bridges now I don’t know what they’re doing over in uh Brooklyn but the thing is um they’ve been trying to trade Dorian finey Smith they’ve been listening to calls on Michel Bridges if we could get one of those two guys I think it would be a huge benefit to our roster obviously you would probably have to give up Benedict mathine or Aaron n Smith or a combination of both if even want Michel Bridges Dorian fin Smith maybe doesn’t have such a steep asking price we could maybe get away with a pick and a player uh for the Nets um they really want a first round pick for Dorian F Smith or two first round picks I think the last time they tried to trade him they’re not going to get two they’ll maybe get one plus a maybe a a young player that they can develop um but Dorian phy Smith would be nice on our roster he’s 6′ s he plays defense very well and he shoots the three very well uh you know replacing him with him for Doug McDermot I think would be a major upgrade to that to this roster and the bench the bench unit would be really good and Mikel Bridges I I don’t think much needs to be said about Mikel Bridges he’s a guy that obviously the asking price from uh the Brooklyn Nets is insane um but the thing is he Michel Bridges doesn’t fit the Brooklyn Nets timeline but Michel bridges does in a in a way fit ours um we got a lot of young guys cakam is 29 Going on 30 um Michel Bridges would be a nice guy for like that immediate return to the Eastern Conference Finals I think if we picked up a guy like Michel Bridges it would do wonders for this team he’s a great defender great third option we saw that in Phoenix um he has the ability to go out there and get Buckets when you need need him to we saw that with the Nets um so I really like Mike H Bridges he’s a guy that I like it just I don’t know if he’s obtainable so there’s Michel Bridges number four is OG anobi OG anobi great player when he’s playing that’s the problem um OG an anobi has only played on average 55 games over the last four uh four years and while he is very good and I think would fit our offense phenomenally he’s a guy that I would be very hesitant to pay more than like $30 million a year for um I know there’s people who think he will make more and yeah if he was healthy all the time he’ he’d be getting a Max contract like I’m going to call it what it is if if OG an anobi was a guy who could get you 65 5 70 games a year he would be getting a Max contract but I don’t think he’s going to um and the Knicks are really in a situation where they have to choose between OG an anobi and Isaiah hartenstein because hartenstein easily played his way out of New York as far as how well he played in the playoffs there’s going to be a lot of teams that are able to offer hardenstein a whole hell of a lot more money than the Knicks can um but they have to make that decision ogan and Obi or Isaiah hartenstein and to be honest with you I think either one of them could be very beneficial to our roster so um oh that’s the my my story with ogan anobi number five is Kyle Anderson Kyle Anderson’s 30 he can do a little bit of everything uh you know with the departure of guys like Jaylen Smith and potentially Obi toppen um and Doug McDermot I I like the idea of adding Kyle Anderson solid vet um the guys in Minnesota love him he’s a guy that um could be a little bit under the radar as far as a guy that could be good but Kyle Anderson’s a guy that I think coming off the bench could provide some very really really valuable minutes not only from a defensive standpoint but from an offensive standpoint and playmaking standpoint as well so that’s Kyle Anderson number six this one’s going to be controversial and I kind of don’t care and that’s miles Bridges um miles Bridges is an unrestricted free agent the Hornets own his bird rights um I honestly feel like what’s going to he’s an unrestricted free agent but the the clip the the thing is the Hornet can offer him more money than anybody else the thing is I’m wondering if they’re letting miles Bridges go into free agency just to see what his value is somebody’s going to offer for Miles Bridges a Max contract I’m just going to tell you right now regardless of all the offc court that has gone on with him over the past year or two um the guy when he steps on the floor can ball he averages about 20 points a game he’s a southpaw he shoots Lefty he can play defense he can shoot the three he can get out on the Break um he’s 26 years old and that fits our timeline perfectly I think it’s very rare that you can say that about a player him and OG anobi but the thing is Miles Bridges uh you know most honestly he was a big reason why the Charlotte Hornets won as many games as they did this year because if they didn’t have miles Bridges I seriously believe they would not they would be dead last in the NBA as far as standings go um there was a lot of times in the regular season where uh miles Bridges was asked to carry the load for this team him and Brandon Miller and they they did it flawlessly um you know there’s