{"id":805328,"date":"2026-08-06T19:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/805328\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:15:19","slug":"pacers-jarace-walker-makes-strides-in-third-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/805328\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers&#8217; Jarace Walker: Makes strides in third season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/28954646\/walker\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walker<\/a> took another step forward during his third NBA season, earning a larger role in Indiana&#8217;s rotation thanks to his defensive versatility and improving offensive game.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 lottery pick remains one of the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/IND\/indiana-pacers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacers<\/a>&#8216; most intriguing young forwards and could continue seeing increased opportunities as his development progresses. He enters 2026-27 positioned to remain a key member of Indiana&#8217;s frontcourt rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walker took another step forward during his third NBA season, earning a larger role in Indiana&#8217;s rotation thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,2825,113,126,3866,643,6,114],"class_list":["post-805328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indiana-pacers","tag-basketball","tag-fantasy-basketball","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-indianapacers","tag-jarace-walker","tag-nba","tag-pacers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117050167991505593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805328","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=805328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}