With a stylistic overhaul on the horizon, the Indiana Pacers have made it crystal clear they're focused on playing a faster brand of ball with smaller personnel next season—and Paul George is going to be at the forefront of the team's preferential shift.
While the Pacers have been known for plodding in the half court during the entirety of Frank Vogel's tenure as head coach with Roy Hibbert manning the middle, the organization appears ready to ditch its status as an NBA Luddite and embrace analytical convention.
"I was talking to coach earlier; we'd like to play a little faster tempo," Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird said following the season, according to The Indianapolis Star's Candace Buckner.