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According to ESPN’ Bobby Marks, the Pacers can indication Siakam to a five-year, $247 million offer this summertime. Indy’s method to totallyfree company might modification dramatically depending on whether or not that offer gets done.
If the Pacers focus on keeping Siakam, Toppin and the rest of their core, they’re mostlikely to land in the non-taxpayer’s mid-level exception variety. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Gordon Hayward might be a excellent target on a fairly team-friendly offer.
Hayward is a role-versatile gamer who would help the Pacers with rangy shooting, rebounding and depth. The truth that this would be a homecoming of sorts for the 34-year-old—who played his high school and college ball in Indiana—would be a reward.
Philadelphia 76ers guard De’Anthony Melton, who played on a modest $8 million wage this past season, is a 3-and-D alternative Indiana must greatly thinkabout.
If the Pacers select to dollar their current patterns and go after a huge name on the open market, a reunion with Los Angeles Clippers standout Paul George may be in the cards. George has a gamer alternative with the Clippers for the 2024-25 season, however there’s no warranty that he will decide in or extend this summertime.
The Sixers haveactually been connected to George, and Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer reported in early February that the nine-time All-Star might discover Indy a ideal location.
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