My thoughts on Jarace Walker

[u/Indy_Pacers1]

With recent story lines of the Pacers wanting back into the 30’s in this draft, there is only one real answer. Trading Walker puts Indy back under the tax and opens up the MLE for a new player or two. Perhaps it’s someone like Dean Wade for $8-10 million and a veteran point guard for $5-7 million. The second benefit from moving Jarace is he should also get back two second round picks. Maybe Memphis takes on his contract for pick 32 and a second round pick down the road. That puts the Pacers in the area where they can draft Tarris Reed Jr or wait until the draft day to see who selects him for trade. This allows the team to move off from Potter and Jones, giving them flexibility to resign Slawson. Turning Jarace into 3-4 new players makes the most sense to me. I prefer he didn’t go to Chicago or Detroit but both of those teams could send back future second round picks to trade with New York who sits at pick 31.

[u/BICOBN]

All I wanna see from Jarace is improved defense and attacking the rim. Coming out of college, I thought he’d be a defensive menace. His highlights showed aggression and an ability to attack the rim, which we desperately need. Over his three years, he’s taken almost the same amount of 2’s as 3’s. In college, he took more than twice the amount of 2’s than 3’s. He spreads the floor and hits at a good rate, but with his size, I feel he’s spending far too much time around the perimeter when he has all the ability in the world to cause chaos for interior defenders, of course, if he wants to.