Indiana Pacers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

Dan is joined by Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) of the world-famous “Basketball, She Wrote” blog to break down the 2026-27 Indiana Pacers. Sign up for “Basketball, She Wrote” here: patreon.com/cw/basketballshewrote. And .youtube.com/@CaitlinCooperBSW. CHAPTER BELOW.

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CHAPTERS⤵️
0:00 - INTRO
1:17 - Lessons from last season
4:25 - Tyrese Haliburton’s return
11:32 - The Ivica Zubac fit
37:54 - Pascal Siakam’s continued adjustments
42:53 - Impact of Andrew Nembhard’s shot quality
45:56 - Can Aaron Nesmith scale up?
50:38 - Kelly Oubre Jr.’s fit
55:15 - Obi Toppin’s passing
57:41 - The secondary big man rotation
1:03:01 - Jarace Walker’s role and future
1:10:05 - Johnny Furphy’s return
1:13:11 - Confidence level in the bench
1:16:37 - Most intriguing two-way contract
1:19:34 - Biggest needs
1:20:49 - How will the Pacers approach the possession battle?
1:17:48 - Top-10 rotation
1:23:54 - Go-to crunch-time lineup(s)
1:25:06 - Weirdo lineups we want to see
1:28:35 - PREDICTIONS

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