The second-year player suffered an ankle injury in Game 6 against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Rick Carlisle has been around the NBA long enough to see what’s over the horizon. When the now 65-year-old began his second head-coaching stint with the Indiana Pacers in June 2021, he could tell the league was undergoing a paradigm shift.

Artificial intelligence has become commonplace in our modern society. Many people struggle to differentiate between AI-generated content and the real deal. AI has entered the world of sports, to the point where Indiana Pacers ' head coach Rick Carlisle confused a real headline with AI.