The Indiana Pacers are down 3-2 in the NBA Finals. That doesn't mean president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard has stopped planning for the future.

Haliburton has a lower leg injury — nobody’s saying exactly what it is, whether it’s an ankle, calf, or something else — and it seems to be the sort that if this were a back-to-back situation in December,

Haliburton’s status is understandably in at least some doubt, after the All-Star guard was undergoing evaluation to determine the extent of what is reportedly a right calf strain.