Myles Turner thinks part of the reason the Indiana Pacers became a team capable of making a deep playoff run this past season was because of the in-season tournament.
And he can’t wait for Round 2.
Group play pools for the second edition of the tournament — now renamed the Emirates NBA Cup — were released by the NBA on Friday. The event will start Nov. 12 and runs through a championship game in Las Vegas on Dec. 17.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana in last year’s inaugural tournament final, capping an event where the league used different court designs and uniforms — in part to make sure viewers knew these games, while all part of the regular season, were supposed to have a different feel and meaning.
“It got eyes on us as a unit,” Turner said. “We don’t get a lot of TV games, so that exposure was good for not only ourselves, but just the city itself. Really helped us…
