INDIANAPOLIS -- Forward Obi Toppin heads toward the 2025-26 season knowing he has to be ready for anything.

The Pacers have high standards now after reaching the NBA Finals for the first time in 25 years, but they'll be trying to meet those standards without All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton or 10-year stalwart center Myles Turner. Haliburton tore his Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals in the Pacers' loss to the Thunder and Turner left for the Milwaukee Bucks in free agency.

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