We are now past the half-way mark of the NBA season and the Indiana Pacers are sitting in 11th place in the Eastern Conference with a miserable 15-29 (.341) record. With the Detroit Pistons surging and the Miami Heat employing two Hall of Famers, it seems like all eight playoff seeds might already be full. Unless the Pacers can really get it together — and soon — they will not see the postseason for the first time since 2010 and just the sixth time since 1990.

But enough about the team at large.

How are the individual players performing so far? What have we seen so far that should help inform the front office on which guys are worth keeping around for the long term?

To judge each player’s play so far, we’ll hand out our Mid-Season Grades.

Please keep in mind, all grades are relative to what was expected of the player before the season, rather than a straight grading system. For example, if Lavoy Allen were to finish with a B, but David West finished with a C, that does not mean that the opinion is that Lavoy should start over West; it means that West has played average to what we expected, and Lavoy has exceeded what we expected of him.

With that being said, let’s get into the Indiana Pacers 2014-2015 mid-season grades.