Pacers General Manager, Chad Buchanan Interview (Pt. 1)

Alex Golden and Michael Facci are joined by Chad Buchanan, Pacers GM, to discuss:-the past season and the run to the East Finals-was there a specific moment you realized this team had something special?-the truth on Tyrese's health during the playoff run, and where he actually was health wise-navigating the All-NBA requirements and Haliburton's injury the remainder of the season/postseason-what Chad learned from his team against Boston-players physically needing to get in better shape for a deeper playoff run-balancing the thought process of making moves to win now, versus staying the coarse and developing this core-what Chad learned from his team when they got down in a series: 0-1 against Milwaukee, 0-2 against New York-what Andrew Nembhard did this playoff run and whether or not he is the long term answer at the shooting guard spot-Aaron Nesmith's growth from being traded here for Brogdon and exceeding expectations-How the playoffs helped Jarace Walker despite not playing much & what the front office learned about his game after not playing in the rotation this season-What Bennedict Mathurin can take from this playoff run, what they want to see from Mathurin next season, Mathurin taking receipts of the negative comments about his game on social media and a great story about Mathurin's new hobby of bakingHope you enjoyed the conversation from Part 1 of our interview. Part 2 will be a little longer and have more questions about the rest of the roster. Thanks for tuning in and LETS GO PACERS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.