@bradicus18 he has AWARDS? I hate my life.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Eric, you may need to change your bio. I don't know if this is "basketball purgatory" anymore.
Another interesting thing is the fact that Indiana has quite a bit of amateur basketball talent, both in terms of native high school players and college players (IU, Purdue, Butler, Notre Dame, etc.), and while obviously the draft keeps the Pacers from capitalizing fully on that, it may be something that they can exploit in the free agent market. Is Indianapolis the most attractive place for a young, wealthy person to live? Of course not; I'm a life-long resident of Indy, but I fully recognize that there are tons of places an NBA star (or for that matter, I) would prefer to live. But if that NBA star went to North Central High School and played at Indiana University (maybe you can tell I'm targeting a specific young shooting guard here but he's an example that can be adjusted, I could be talking about Cody Zeller or Marquis Teague just as easily), maybe the Pacers would be more attractive to him.
Or maybe I'm delusional, and it's all about the money. Either one could be true.