Limited Upside

The Pacers are thriving and Paul George's Thunder are struggling. Who saw that coming? With George's return to Indiana on the horizon, we dialed up SB Nation NBA assistant editor Whitney Medworth and Indy Cornrows writer Caitlin Cooper. Topics include:A series of mea culpas for our doomsday preseason predictions.Why Victor Oladipo has emerged and why the city has bought into him so quickly.Other reasons the Pacers have overachieved.From afar, do George's struggles and the Thunder's in general surprise them? What do they think is wrong with the George fit there?What kind of reception will George get for his return? Why are Pacers fans still upset with how his departure happened? When will those feelings fade? Will those feelings fade?Is there a worry that the Pacers' success is unsustainable? Will they suffer the same pitfalls as other accidentally good teams like the 2014 Suns and 2016 Blazers.Our favorite Pacers moments of the season.

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