been games where they were down a lot and Miles Bridges had a couple games where it’s like they’re down by 15 points at the end of halftime and in the second half dude goes off for like you know 15 20 points and a half and gets them back into the game and actually like at least makes it competitive again so that’s why I like miles Bridges I I understand what people don’t like him for the off Court but the on court I think he’s a phenomenal player so that’s miles Bridges number seven is Isaac aoro Isaac aoro is a restricted free agent I guarantee the Cleveland Cavaliers bring him back regardless of what somebody offers him uh but Isaac aoro shot like 30 I think 39% from the three-point line this year which is a major Improvement and 49% from the field as a whole which is ridiculous Isaac aoro is Young um but the thing is he’s a guy that you’re really only going to be able to either trade for or just try to uh out out bid the Cavaliers for him you know and I I just honestly like he’s good uh but he’s not a guy that I could see he’s not a guy that we should overpay for to put on our roster um and because I I feel like if you’re going to spend that type of money you can spend it someplace else and maybe get a better player that’s the is issue with Isaac aoro but still Isaac aoro great defender shooting the three-point shot well now after being in the league a couple years um there’s not much left to say about him Isaac aoro is a great three and D guy and we need defense and uh like I said if we can replace that Doug McDermot role with a guy who can defend and shoot threes it’s it’s a big big positive for this Pacers team next is Andre Drummond uh Ed eight Andre Drummond’s a guy who can still get it done shockingly enough um Andre Drummond is a guy that um I think we could pick up for the low and would he would definitely fix our rebounding issues the problem is that’s about it um he’s an okay Defender around the paint but Andre Drummond’s not what he used to be but as as a bench Center as as a guy who comes off the bench he can he can do some kind of an underrated passer as well so I like Andre Drummond uh at number eight number nine this is incredibly unlikely but I’m not ruling it out is Paul George obviously Paul George pH is would be a would fill a very very big void on this team as far as being a great defensive player still he can still shoot the three he has the ability to take games over um you know he’s still he still got a I think a lot of basketball left I think he’s 34 but Paul George is a guy that I think you know it I what the what we’ve seen out of NBA players in the past couple years is the idea they’re playing till they’re almost 40 um so you know Paul George being 34 I don’t know if I’d give him a Max contract um but if you could entice him to come back for like two years million or something like that um that would be very very beneficial for the Pacers uh regardless of what you think of Paul George Paul George the basketball player is still a very good player next is DeMar D rozan who unfortunately is going to be 35 but he’s in the same situation as uh Paul George Demar D rozan though however is a mid-range killer he can he can create his own shot which is something not a lot of guys on our roster do Tyrese can do it n Smith can do it math he kind of can it’s not great um we don’t have a lot of guys on this team that can create their own shot in the mid-range and adding a guy like d rozan who gets to the free throw line at will he that mid-range jumper is disgusting he’s a guy that like if you need a a clutch bucket you can you can give it to him I mean DeMar rosen finished second in clutch player voting only behind Stephen Curry who won clutch Player of the Year number two was DeMar d rozan uh Demar D rozan still a phenomenal player at the same m is Paul George almost 34 35 years old um I would really like toar Rosen even though I think he’s going to go to Miami or New York those are the two places he claimed to have want wanted to go to during the trade deadline when the Bulls were shopping pretty much everybody um but now he’s saying he wants to go back to Chicago so I I don’t really know what the deal is with dear de R rozan but all I know is if the Pacers could add demard DE rozan it’d be huge number 11 is DeAndre Hunter I’m not completely sold on DeAndre Hunter he’s he’s a solid player but that’s about it you know if you’re expecting star player prowess out of uh DeAndre Hunter I hate to break it to you but I’m not really sure that’s ever coming uh DeAndre Hunter is a guy that I would like to I think he’s more like has the ability to be like a kcp type of player kentavius Caldwell Pope um if DeAndre Hunter could be that that’s a beneficial thing but he’s he’s young he got just recently got a contract extension a couple years ago um but Atlanta is looking to like really revamp their roster and put something strong together for next season uh and I think moving on from DeAndre Hunter and Clint capella are two things that the Hawks are