The Pacers might need to make a trade by the NBA deadline to help re-sign Myles Turner in free agency this offseason.

NBA East All-Star reserves have been announced, and there is one deserving name surprisingly missing from the roster. The NBA has officially announced

The Indiana Pacers are a topic of conversation in the Feb. 6 trade deadline discourse. As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference and only one loss back from rising a spot, perhaps a trade could bolster their chances to earn first-round home-court advantage in the playoffs.

Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin could be a hot commodity in the trade market, but it won’t come cheap. Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times reported

Atlanta enters the matchup against Indiana after losing seven straight games. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.

Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin "is being monitored by nearly every team seen as a buyer at the deadline," according to the Los Angeles Times'

The Pacers got another win in the record books against the rival Pistons on Wednesday, with Myles Turner getting a last laugh of his own.

The Indiana Pacers have been one of the best teams across the NBA of late, putting themselves right back into contention within the Eastern Conference standings

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Indiana Pacers don’t want to trade veteran center Myles Turner.  Turner is in the final year of his contract. He’ll become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

The versatile guard is named to the Western Conference reserves; teammate Norman Powell is not despite averaging a team-best 24 points per game.

The Detroit Pistons have their NBA All-Star as franchise player Cade Cunningham has been named an Eastern Conference reserve.