What moves can the Indiana Pacers still make this season with the trade deadline done?

What moves can the Indiana Pacers still make this season with the trade deadline done?

The trade di line is done the team building thinking is not for the Indiana Pacers what moves can they still make for the rest of the season with the trade deadline passed to help themselves this season and Beyond will break it all down today and other trades that

Impacted the Pacers this year on the locked on Pacers podcast you are locked on Pacers your daily Indiana Pacers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day what up y’all happy Monday and welcome into another edition of the lockon Pacers podcast where are we of course

Talk about the Indiana Pacers as always my name is Tony East I cover the team for Forbes and Si and today we’re wrapping up the trade deadline by looking at not trades for a lot of the show looking at transactions the Pacers can still do for the rest of the season

Yes the trade deadline has passed that does not mean transactions are done signings Could Happen waivers Could Happen contract conversions Could Happen extensions could happen all sorts of stuff that’s worth discussing as it could help the Pacers now it could help them in future Seasons it could set

Themselves up to make other moves in future Seasons I’ll site examples of them doing this under the current front office regime so you can understand the context of each kind of move as we push through it at the end we’ll really wrap up the trade deadline by looking at

Other trades not in involving the Pacers that I think kind of impacts the Pacers this year and potentially in future seasons and we’re back to normal coverage we’ve already talked about two games since the deadline but it’s been buried in lots of important trade coverage if you want to hear more on the

Warriors game we did that last Friday more on the Knicks game yesterday and Doug McDermot talk with Noah mararo George was also yesterday uh today is a lot of transactional information important stuff I think to discuss as this season progresses looking at the stuff the Pacers can do for the rest of

This this season let’s start at the top of the list this one took a hit with Buddy heeld being traded away specifically but there are still players who can have their contract extended with the Pacers between now and the end of the season does not mean it’s likely

To happen but it’s something that could happen or something that at the bare minimum at least needs to be discussed as a possibility of the 14 players currently on the Pacers roster two of them are eligible for a contract extension between now and the end of the season one is Pascal sakam who’s

Eligible for a 2year $ 81.5 million extension I’m glad I said those numbers out loud so you can hear them and never need to think about them again there is zero chance Pascal seaka would agree to such an extension with his free agency coming up as an unrestricted free agent

He can wake way more money over way more time that makes no sense for him to do he’s not going to take that I’m just checking off a box to say I talked about it why would he take it when he can make more than that in the first and second

Year of an extension and be longer that doesn’t mean he’s going going to not be with the Pacers but he’s not going to sign an extension before the season ends there is a second player on the Pacers who’s contract extension eligible there second guy used to be buddy healed he’s

Gone but their new guy Doug mcder is actually sort of extension eligible with the Pacers right now he can’t sign the veteran extension he could have had with the Spurs but he’s still eligible for an extension with the Pacers and finally enough it is interesting it actually fits within parameters that would make

Sense for 31 32 excuse me year old Doug mcder I’ve been all over the place getting his a drunk in recent days 32-year-old Doug mcder uh who does who does not have a birthday until 2025 so he’ll be 32 this whole year anyway he is eligible after

This trade for a twoyear extension up to 29.6 million at a Max um I don’t think Doug mcder is worth that much money which is to say there is an extension that I think fits within what his market value would be that is possible and for

Only two years at his current age maybe make some sense and if he got two years he could be extension eligible again at the end of that new deal but it would be during the season either way I don’t know what doug mcdermid’s market value is perceived to be right before the

Season it was probably pretty close to the mle right he’s is still a double digit score with the Spurs shooting over 40% from three this year with his numbers down I’d be curious what his value is perceived to be as a good shooter who is kind of limited in other

Ways um but I don’t think it’s two years almost 30 million I do think that means the Pacers could in theory if dou mcder was amenable to a two-year extension get him to sign something if they wanted him I don’t know that they do or do not but

For example looking back at last year’s free agency just name a player George Yang 30 years old signs with the Cavs on a three-year $25.5 million deal so8 and a. half million per season for George Yang is Doug mcder better than georgees yangang right now maybe maybe not you know Jeff Green

Eight million a year Trey Lyles eight million a year I don’t know if Doug MC’s quite at the level of those players maybe he’s pretty close though you know that that is the kind of range that sounds good and so if you think Doug mcdom worth two for 16 two for 18 two

For 14 two for 20 if you think he’s great whatever number you think it is he is eligible for that right now with the Pacers it cannot be longer than years it can be shorter though uh and it can’t start at more uh than a little over 14

Million about 14 and a half so those are the two extensions the Pacers can do the rest of the season you can toss the fact that you have that seak knowledge out the window it’s not going to happen but you should register that mcder one not because I think it’s necessarily going

