{"id":223267,"date":"2026-05-02T09:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223267"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:57:45","slug":"after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223267","title":{"rendered":"After Pacers Draft Pick Trade, Poor Finish To Season Maximizes Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE \u2013 The Indiana Pacers were 13-38 when the NBA trade deadline arrived in February, which was the worst record in the Eastern Conference at the time. They owned their 2026 first-round draft pick thanks to a smart trade last summer, meaning their poor record was trending toward a top selection in a strong 2026<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tonyeast\/2026\/04\/22\/after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE \u2013 The Indiana Pacers were 13-38 when the NBA trade deadline arrived in February,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds.jpg",1350,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds.jpg",1350,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds.jpg",1350,900,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223267-after-pacers-draft-pick-trade-poor-finish-to-season-maximizes-odds-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">BREAKING NEWS<\/a>","tag_info":"BREAKING NEWS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/223268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}