2016–17 Indiana Pacers season

2016–17 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
General manager	Kevin Pritchard
Owner(s)	Herb Simon
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Results
Record	9–10 (.474)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Indiana
Radio	1070 The Fan

The 2016–17 Indiana Pacers season is the Indiana's 50th season as a franchise and 41st season in the NBA. On May 5, 2016, despite making the playoffs, Pacers' president Larry Bird announced that Frank Vogel's contract would not be renewed, citing a need for "a new voice" to lead the players.^[1][2] On May 16, 2016, the Pacers promoted their assistant head coach Nate McMillan to become their new head coach.^[3]

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	20	Caris LeVert	SG	United States	Michigan
2	50	Georges Niang	PF	United States	Iowa State

Roster

Indiana Pacers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 5 Allen, Lavoy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1989–02–04 Temple G 00 Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1985–01–14 Oregon F 25 Christmas, Rakeem 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991–12–01 Syracuse G 11 Ellis, Monta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985–10–26 Lanier HS (MS) F 13 George, Paul (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–05–02 Fresno State C 7 Jefferson, Al 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 289 lb (131 kg) 1985–01–04 Prentiss HS (MS) G/F 0 Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–03–18 Skyline HS (TX) F 32 Niang, Georges 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–17 Iowa State F 40 Robinson, Glenn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1994–01–08 Michigan F/C 1 Séraphin, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 278 lb (126 kg) 1989–12–07 France G 2 Stuckey, Rodney  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–04–21 Eastern Washington G 44 Teague, Jeff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1988–06–10 Wake Forest C 33 Turner, Myles 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1996–03–24 Texas G 3 Young, Joseph 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–27 Oregon F 21 Young, Thaddeus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1988–06–21 Georgia Tech	Head coach Nate McMillan Assistant coach(es) Bill Bayno Dan Burke Popeye Jones David McClure (player development) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–10–24

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Myles Turner	Al Jefferson	Kevin Séraphin
PF	Thaddeus Young	Lavoy Allen		Rakeem Christmas
SF	Paul George	Glenn Robinson III		Georges Niang
SG	Monta Ellis	C. J. Miles	Rodney Stuckey
PG	Jeff Teague	Aaron Brooks	Joseph Young

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Cleveland Cavaliers	13	5	.722	0.0	9–2	4–3	0–2	18
Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	5–2	6–6	2–1	19
Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	7–4	3–4	2–1	18
Detroit Pistons	11	10	.524	3.5	7–2	4–8	1–0	21
Indiana Pacers	9	10	.474	4.5	8–4	1–6	1–2	19

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	13	5	.722	–	18
2	Toronto Raptors *	14	6	.700	0.0	20
3	Boston Celtics	12	8	.600	2.0	20
4	Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	19
5	Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	18
6	Charlotte Hornets *	11	9	.550	3.0	20
7	New York Knicks	10	9	.526	3.5	19
8	Detroit Pistons	11	10	.524	3.5	21
9	Atlanta Hawks	10	11	.476	4.5	21
10	Indiana Pacers	9	10	.474	4.5	19
11	Orlando Magic	8	12	.400	6.0	20
12	Miami Heat	7	13	.350	7.0	20
13	Washington Wizards	6	12	.333	7.0	18
14	Brooklyn Nets	5	14	.263	8.5	19
15	Philadelphia 76ers	4	16	.200	10.0	20

