Sabonis returned to Indiana on Friday night for the first time since the franchise traded him away Domantas Sabonis has been in the NBA for seven seasons and counting, and he spent most of that time with the Indiana Pacers. The talented big man developed from a reserve center to a multi-time All-Star in Indiana, and he is appreciative of what the franchise helped him become. “I’m here because of [the Pacers]. That’s where my career really took off and exploded,” Sabonis said of the franchise back in November. “They took a chance on me in that [2017] trade… we…