To happen but because it’s possible and actually makes sense like oh as a free agent what what is Doug mcder going to get is he really going to get much longer than a two-year deal at his age right especially after a strange season he’s having right now statistically

Maybe he is and maybe that’s worth holding out for for him but if he gets enough money that feels like it’s worth it and maybe he thinks he get paid again at 34 perhaps that’s something that makes sense although if you’re the Pacers you probably don’t want to do

That until you’ve seen McDermot play 10 15 games with your team so I’d imagine that this would not happen until marchish just so they have some sample size with mcder if it even happens at all and by that point who knows if they just want to just not wait till the

Season’s over anyway but it is possible it is within restrictions that make sense um for mcder to market value and so if any Pacers extended before the season ends it will be Doug mcder Thing Two on the moves the Pacers can make before the season ends very generally

Sign somebody sign a player how about that they do have an open roster spot after their trades they entered trade deadline day uh with 14 players then they traded away buddy heel and they had 13 players they got Cory Joseph and FK on cormont to get to 15 they weigh both

Of them and then they get James Johnson and Doug McDermot there you go that’s how you end up plus one player to go from 13 to 14 they have an open roster spot which means they can just sign somebody and that alone is a good starting point of like hey you can do

Lots of stuff with that so something fascinating for the Pacers is that they started this season under the salary cap and teams under the cap get something called the room exception right teams over the cap you’ve probably heard people talk about the mle the mid-level exception there’s two versions of that

Teams under the cab get something called the room exception which is for about 7.7 million in the first year this year although it can be up to three years in length Pacers haven’t used it and they’re over the cap now but they still have that room exception it’s still

Something available to them this season now I don’t think there’s any free agents out there right now who are currently worth even close to $7.7 million per season because that’s generally like a good player someone who should be on a team right but that still

Is a tool the Pacers have for the buyout Market to potentially beat other offers for example Spencer deny just signed with the Lakers on a deal using part of the Lakers mid-level exception uh that is better than him just signing for the minimum right so because of that they

Had an advantage over other teams that maybe could only offer the minimum Tristan Thompson if you remember got the Bae from the Bulls after he was bought out by the pace a few years ago right so there is some Intrigue you can have in the buyout

Market by being able to offer more money usually in the buyout Market there’s two things players are looking for maybe three opportunity to play that’s how the Pacers got West Matthews a few years ago we’ll talk more about the bio Market in a second uh money which the Pacers can

Offer now or chance at a ring and they can just be on the team there’s a lot of those um but and who knows what the the buyout market ends up forming as there’s been some waivers in recent days that have been pretty interesting there’s some vets out there who are solid

Players and we can talk about that in a second but I think that is from a tool perspective the Pacers open roster spot something extremely valuable that they could do the other tool that they have uh they’ve really had this since January 5th and they’ve used two of them already

On James Johnson is they can send someone to a 10day deal and I have an explanation on why I think that’s particularly valuable that I will talk about in just a second but a 10-day contract is ex actly what it sounds like it’s a contract for 10 days those offer

A lot of flexibility because they end and they can be waved in the middle of them for minimal minimal penalty instead of being a rest of season deal or instead of carrying a significant cap hit so those are valuable tools so the Pacers financially with their open

Roster spot they’re far from the tax they’re Far From Any apron but they’re over the cap so these tools are valuable to them they’re they allow them to have some flexibility to add to their team we can talk about some players in a second but I want to talk about some actual

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While but once the scoring got going in the second half that was a great game I really enjoyed the halftime show I’m sure you were all dying to know my opinion on Usher I’m sure many people didn’t like it and now we continue to talk about the Pacers and their

Transactional decisions for the rest of the season so I’m gonna start using some examples of some of the stuff that they could do in terms of signing somebody especially with the buyout Market available as an option but there’s lots of other stuff to do for example they

Did a 10-day contract with like a mad an player that’s something they’ve done uh after or around the trade deadline in past Seasons think for example OA brassette in the NP borran season he got a 10day after the trade deadline and did really well they needed him down in

Houston for his first game he played all right then began he played all right he got a second 10day played it in every game on that deal and proved that hey this is an NBA level player and he’s stuck around on that contract right sometimes those 10day deals are about

Trying to get someone to prove that they can belong on your team longterm O’Shea brasset certainly did that Steph Hicks got a 10day I think this was after the trade deadline a few years ago didn’t appear in a game right Trey McKenna Jones got a 10day from the Mad an a few

Years ago appeared in one game for like a minute right sometimes you don’t hear about the guy again sometimes they turn out to be a hit and someone worth you know continuing to look at or continue to keep around and seeing what they can do uh if they’re going to promote a mad

