Pacers pick up third-year option on Chris Duarte

The Indiana Pacers are exercising Chris Duarte’s $4,124,400 team option for the 2023-24 season. This is part of the four-year, $17.7 million rookie scale contract he signed with the team last August. His deal is fully guaranteed. The team had until Oct. 31st to make a final decision. If Duarte plays well in the 2022-23 […]

James Foglio  •  12 Oct 2022
Pacers, Buddy Hield remain open to trade

The Indiana Pacers and guard Buddy Hield are still open to a trade. The sixth-year NBA player has two years left on his four-year, $94 million deal. He will earn $21,177,750 for the 2022-23 season and $19,279,841 for the 2023-24 season. Per multiple NBA betting sites, the Pacers have bottom-five odds of winning the championship […]

James Foglio  •  08 Aug 2024
Lakers expected to pursue Irving, Grant, Turner, and Wiggins in 2023

The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to target Kyrie Irving, Jerami Grant, Myles Turner, and Andrew Wiggins in the summertime of 2023. This news comes from an unnamed Western Conference executive — originally interviewed by Heavy Sports. “No matter what [the Lakers] do with trades or however they reconstruct this year, they are going to […]

James Foglio  •  09 Aug 2024
Pacers sign Langston Galloway, Justin Anderson, and Norvel Pelle

The Indiana Pacers have signed free agent guard Langston Galloway, forward Justin Anderson, and center Norvel Pelle to their training camp roster. Exhibit 10 contracts are non-guaranteed. Kendall Brown occupies one of the two-way spots for Indiana. An Exhibit 10 contract can be converted into a two-way contract. These players will compete for a chance […]

James Foglio  •  09 Aug 2024
Pacers G.M. Chad Buchanan: “Myles Turner will start the season”

Indiana Pacers G.M. Chad Buchanan reiterated on Wednesday morning that center Myles Turner will start for his team in the 2022-23 season. Turner was mentioned in Lakers trade rumors the last couple of weeks. However, Buchanan reassured the fanbase on “1075 The Fan” that the seventh-year player is staying put in Indiana. Not to mention, […]

James Foglio  •  06 Nov 2023
Pacers sign 13-year NBA veteran James Johnson

The Indiana Pacers have signed free agent forward James Johnson, according to team beat writer Scott Agness. The 13-year NBA veteran last played for the Brooklyn Nets in the 2021-22 season. Last season, in 62 appearances with the Nets, the wing averaged 5.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. Also, Johnson shot 46.9% […]

James Foglio  •  16 Sep 2022
Pacers G.M. on Tyrese Haliburton: “He’s the next Reggie Miller”

Indiana Pacers general manager Chad Buchanan has full confidence in Tyrese Haliburton, and he believes his guard could become as great as five-time All-Star and Hall of Famer Reggie Miller. In an interview with Alex Kennedy of Basketball News, the Pacers G.M. reassured doubters that Haliburton is the real deal. “We’re gonna build our team […]

James Foglio  •  06 Nov 2023
List of the 34 NBA players competing in EuroBasket in September

A total of 34 NBA players are competing in EuroBasket in September 2022. The basketball competition is also known as the European Basketball Championship. It runs from Sept. 1–18. In 2017, Slovenia defeated Serbia by a final score 93-85 in the gold-medal game. Check out the full list of NBA players competing in this year’s […]

James Foglio  •  19 Aug 2022
Pacers sign guard Deividas Sirvydis to one-year contract

The Indiana Pacers have signed Deividas Sirvydis to a one-year contract on Thursday. The 6’8″ guard was selected 37th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2019 NBA Draft. However, he was then immediately traded to the Detroit Pistons. In the 2K23 NBA Summer League, while with the New Orleans Pelicans for three games, Sirvydis […]

James Foglio  •  04 Aug 2022