Game log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log Total: 3–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–3)
Pre-season: 3–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 4 Pelicans W 113–96 Al Jefferson (14) Thaddeus Young (10) Allen, Teague (4) Smoothie King Center 15,369 1–0 2 October 6 Bulls W 115–108 Rodney Stuckey (20) Al Jefferson (11) Rodney Stuckey (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,925 2–0 3 October 8 @ Bulls L 106–121 Jeff Teague (21) Glenn Robinson III (6) Monta Ellis (6) United Center 20,096 2–1 4 October 12 Bucks W 101–83 Rodney Stuckey (21) Lavoy Allen (11) Rodney Stuckey (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,447 3–1 5 October 14 @ Magic L 106–114 Myles Turner (17) Thaddeus Young (8) Monta Ellis (6) Amway Center 14,097 3–2 6 October 19 @ Bucks L 103–111 Paul George (18) Myles Turner (9) Ellis, Teague (7) BMO Harris Bradley Center 5,450 3–3
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 9–10 (Home: 8–4; Road: 1–6)
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 Dallas W 130–121 (OT) Myles Turner (30) Myles Turner (16) Jeff Teague (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 1–0 2 October 28 @ Brooklyn L 94–103 Paul George (22) Myles Turner (11) Jeff Teague (7) Barclays Center 17,732 1–1 3 October 29 @ Chicago L 101–118 George, Turner (20) Thaddeus Young (5) Jeff Teague (8) United Center 21,373 1–2
November : 8–8 (Home: 7–4; Road: 1–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 L. A. Lakers W 115–108 Paul George (30) Paul George (7) Jeff Teague (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 2–2 5 November 3 @ Milwaukee L 107–125 Paul George (23) Al Jefferson (7) Jeff Teague (10) BMO Harris Bradley Center 11,374 2–3 6 November 5 Chicago W 111–94 Jeff Teague (21) Paul George (7) Monta Ellis (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,020 3–3 7 November 7 @ Charlotte L 100–122 C.J. Miles (23) Al Jefferson (9) Aaron Brooks (9) Spectrum Center 16,880 3–4 8 November 9 Philadelphia W 122–115 (OT) Jeff Teague (30) Myles Turner (9) Jeff Teague (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,360 4–4 9 November 11 @ Philadelphia L 105–109 (OT) Paul George (26) George, Turner (9) Monta Ellis (5) Wells Fargo Center 17,643 4–5 10 November 12 Boston L 99–105 Jeff Teague (20) Young, Turner (8) Teague, Ellis (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 4–6 11 November 14 Orlando W 88–69 C.J. Miles (16) Kevin Seraphin (10) Teague, George (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,825 5–6 12 November 16 Cleveland W 103–93 Paul George (21) Paul George (11) Jeff Teague (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 6–6 13 November 18 Phoenix L 96–116 Myles Turner (22) Myles Turner (6) Jeff Teague (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,780 6–7 14 November 20 @ Oklahoma City W 115–111 (OT) Jeff Teague (30) Young, Robinson III (11) Jeff Teague (9) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 7–7 15 November 21 Golden State L 83–120 Rodney Stuckey (21) Kevin Seraphin (14) Teague, Brooks (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 7–8 16 November 23 Atlanta L 85–96 Thaddeus Young (24) Myles Turner (9) Jeff Teague (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,032 7–9 17 November 25 Brooklyn W 118–97 Glenn Robinson III (20) Jeff Teague (9) Jeff Teague (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,083 8–9 18 November 27 L. A. Clippers W 91–70 Myles Turner, Robinson III (17) Myles Turner (12) Jeff Teague (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,572 9–9 19 November 30 @ Portland L 109–131 Jeff Teague (25) Myles Turner (10) Jeff Teague (8) Moda Center 19,107 9–10
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 December 4 @ L. A. Clippers Staples Center 21 December 5 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 22 December 7 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 23 December 9 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 24 December 10 Portland Bankers Life Fieldhouse 25 December 12 Charlotte Bankers Life Fieldhouse 26 December 14 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 27 December 15 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 28 December 17 @ Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills 29 December 19 Washington Bankers Life Fieldhouse 30 December 20 @ New York Madison Square Garden 31 December 22 Boston Bankers Life Fieldhouse 32 December 26 @ Chicago United Center 33 December 28 @ Washington Verizon Center 34 December 30 Chicago Bankers Life Fieldhouse
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

July 7, 2016	To Indiana Pacers Thaddeus Young		To Brooklyn Nets Draft Rights of Caris LeVert and a second round draft pick
	To Indiana Pacers Jeff Teague	To Utah Jazz George Hill	To Atlanta Hawks Draft Rights of Taurean Prince
	To Indiana Pacers Jeremy Evans, cash considerations, and a second round draft pick		To Dallas Mavericks Second round draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Date signed	Former team
Al Jefferson	July 9, 2016	Charlotte Hornets
Aaron Brooks	July 21, 2016	Chicago Bulls
Julyan Stone	August 26, 2016	Royal Halı Gaziantep (Turkey)
Alex Poythress	August 29, 2016	Undrafted
Nick Zeisloft	September 6, 2016	Undrafted
Kevin Séraphin	September 8, 2016	New York Knicks

Subtractions

Player	Date signed	New team
Ian Mahinmi	July 7, 2016	Washington Wizards
Jordan Hill	July 19, 2016	Minnesota Timberwolves
Solomon Hill	July 21, 2016	New Orleans Pelicans
Ty Lawson	August 26, 2016	Sacramento Kings
Alex Poythress	October 17, 2016	(Signed a training camp deal)
Nick Zeisloft	October 17, 2016	(Signed a training camp deal)

References

1. Pacers (May 5, 2016). "Pacers' president Larry Bird announced that Vogel's contract would not be renewed, citing a need for "a new voice" to lead the players.". Retrieved May 5, 2016.
2. "Vogel out as Pacers' coach". NBA.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
3. "Pacers name assistant McMillan as new coach". NBA.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.

External links

• Official website