An player specifically uh Kyle Mangus has been playing well for Fort Wayne they have Alfred pton and Jordan Bell who have played well all season um those would be the standout names to me I’ve always thought Pedro Bradshaw was pretty good Craig sword who has NBA experience

Who’s had an all right season down there they have a lot of guys who are who are are worthy um in theory and they promote mad an a lot in the past but think about you know OA brette types when you think about Pacers using a 10day deal by Al

Guy by out Market Pacers have done this two times I believe in the Kevin purered lead front office at in theory more than that but you know the two stand outy ones to me are two that came for different reasons one that came for the Pacers being good and not necessarily a

Huge role but they offered him solid money and a role that he could play Trevor Booker uh in the first 2017 18 season he was their bench for for the postseason that year uh and then the year Oladipo got hurt the following year Wesley Matthews was a bio guy and that

One was all about the role right he could start right and he ended up playing decently enough and got other opportunities I think he was on the Knick the next season I can’t quite remember but you know that is what the buyout Market can allow you to do we’ve

Already seen a lot of the bio Market starting to form that doesn’t mean it’s done that’s what I think people are missing you know I keep seeing a lot of who can the Pacer sign a bio Market tweets from people asking me and I understand the question I don’t want to

Say it’s silly to ask right now but it’s hard to say like more stuff could happen more wavers can happen we’ve already seen so many of them Victor Oladipo I mean he’s not going to play this year got way but like Daniel house is kind of

A quality player who could play a backup couple positions Killian Hayes Joe Harris Harry Giles like a ton men Dy already signed with the team Kyle Lowry just got let go uh I’m missing a bajillion of these Frank Nina got waved Fon cormas obviously although the Pacers

Not bringing him back Kevin Knox who’s in a little better now galinari D galinari I could go on on Thad young former Pacers like there’s a bunch of guys who could make sense and there could be more coming right so it’s impossible to say specifically what the Pacers need right they they played

McDermot against the Knicks for seven minutes and Beyond him they still have Shephard they still have Walker like they can’t offer unless someone like awesome who’s clearly better than than Doug mcdermid or even maybe another bench position but like why would that player be getting waved if someone

Awesome comes available yeah they have the resources to get them and they should try to upgrade their team but like they can’t offer you know a ton of opportunity that’s what makes their spot so interesting so maybe they look to shore up depth at a spot that they could

Need more for the postseason and that’s where the wing always stands out right you always want to be if there’s an injury in the playoffs or leading up to the playoffs you always want to feel good about who you’re trotting onto the floor and so maybe another Wing in case

Your rookies aren’t ready at the two through two three four spots AKA Ben sheeper and jarus Walker could be something worth exploring if you’re the Pacers Obviously good Wings don’t just become available all of a sudden um so maybe they just look for vets but like if someone interesting enough like I

Think Daniel house is an okay player I I he’s maybe not quite at Doug M der’s level but he can defend a little bit like he’s fine you know he would make sense to me if he was Will to take a roll take the Pacers money and maybe

They do both of the things I’ve already talked about now in tandem that’s one advantage of what I just talked about is the deadline for players to get waved by their current team and be eligible for the playoffs with another team is March 1st that’s still as me talking it’s a

Leap year so that’s 17 days away right so you can sign a guy even after the All-Star break ends the All-Star break ends that Thursday after the All-Star breaks the 22nd like you could sign a guy to a 10day pretty much you know during the All-Star break let it ride

Out and end on that 29th and then sign a bya you could do those things in tandem with your team if you wanted to try to explore somebody and then try to get somebody else or do any number of things right so the W Market’s still forming

It’s not done um but there are some in you know Daniel house Joe Harris names I’ve already mentioned like there’s some interesting Joe Harris might be watched but there’s some interesting is guys who could be out there who might make some sense although they got waved for a

Reason in a lot of their cases so we’ll see what that ends up forming to be I haven’t looked at a list of who still makes senses maybe a buyout candidate a lot of them went really early this year for some reasons that was pretty smart but either way that is something to

Monitor for the patience the rest of the way and they’ve had decent enough success with that they can always sign somebody to a minimum deal right the room exception may not be necessary although it is a nice tool to have for the Pacers I mean you can offer more

Money than another team if you need to use it um James Johnson’s gotten post trade deadline minimums the last two years Terry Taylor uh oh no I think he came out of the ml but a lot of guys have been signed post trade deadline for every team in the NBA with with the

Minimum deals um who need it because any team who you know has space on the roster can use minimums the Pacers could convert a two-way deal uh down the stretch of the Season speaking of Terry Taylor he was on a two-way that got promoted Dwayne Washington similar uh

