On this episode of the Fieldhouse Files podcast, let’s review this past season: a 10-win improvement on last year, exceeding expectations but also returning to the script and in the lottery for the third straight offseason. And hopefully it’s for the last time in a decade.

Among the items discussed on this episode:

• Adapting in my 11th season on the Pacers beat

• A year without expectations, instead about growth and development in Year 2 of a rebuild (5:25)

• The four who had career seasons (14:45)

• Two areas that must be improved for next season (23:20)

• Two of their five draft picks unknown and what to root for (30:00)

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