Lance Stephenson was asked how he decided to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans this offseason.

"I liked this team, and I see a couple young guys that I could potentially help and show all the other stuff that I learned from other places, from guys like Chris Paul, Paul George, Paul Pierce," said Stephenson. "Just teach them, and help them believe and show them the right way to work out there and what it takes to make it to the conference finals, and getting that work in every day."

With Jrue Holiday on leave to be with his wife during her health issues, Stephenson gives the Pelicans another ball handler.

"We were actually talking before then. I was just weighing my options. I figured this was the best team to go to, and I can help this program win -- help the young guys in here and also help me at the same time."

Stephenson was also asked if he regrets passing up the Indiana Pacers' five-year, $44 million offer in 2014 now that he's a free agent after only making a combined $18 million over two seasons.

"I don’t think I really chose not to go there," said Stephenson. "I don’t want to get into that, but it goes with the business. We never came to an agreement. I’m not going to say I turned it down -- I didn’t do that. But I don’t want to dwell on the past. I’m happy with the position I’m in now. I’m just gonna move forward and work hard and get back to that elite basketball player that I was."

Paul George and the Indiana Pacers discussed the possibility of a contract extension this offseason. George is eligible for an extension beginning September 25th.

James Harden and Russell Westbrook signed extensions with their current teams due to their cap space.

George signed a five-year max extension in September of 2013.

The Indiana Pacers have signed Nick Zeisloft to a camp deal.

Zeisloft averaged 6.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.83 assists in 20.1 minutes per game for the Indiana Hoosiers last season.

Zeisloft didn't play in Summer League after going undrafted.

Kevin Seraphin has agreed upon a two-year, $3.6 million deal with the Indiana Pacers.

Seraphin visited the Pacers for workouts on Monday and Tuesday, and his agent, Bouna Ndiaye, finalized the agreement on Thursday night.

The second season of the deal will be a team option for the Pacers.

Seraphin averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game for the New York Knicks last season after spending five years with the Washington Wizards.

Host Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux), Nate Duncan of the Dunc’d On Basketball Podcast (@NateDuncanNBA) and Dan Feldman of NBC’s Pro Basketball Talk and the Locked On Pistons Podcast (@DanFeldmanNBA) break down the Central Division.

In the offseason review, they pick who got better and worse, discuss notable moves (11:18), choose the Central’s best newcomer (19:35) and pick the rookies they are most excited to see (26:32).

In the season preview, they rank the teams 1-5 (40:32), predict how many playoff teams will come out of the Central (47:45), choose breakout players (50:27) and much more, including what Cleveland may get with their big trade exception.

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