The Pacers are one of the more intriguing teams at NBA trade deadline given their resurgence and salary cap status... but they could also be quiet.

This article was originally going to be a series of increasingly extravagant potential NBA trades that could take place before the trade deadline on Feb. 6. But, as ever, truth remains stranger than fiction.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The NBA trade deadline is less than a week away, and there is more to follow than just flashy names. Let’s open up the notebook to run through three under-the-radar deadline narratives that have caught my eye with Feb. 6 approaching:

Bennedict Mathurin was the guy who had to step in as the starter while he was out. He has played really great basketball the entire season. All of Mathurin's numbers have gone up since last year because he has been starting most of the year.

Here we will discuss the player who's part of the Indiana Pacers' dream scenario for the 2025 NBA trade deadline.