I was a huge fan of the 2012-2014 Indiana Pacers. I cheered wholeheartedly for Paul George and company as they went toe-to-toe with LeBron James in 2013, losing in a seven-game series that could have gone either way. This is why I’m all the more disappointed in what the Pacers have done this offseason.

I don’t know if there’s a single Pacers move I can get behind. They drafted Myles Turner, which was probably their most defensible decision. They want a new big man to take over when David West and Roy Hibbert left, and Turner has some upside. But man, the guy can’t run. It’s as if he has biomechanical issues with how he moves up and down the court.

Unless the Pacers medical staff knows something we all don’t, Turner has the potential to be a genuine bust. It’s a shame for Turner as he seems like a great guy, but such is reality.

Letting West and Hibbert go, as much as you want to rag on how slow these two are, is going to hurt the team. Hibbert is still a great defender and West was one of the best midrange shooters in the NBA this year. Sure, the Pacers will adapt without Hibbert and West; they’ll get out in transition, and their offense should be more fluid. But in the aggregate, I think they’re really going to miss these players.

The worst move of the offseason, though, was re-signing Rodney Stuckey to a three-year, $21 million deal. The deal is fine on its own, but they already signed Monta Ellis to a four-year deal worth $44 million! Ellis and Stuckey are basically the same player! They shoot a lot of long twos, pass the ball a bit and don’t do much on defense. And at their ages (both 29 years old) I don’t see this changing. Putting these two on the court together seems utterly pointless to me.

I don’t know what the Pacers are trying to be this season. George is returning from injury, so you’d think they’d be eyeing playoff contention. But with this supporting cast, I’m just not seeing it. Frank Vogel is an awesome coach, so they could well make the playoffs, but he, George and the fans deserve better.

Casey Sherman is the Toronto Raptors Beat Writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @shermham