How Indiana’s 2026 First-Round Pick Helped Build the Pacers’ Starting Frontcourt

NBA teams talk all the time about “asset management,” which is usually code for holding onto draft picks until the right star becomes available. Most future firsts either get used, traded once, or tossed around in fake trade machine deals online before eventually becoming the 24th pick in an average draft.

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