Indiana Pacers: 3 candidates for a breakout season in 2019-20
By Fox Doucette
The Indiana Pacers have been stuck on 48 wins for two straight seasons. Which players are most likely to make a next-level leap and lift the team?
In recent years, the Indiana Pacers have seen their rise into the ranks of the Eastern Conference contenders powered by a youth movement.
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Doug McDermott, at 27, is the oldest player on the team. Myles Turner is still just 23, as is Domantas Sabonis.
And first-round draft pick Goga Bitadze is so young that on the day he was born, Vince Carter had just won Rookie of the Year in the lockout-shortened 1999 season and the world celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Where there’s youth, there are players who are just entering their prime.
And where there are players entering their prime, there are players taking giant leaps for mankind … or at least for their basketball teams.
So who should Pacers fans be on the lookout for as about to launch in a big way?