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Top 10 takeaways from early stages of NBA free agency

Warriors made quick work during free agency, re-signing both Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala.

Pacers send message to the Eastern Conference

It’s not a great message from new president Kevin Pritchard, but it surely was a message. Indiana moved star forward Paul George to Oklahoma City for pennies on the dollar. It did so while Eastern Conference rivals apparently had better offers on the table for the forward.

This is simple to deconstruct. Indiana was hellbent on moving George out of the Eastern Conference, even at the risk of its long-term viability. George was going to move on from the Pacers next summer in the first place. That likely lowered his value in potential trades. But to acquire Victor Oladipo as a headliner is what we’d call a major head scratcher for the Pacers.

Even in an Eastern Conference that has seen its talent travel out west over the past two weeks, Indiana is on the outside looking in. It now turns to youngster Myles Turner as the face of the franchise. It does so without a general direction as a franchise. That’s the biggest takeaway from the George trade itself.

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