Indiana Pacers are barely staying afloat out in the East and at 6-8 their record is good enough to, for the moment, have them be the #8 seed in the East. As of their last game against the Dallas Mavericks, which was a victory in Dallas, None of the starting 5 from last years Eastern Conference Finals starting 5 was an active member on the team. How they’re doing that and achieving a small amount of success is due to great play from role players like Donald Sloan, Solomon Hill and Chris Copeland.
But, according to Candace Buckner of the Indianapolis Star, they may be getting West back to the team, very soon.
Indiana Pacers power forward David West hopes to make his season debut Friday against the Orlando Magic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
“(Coach Frank Vogel) will make the call,” West said after participating in practice Tuesday in San Antonio. “I’ll see what he says. (But) I feel good. This last week has been good. No setbacks. The ankle is healthy which is important.” …
“We’ve exhausted all options in terms of getting it healthy. It was a bad sprain,” West said. “I got really lucky that it just did what it did and didn’t go any further. I got really lucky.”
George Hill, Lance Stephenson, Paul George, David West, Roy Hibbert. Once, arguably, the best starting 5 in the East is no more. But the return of West will be pivotal to the Pacers return to any type of playoffs this season.
