The Pacers in 2023-24, their In Season Tournament win over Boston, and the NBA's MOST IMPORTANT X-FACTORS over the next two months of the season

Bryce Simon is here to join Sam to break down a group of players that will be incredibly important to their team's title race moving forward. We'll talk about players on the Lakers, the Pelicans, the Pacers, the Warriors, the Rockets and the Bucks, and explain how those teams have looked recently and why those players are so important to each team's hopes moving forward.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

5:10 Indiana Pacers, their defense, the In Season Tournament, and where they go from here

26:00 Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors

37:00 The Lakers and Austin Reaves

44:28 Jalen Green and the Houston Rockets

55:03 Trey Murphy and the New Orleans Pelicans

1:04:10 Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks

1:11:30 Others, including Jaime Jaquez, Dereck Lively, Bojan Bogdanovic and Terance Mann

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