looking to do if we could land either one of them it would be nice but it really depends on what we’d be giving up um you know like DeAndre Hunter is good is he worth Aaron n Smith no that’s like that’s where I’m at you know I think cuz unfortunately they’re too similar and in some ways I think Aaron n Smith is actually better better than DeAndre Hunter but DeAndre Hunter solid Defender that’s the main reason I put him on here but he’s very less likely to happen I I I feel like he’s not a guy that I think we’re even going to be looking at but you never know um number 12 is precious aoua um precious preious auua is a very good player he played well for the Knicks when he did play um but with us getting rid of Jaylen Smith and potentially Obi toppen adding a guy like Precious aoua who can bang down low a little bit who can run the floor who can occasionally shoot a three um honestly pre tuua not a bad pickup um not a great pickup either but he’s a guy that I think could maybe fill the void that’s going to be left by Jaylen Smith and and potentially Obi toppen um I it just he’s a guy that like he would he would strictly be a bench player for us he wouldn’t be a starter by any means number 13 is Isaiah hartenstein and the reason I said that I talked about this with the OG an anobi part um Isaiah hartenstein is a guy that has played his way out of New York someone’s going to offer him an ass ton of money but um you never know you know if you can get into the Isaiah hartenstein sweep Stakes you get a guy who’s great at offensive rebounding guy who’s a solid Defender um can do a little bit of work around down in the paint around the basket um I like Isaiah hartenstein do I love him no uh but he’s a guy that like if you’re looking to fix your rebounding problem uh he and and defense as well he’s a guy that you could maybe make a run at um next number 14 is Gordon Hayward this is going to be a guy that a lot of Pacers fans disagree with I feel but Gordon hayward’s a guy who is not going back to Oklahoma City he was not happy with his role on that team he didn’t get to play uh very much at all but Gordon hayward’s a guy that should be on a vet minimum deal this upcoming year he’s a guy that I think is not going to command a whole lot of money if you can put him out there with that third unit or that second unit as a guy who can just be like the leader of that unit you know TJ McConnell appears to be like the leader of the second unit and the guy who comes in and does a lot of the work but if you can put him out there with Gordon Hayward and Gordon Hayward can maybe rally the um the third string guys in certain games or you know even just having him off the bench there are nights where Gordon haward could still go off for 24 25 points um and I think also with the idea of Gordon Hayward not being a starter as well for this team would be I think you have a lot less to worry about injury-wise um even though Gordon Hayward I feel like is made of glass he’s a guy that I’m like yeah you know if you’re going to if you’re going to sign him he’s going to be a guy you bring Off the Bench he’s going to be a vet on our team and he would be like almost like a six-man you know a guy who comes in Off the Bench maybe gives us 12 or 15 points a game as a bench player if that’s possible and you could get him for I think a lot cheaper than going after a guy like a d rozan or Paul George or an OG anobi like he can still kind of get that but by paying a significantly cheaper price and he’s just not going to play as much um but all I know is U he understands that he’s a bench player I think at this point but he wants to go to a team where he will play um Gordon hayward’s is not a guy that I think cares he he just doesn’t want to sit on the bench like I don’t even think Gordon Hayward gives a about what he does he just wants to be able to play every once in a while if you put him on the PAC Pacers and give them like 10 minutes a game it could be very very beneficial to the to the second unit to have another guy out there like Gordon Hayward um if you plan to put Benedict Maan in the starting lineup or whatever you plan to do between n Smith and mathine I think Gordon Hayward would be a nice addition next is Gary Trent JR this is another three and D move uh Gary Trent Jor is not a guy I’m super crazy on but he’s a guy that will be a free agent so uh Gary TR Jr will be out there but I mean not a guy I’m absolutely in love with next is number 16 cavius Caldwell Pope he is a guy that if we he’s he’s got one year left on his deal he’s a tradable guy um but cavius cwell Pope or kcp uh really really good 3 andd player one of the best 3 andd players in the league that is like a pure 3 andd player I really like him Robert Williams of the Portland Trailblazers he’s getting off an injury uh he’s a guy I think we could lure away from the Portland Trailblazers he would be a a very nice addition to this team great great defender great rebounder great blocker like he’s almost like a Dennis Rodman type of figure um