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Pacers’ accelerated timeline may have them looking to improve at trade deadline

Pacers’ accelerated timeline may have them looking to improve at trade deadline

One key factor in this quiet NBA trade market midway through January is the league’s dearth of obvious sellers. Among the association’s 30 teams, 23 clubs have clear intentions of competing for the postseason as opposed to dealing established players for draft capital and or prospects in return. Even the 12-33 Detroit Pistons have maintained to rival executives their preference to keep Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks, sources said, barring tremendous returns for either veteran perimeter… Source link

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Pacers’ accelerated timeline may have them looking to improve at trade deadline

Pacers’ accelerated timeline may have them looking to improve at trade deadline

One key factor in this quiet NBA trade market midway through January is the league’s dearth of obvious sellers. Among the association’s 30 teams, 23 clubs have clear intentions of competing for the postseason, as opposed to dealing established players for draft capital and/or prospects. Even the 12-33 Detroit Pistons have maintained to rival executives their preference to keep Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks, sources said, barring tremendous returns for either veteran perimeter… Source link

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Pacers sign Deandre Ayton to max offer sheet

Pacers sign Deandre Ayton to max offer sheet

Phoenix Suns center DeAndre Ayton has averaged a double-double in each of his first four NBA seasons. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) Restricted free agent DeAndre Ayton, the NBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick in 2018, has agreed to a four-year, $133 million maximum contract with the Indiana Pacers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Phoenix Suns have two days to match the deal and retain Ayton or lose him for nothing. The contract effectively removes Ayton, and likely Phoenix, from this… Source link

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Celtics reportedly acquire Malcolm Brogdon from Pacers for five players and a first-round pick

Celtics reportedly acquire Malcolm Brogdon from Pacers for five players and a first-round pick

The Boston Celtics got the point guard they were seeking Friday. Boston reportedly acquired Malcolm Brogdon in a trade with the Indiana Pacers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The deal will cost the Celtics five players and a 2023 first-round pick. None of the players going back to the Pacers are considering part of Boston’s core. In exchange for Brogdon, the Pacers will receive Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, Aaron Nesmith, Nik Stauskas and Daniel Theis. Brogdon, 29, averaged 19.1 points… Source link

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Pacers fan sues Trail Blazers, Yahoo after Jusuf Nurkic throws phone

Jusuf Nurkic made headlines when he approached a fan, Steven Geske, after a game between Portland and Indiana, and threw the fan’s phone. The aftermath of the incident has caused the fan to sue Nurkic, Trail Blazers and Yahoo’s Chris Haynes. Nurkic was fined $40,000. Two days after the incident, Haynes tweeted that “the fan who Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic confronted in Indiana allegedly shouted “your mom is trash” and said his “grandma’s a (expletive).” Nurkic’s… Source link

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Cavaliers trade Rubio and picks for Pacers’ LeVert

The Cleveland Cavaliers are making a move to bolster their rotation as they fight for a top seed in the Eastern Conference. According to The Athletic, the Cavaliers are trading Ricky Rubio, a first-round pick and two second-round picks to the Indiana Pacers for Caris LeVert. The trade was reported less than two hours before the teams play each other in Cleveland. According to ESPN, one of the second-round picks originally belonged to the Houston Rockets and will likely be in the top 35. The… Source link

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Pacers guard, ex-Sixer T.J. McConnell sets insane NBA record in one half

Ex-Sixers fan fave T.J. McConnell sets insane NBA record originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Former Sixers cult hero and current Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell is known for his pesky style of play and his penchant for forcing turnovers in the backcourt. He’s the guy you love to have on your team and hate to play against. And now he owns a truly wild NBA record. McConnell racked up nine – NINE – steals in the first half of Wednesday night’s game against the Cavaliers, setting a… Source link

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Pacers’ Caris LeVert out indefinitely with small kidney mass

Indiana Pacers wing Caris LeVert, a pivotal component of the blockbuster James Harden trade, is out indefinitely after an MRI revealed a small mass on his left kidney during his pre-trade physical, his new team announced Saturday. LeVert is still awaiting further medical tests, per the Pacers. Part of the haul that the Brooklyn Nets sent in return for Harden, the 26-year-old LeVert was routed from Houston to Indiana in exchange for Pacers star Victor Oladipo. He hadn’t yet made his debut… Source link

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