The Indiana Pacers have waived Toney Douglas, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. Douglas got a deal this summer that, along with new additions Glenn Robinson III and Rakeem Christmas, brought the roster 16 players, one more than the maximum allowed capacity.

So it was obvious that one guy would be left off, and the popular speculation was that Douglas was battling with Shayne Whittington, an undrafted player out of Western Michigan University who Larry Bird signed after the 2014 NBA Draft.

While Whittington hasn’t really shown much — or even played much — in the pros, he is a big man who can shoot, and given that the Pacers have so many combo guards already and are looking for more spacing, this spelled bad news for Douglas from the start.

For what it’s worth, 8p9s contributors decided in Pacers Rank that Douglas is actually better at basketball than Whittington. But I doubt this will be of much consolation to Toney if he doesn’t catch on with another NBA team this season.