If Walker doesn’t get the role he wants next season he may want out. Helps them save money, and get a solid rotation piece in return. Kobe Brown was better for Indiana than Walker this season as a do it all archetype with less usage and better efficiency. If Indiana sees Walker as a long term core piece they shouldn’t trade him but if they sign another rotational wing next year the rotation probably looks like this: Haliburton-Nembhard-Nesmith-Siakam-Zubac-McConnell-Toppin-FA Signing-Sheppard-Huff