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You also hear I'm on this radio station, Scott Agnes, in covering the Pacers. Scott, this is probably

not unique to Indiana. There are several teams in the NBA that have dealt with the injury bug. But boy,

for the Pacers, it feels like when it rains, it pours. Where do we stand in

terms of getting an idea of when Indiana will be back to even a semblance of full strength?

Yeah, good afternoon, Jake. It's probably going to be a couple weeks when Andrew Nimhard

will likely be back and then maybe a week or two after that. I could see for Aaron Neesmith.

They both are progressing.

Neesmith's in a boot during games,

but I'm told he's out of the boot outside of that.

And then you're working in a new center this week is something.

And then, of course, Ben Shepard suffering an oblique injury.

Those usually keep you out about...

Is that right?

Yeah, stomach, abdomen, core, which is a little bit concerning, right?

Because you use that for everything, diving on the floor, putting up three-pointers,

rebounding.

So that's consequential.

And I think that's something that you'll usually see a player miss a couple weeks.

I think they're a little bit more excited that he can be back perhaps before that.

But I would generally anticipate that keeping a player out two to three weeks.

So I think realistically in the big picture, Jake, you want to circle back probably the first of December where you

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