The issue when bringing up the Fox for Sabonis deal is that the Pacers did NOT want Fox in return. I am not convinced that we would've received as good of a return for Fox as we did for Haliburton, even if that 2nd team was not Indiana, and the player we received in return for Fox was not Sabonis.
I'm more inclined to believe that the Beam Team would've never been had Fox been dealt instead of Hali.