like he’s a guy that just reminds me of Dennis Rodman he’s not going to score a ton of points but he’s going to make it difficult down in the paint for other teams and Robert Williams is a guy that I’m just like if we can find a way to you know finesse him away from the Portland Trailblazers it would be be huge it would be a also like at that point I don’t give a what happens to Jaylen Smith you know what I’m saying he can go to the Celtics for all I give a but if you could somehow find a way to land Robert Williams that would make your defense a whole hell of a lot better you know like you and Robert Williams is not only an interior Defender he can step out on the wing too and play some defense so uh he’s kind of an underrated passer as well um but he’s a guy that I’m like yeah the Pacers can make a run at anybody or trade for anybody that I think would instantly improve this team’s defense and rebound ing Robert Williams is a guy that I’m like yeah like that’s a guy I want um next is Malik monk Malik monk I put him on here because he he’s the the closest comparison to buddy heeld I think that is out in free agency and what I mean by that is a guy who can run the floor um Malik monk is capable of dunking like he’s actually like he’s Uber athletic but I I feel like with the way our team runs in Pace Malik monk would be a simultaneous fit kind of like Pascal cakam where if you get out and run Malik just going to run to the three-point line and he’s very good at hitting threes in transition he’s good at hitting threes in general so Malik Monk’s a guy that I’m like he would be a nice addition to this team as well um I understand he’s a guard uh but you know we got Ben Shepard out there um you know Andrew neard is going to be a starter next season more than likely um but Malik monk would be decent bench three-point shooter I mean we have Ben Shepard but if you could add another guy like Malik Monk and just get one more Sharpshooter on the roster I think that would be huge um so and and plus Malik Monk’s a you know he’s I think he’s young a hell of a lot younger than Doug McDermot too so I I kind of like that as well number 19 is Paul Reed Paul Reed being a power forward he he is a guy one of the few guys at the 76ers will be able to retain going into next season but Paul Reed is a guy that I’m like uh I know Nick nurse wanted to turn him into Pascal sakam in some way shape or form if we can get him and actually have Pascal sakam I think that would be a huge win for this team uh Robert Paul Reed is a guy that I think doesn’t get enough opportunity with us I think he’d get a lot of a lot of opportunity and that fixed kind of the the front Court hole we got he’s still undersized but he’s a guy that can get out run same thing with Robert Williams Robert Williams is undersized but Robert Williams can play defense Paul Reed’s a guy that I think if you developed him correctly could be another Pascal SE yakum or you know just a guy who’s capable of doing a little bit of everything next is Robert Covington the reason Robert cumington Is Here is because we can get him on a that minimum deal most likely and he would play defense and shoot threes we saw a little bit of a Revival of him going back to the 76ers in that trade for James Harden uh Nick Batum is another guy that comes to mind immediately Nicholas Batum would be amazing for the Pacers but another three and D guy that could maybe help us out a lot um the at 21 I have Tobias Harris I’m not overly sold on Tobias Harris uh I I don’t know what he does defensively I haven’t seen enough of him defensively I just know he can score score um and if you can have ADD Tobias Harris to this team um even though it’s you know what is it they say in the The Longest Yard it’s not the entire chocolate bar but we got a Hershey’s kiss that’s how I feel about Tobias Harris uh Tobias Harris is not going to be the guy who’s going to come out and like take over games he’s not going to come out and play you know Uber athletic defense but he can rebound and he can shoot the three and he can put that ball in the basket when he really wants to um Tobias Harris would be a great third option I think on this team the the only my only issue with Tobias Harris is like he’s good but I don’t think he’s enough to move the needle for us he is another guy that I think is maybe going to get another overpay in free agency depending on who is going after him uh but Tobias Harris as a guy it’s like you really got to like if if the money’s right yeah you you go you go after Tobias Harris especially if ogan and obi’s off the board uh if Paul George is off the board d rozen’s off the board um you know if you can’t land any of these guys LeBron’s going back to LA that’s a pretty much a given at this point um but if you can’t land any of those guys and Tobias Harris is still out there I I I think Tobias Harris is a guy you take a swing on lastly number 22 is a former Pacer and that’s Caris LeVert um Caris LeVert played very well in the playoffs uh against Boston he