George Hill To Return To Pacers On Tuesday?

The Indiana Pacers could get George Hill back in the lineup on Tuesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans.

George Hill was expected to be one of the main pieces that stepped up to replace both Paul George and Lance Stephenson this season. Unfortunately, he has been dealing with injury issues of his own all season and has yet to play a regular season game.

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Indiana has gotten off to a very disappointing 9-19 start, and don’t look to be anything close to a playoff contender. Hill is a big part of their offense, and perhaps his return will spark a bit of a run into the Pacers. If not, he can at least play and begin building up his trade value for the Pacers if they do decide to move him prior to the trading deadline.

It appears that Hill might very well end up making his season debut on Tuesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Injury update: George Hill's status has now been updated to "questionable" for tomorrow night's game against the Pelicans.
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) December 22, 2014

While the Pacers haven’t been contenders so far this season, they have played with excellent effort despite their circumstances. Losing a superstar to a broken leg isn’t something that is easy to recover from, but Indiana has won a good amount of games and contended in a handful more against good competition.

All of that being said, the Pacers are excited about Hill returning to the court and it looks like he’s nearly there. He has been missed by everyone on the team and it will be nice for them to have their starting point guard back on the court. It will be interesting to see what type of production he brings to the table for them.

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