The Indiana Pacers exchanged on Tuesday chicken with the pelicans of New Orleans while obtaining financial flexibility before the offseason.
The Pacers, who are currently lying around Oklahoma City 3-2 in the finals for the best of seven NBAs, sent the choice n ° 23 in next week to the Pélicans and the rights of the former shooter of the G Mojave King League, by ESPN.
In exchange, the Pelicans gave the Pacers the choice of first round in 2026 that the Indiana originally had before sending it to Toronto last season as part of the trade attacker Pascal Siakam in Indiana. The Raptors sent the choice of draft to New Orleans in February in their acquisition of striker Brandon Ingram.
New Orleans now has choices No. 7 and 23 in the draft this year from June 25 to 26.
Indiana now has its own selections from the first round of 2026 to 2032. The Pacers also save nearly $ 3.2 million in the wage ceiling space, ESPN reported, and will be around 20 million dollars below the luxury tax.
This space is precious because the Pacers have most of their main contract players for next season with the Myles Turner departure center eligible to become a free agent without restriction.
The king of 6 feet 5 inches, who was 23 years old on June 11, is from New Zealand and played professionally this season in his country of origin as well as Puerto Rico.
The Los Angeles Lakers selected King in the second round of the NBA 2023 draft and treated him the next day in the Pacers as part of a four team trade.
King played 45 games (eight departures) combined in League G in the 2022-2023 (Ignite) and 2023-24 seasons (Indiana Mad ATS) and collected on average 6.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.0 decisive pass.
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