did all right um this is a guy who can create his own shot he’s an okay Defender he can shoot the three um he will kill teams from mid-range if you let him shoot mid-range jump shots all day you’re going to get killed um and I like that about car I like a guy that can you know get down into the mid-range you know he he can create shots off the dribble which is something this team lacks a whole hell of a lot of um Carol s pretty much I mean defensively he’s not amazing but he still averages a steel of game you know he’s not the worst defender in the world but uh Carol LT would just be a nice guy to get back because uh we we we really need like a whole bunch of different we need chot creators we need um guys who can you know maybe another 20 point per game scorer would be nice um but it’s just the idea that’s why I like Caris LeVert I think Caris LeVert could maybe do some things for us that we’re lacking in uh you know Andrew nard Aaron n Smith and eventually Ben mathine I think will all become better at shooting off the dribble but having a veteran guy like Carol LT that you can bring Off the Bench or maybe even start for you that’s capable of creating his own shot to there like every time he plays against us he plays well I don’t know why but Caris time he plays against the Pacers he he plays very well I think in the regular season this past season we played against the Cavs and Carol I think gave us like uh what was it like 20 points in the first half or 25 points in the first half then after that in the second half he went kind of quiet but he’s a guy that’s capable of that he’s a guy that’s capable of like when he’s in a Zone he’s in a Zone you know what I’m saying so anyway that’s it for the list um I don’t have any honorable mentions but um Jonathan Isaac’s a guy I was thinking about but the problem is Jonathan Isaac is you know I I got to see this dud D play a full season of basketball again before I’m like yeah he’s a guy that we should maybe Target uh he would be great as a Defender uh multi you know guy who who can defend at all three levels um offensively I understand he he still needs a little polish but the three-point shot I think has been better this year as well don’t quote me on it but uh Jonathan Isaac would be another guy that we could maybe Target um I’ve seen people talk about trading Miles Turner for Jared Allen I I think I was the one that started that whole thing uh because of the rebounding things but the problem is if you trade Miles Turner before you resign Pascal seak seak like that would be a big reason for seak to leave um because part of the reason he came to Indiana is because he wanted to play with Miles Turner so I don’t know man the the Pacers have a lot of options I feel like they’re going to get better this offseason there’s a lot of really good unrestricted free agents out there there’s a lot of guys you could trade for Derek White’s a guy that is is probably going to get traded for something uh I just don’t see the Boston Celtics being able to retain him as well as everybody else they’ve already given money to um but you never know man uh you never know the offseason could be crazy we could there’s a lot of guys on our roster that could be up for for trade I mean if we look at I mean Benedict mathan I don’t think is safe anymore unfortunately only because of how well we played without him but you know Aaron Smith is a guy you can maybe improve on maybe get something better for him um you know even though I love Aaron E Smith Aaron E Smith is not a guy I want to get rid of but um you never know I mean jarus Walker I it doesn’t seem like Rick car trust him very much jarus Walker could be a guy that we move on from unfortunately um but we did resign kend doall brown but uh Andrew neard is going to be a guy that draws a lot and I mean a lot of calls this off season um specifically by teams like the Spurs like I’m G be honest if the Spurs gave us the right trade package for Andrew num hard uh that would be pretty ridiculous like maybe a Kell and Johnson Level trade um or uh Devon it’s not going to be Devon Vel level but Kell would be nice I think K Johnson would be a monster with this team um but there’s there’s a couple guys on our roster that could be on the Move um I know Jared Allen or not Jared Allen Jaylen Smith is gone um Isaiah Jackson has a team option that I’m pretty sure we’re going to pick up um he’s a guy that I think yeah he has he has a team option for 2024 so he’s he’s going to be a guy that I think is coming back um so yeah that’s that’s pretty much it that’s that’s what I got for this video tell me what you guys think about this in the comment section below like helps me out subscribe if you guys want to see more on The Fast Break report and I’m out of this peace guys

Now that the NBA playoff run is over for the Indiana Pacers, it’s time to look at the free agent market and see what players they could target or trade for to make the Indiana Pacers better.

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