{"id":694480,"date":"2026-04-02T19:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694480\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:28:18","slug":"ethan-thompson-just-sent-the-pacers-an-important-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694480\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Thompson just sent the Pacers an important reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">Ethan Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/8points9seconds.com\/pacers-have-officially-just-found-latest-hidden-gem-ethan-thompson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made an immediate impact<\/a> when the Indiana Pacers signed him to a two-way deal in November. But after being inactive for a large portion of Indiana&#8217;s game in 2026, Thompson has been getting some reps as the end of the season approaches, and he&#8217;s quickly reminding the team how good he can be.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">During the Pacers&#8217; 145-126 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Apr. 1, the California native recorded 24 points (his previous career high was 15) on 8-for-15 shooting (including 5-for-8 from deep), five assists, two rebounds, two steals, and one block in 31 minutes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Thompson can play, and it&#8217;s clear that the Pacers like him by giving him this opportunity. He might never be the best player on the court, but he is a jack-of-all-trades type of guy and provides value in many different ways. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The 26-year-old is likely going to get more opportunities before the season officially ends in a couple of weeks. And if he can continue to showcase his talents, he will be a player worth keeping an eye on next season as well.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Thompson has been solid during his time with the Pacers<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">His game against Chicago was probably the best of Thompson&#8217;s young NBA career, but it wasn&#8217;t his only good one. In 26 games for the Pacers, he has double-digit points in nine of them. Additionally, he has recorded three or more assists in seven games, two or more steals in four, and he has shot 40% or better from the field in 11 (only three of these games included fewer than five field goal attempts).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">Thompson can do a bit of everything. He can score, shoot, pass, rebound, and defend, all at at least a decent level. His inconsistencies are a bit of an issue (he is still just shooting 38.4% from the field this season), but this largely has to do with his lack of consistent opportunity. Additionally, it doesn&#8217;t help that he&#8217;s turning 27 years old in May. For reference, he&#8217;s older than Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, and Aaron Nesmith.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">What Thompson&#8217;s future in Indiana has in store remains to be seen, but it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/8points9seconds.com\/ethan-thompsons-latest-achievement-sign-pacers-cant-ignore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clear that he provides some value<\/a>. For the rest of this season, he should be in line for some more opportunities, and if he can continue to make the most of them, there could be a bigger role in his near future with the Pacers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethan Thompson made an immediate impact when the Indiana Pacers signed him to a two-way deal in November.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,6,114],"class_list":{"0":"post-694480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pacers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116336768229932712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}