BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
@iPacersblog I love this. He brings the edginess we’ve been missing since Mathurin, is athletic, high energy, great cutter, and fun to watch. I hope you’re wrong and he doesn’t get traded!
The Pacers are expected to pursue Kelly Oubre Jr. when free agency begins, per @TheSteinLine.
After trading away Bennedict Mathurin, Oubre would be a great fit in Indiana’s fast-paced system as an athletic bench scorer.
@AlexGoldenNBA I wouldn’t do it. I think it would be a mistake to trade away either Siakam or Nembhard. While we could definitely use him at the 3 spot, I think it would be too detrimental to the team. Siakam is a key player and Nembhard gives us the second ball handler.
@AlexGoldenNBA Oubre would be my top pick here. In addition to his defensive skills, he brings in that edge off the bench that we’re missing now that Mathurin is gone.
If the pacers were going into 2027 with a starting lineup of
Haliburton
Nembhard
Nesmith
Siakam
Jay fucking huff
+ 5th pick
Pacers would be in a much much worse place
Tyrese Haliburton discussed how shingles impacted his Achilles recovery and season today. The full timeline, what Haliburton is doing about it, and much more: https://t.co/MGNGR4Ke52
The Indiana Pacers are signing two-way guard Quenton Jackson on a new three-year contract, his Klutch Sports agents tell ESPN. After three years on a two-way, Jackson averaged 9.2 points, 48.9% shooting from the field and 40.5% on 3s in 30 games (10 starts) for the Pacers.
Bad teams don’t tank because they are dying to lose for six months straight, alienate fans and create bad habits for their young players. They do it because they have to – the NBA just doesn’t give bad teams a lot of avenues to get better. And a number of the “tanking solutions” that have been proposed would actually make it even HARDER for bad teams to climb out of the bottom of the standings. Flatten the lottery odds? So you’re proposing giving good teams a *better* chance to get the best rookies and bad teams a *worse* chance than they have now? Yeah, that’s bad for the league, bad for fans, bad for players. The NBA needs to focus on creating more pathways to improve, so tanking isn’t the only way - and in my opinion that means holding bad owners accountable too.