Year 2 to defend the Durant/LeBron types full-time. On the flip side, the Spurs are still searching for the ideal big-man complement to Tim Duncan -- someone who can both defend and space the floor. DeJuan Blair and Tiago Splitter have both failed the test, though the Spurs haven't yet given up on the Splitter/Duncan front line. Is Boris Diaw the answer? Indiana Pacers The Pacers aren't in the title discussion yet, but they'd like to be, and they deserve mention here after their hard-fought six-game loss to Miami last spring. The Pacers would seem ideally suited to play smaller, with three rangy starting wing players in George Hill, Danny Granger, and Paul George. They played small a ton in both 2009-10 and 2010-11, with Granger sliding to power forward. But Frank Vogel essentially abandoned that setup last season, a move that made sense considering how effective Indiana was with both Roy Hibbert and David West on the floor. Also: Leandro Barbosa was the only backup wing Vogel trusted for major minutes at the end of last season, and he was borderline unplayable against Miami if there wasn't someplace convenient for him to hide on defense. The Magic actually forced the Pacers' hand by going small in one first-round game, and the Pacers looked totally out of sorts in blowing a late-game lead. And that was essentially it for small ball, even as Miami transitioned into a nearly full-time "small" team over the last three games of the conference semifinals.