The Indiana Pacers Summer League team is ready to get things started on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas. They will face the Cleveland Cavaliers on ESPN 2 at 4:30 PM EST.
This is a great opportunity for each of these players to display their talents and prove to front offices across the league why they deserve a roster spot, two-way spot, or G-League opportunity.
For the Pacers, the roster is drastically different from last season, with Taelon Peter being the only returnee from last year's team. To better know the players that are playing for the Summer Pacers, I wanted to share interesting tidbits about each of them.
Braden Smith - Purdue
The Westfield native gets the opportunity of a lifetime by playing for his home team. He will be the most watched Pacer this Summer League, as fans will want to see what he can do on the NBA level. He leads the NCAA in all-time assists with 1,103. The previous leader was Duke's Bob Hurley at 1,076.
His mother, Ginny, was the 1997 Miss Basketball in Arkansas, and he learned how to play the point guard spot by watching YouTube videos of Jason Williams and Steve Nash.
Taelon Peter - Indiana Pacers
Taelon is the third player to be selected out...
Source: https://www.si.com/nba/pacers/onsi/getting-to-know-the-pacers-summer-league-roster-01kwzrr4tgf0
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