Jeremy Evans can leap out of the building. That’s how he won the Slam Dunk Contest a few years back.
However, his game has never evolved much beyond that. That leaping ability gets him some highlight blocks and a few buckets around the rim, but he struggles to defend fours (too thin, gets muscled) and can’t space the floor on offense. Then he missed a chunk of last season after a shoulder injury.
The Mavericks wanted to move on, so Indiana will roll the dice on Evans, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical at Yahoo Sports.
Dallas is finalizing a deal to send Jeremy Evans to the Indiana Pacers, league sources tells @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2016
The Mavericks are unloading Evans and cash to the Pacers, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2016
Evans is on a minimum deal, so Indiana isn’t taking much of a risk.
That said, with Myles Turner, Thaddeus Young, and Paul George along the front line (with some depth behind them), it’s hard to imagine Evans getting much run. He’s going to have to take a leap forward now or he will be playing overseas soon.