Got promoted um let’s see who else Alex pus got a 2A promoted although that was before the trade deadline the year it happened for him Edmond Sumner had his two-a promoted that was after the trade deadline barely after they W jayen the Q um they’ve done this a lot and may you

Know Kendall Brown’s been around the Pacers more often recently I don’t know that they would want to convert his deal and have him be the 15th Rogers spot but maybe right maybe they do and then they’d have an open two-way you know he’s been better this year as a shooter

And play finisher and he’s a wing who’s athletic like maybe they want to explore him right that is an option they have and they would have again an open two-way slot think you know Gabe York um you know during past year conversions uh for example he got one spot when dway

Washington got converted Nate Hinton got one when Terry Taylor got converted am brma got one after the trade deadline although someone got waved for that one Ben Moore I think got Alex pother his two-way spot so there’s a lot of ways that guys can slide into those roles

That’s also something that Pacers can still do this season two ways uh their deals are guaranteed but they’re fairly easy to wave from a cat impact so between the two ways between the 10 days between the buyout Market there’s always stuff they could do they can also buy

Out somebody in theory if they wanted to save some money and open a roster spot but really no one makes any sense as a buyout candidate uh on this Pacers team they they young and valuable or they’re a vet who they want to have back ironically the best buyout candidate on

The Pacers is Doug mcder which I doubt it I mean if he’s not playing at all I guess but uh as it as it I guess with the information we have right now about how the Pacers feel about Doug mcdermit I would imagine that they’re not gonna

Buy him out but I suppose if it’s just a terrible fit that as they you know the next rest of the month goes maybe they could um he’s the only one that makes any sense but I don’t expect the Pacers to be buying someone out I expect they

Could be a team that gets another wiish or Gish wiish player on the buyout Market but lots of stuff could happen and we will see if anything were to happen really soon right like this week or really early in the All-Star break I would imagine it would be a 10-day deal

Add some depth or just get a look at somebody first and then they go to the buyout Market but it that’s you know that’s like the most optimal thing I suppose but it costs the most money so do they really you know who knows what

They want to do or how they want to manage all that but that is moves the Pacers can still make the rest of the season I’m not saying anything’s particularly likely in terms of an extension or a signing or any sort of tweaking at the back end of their roster

With their two but they’ve always done something right I think I named last year with the two- ways before that it was Thea brette before that it was Edmond sumer’s conversion and some bout guys like almost every year they’ve done something after the traded line before

The end of the season it makes sense to if it optimizes your team for this year Beyond so we’ll see if they find anything that makes sense but there is stuff they can do and stuff worth keeping an eye on and especially in the case of McDermot specifically since he’s

Kind of involved in a lot of that seeing how he plays and fits and then in general if he’s a very you know poor playing then another Wing if he’s playing great what kind of stuff could they approach does that make them more likely to just grab a vet on the buyout

Market who knows lots of stuff we’ll learn more about in the coming games let’s wrap up trade deadline coverage by looking at other trades that I think impact the Pacers uh impact the Pacers this season and potentially Beyond there’s not that many this year ironically enough kind of a strange

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Played tonight not getting into much Hornets today because the Pacers just played them um they’re not a very good team although they look different and they actually I believe won their first game out of the trade deadline they’ve got a bunch of new players so lock on

Hornets can tell you about the new look Hornets who Maybe a little better and not as much of a pushover as the old L Hornets but still a game the Pacers should should win and you’ve just seen the Pacers play them if you listen to the show every single day uh let’s wrap

This up looking at other trades that I think are relevant to the Pacer something they saw and maybe registered H well the the place to usually start with this is you know the reason this matters and this is relevant to every trade deadline is who’s around the

Pacers in the standings right what did they do because you know seeding chase the buyers versus sellers debate leading up to the trade deadline all that all those factors usually defines What teams do right who’s a buyer is based on who’s good who’s a seller is who’s bad or

Who’s not going in the right directions right so who around the Pacers made a trade you know they’re decently far out I mean I guess they’re only three and a half games out of fourth that’s pretty far though uh but they’re also you know four and a half games ahead of night the

Pacers are pretty firmly I’d say out of the top four in the east but also pretty firmly out of the bottom play in they’re pretty clearly in this 5 through eight range which used to be 6 through eight but the Sixers lost Joel embiid and won

Two out of 10 and now all of a sudden they’re in this tier as well so the PAC are two games behind the Sixers half a game ahead of the magic one and a half ahead of the heat who had injuries and sadness for Jimmy Butler uh on Sunday so

They are F all Fallen to eighth and the magic are now in seventh half a game behind the Pacers so what’s relevant in that tier what trades did those teams make well the magic didn’t do anything you they are in a weird spot where they’re super young they’re really in a

Season of Discovery and they’re good already um holding them off might be one of the stories of the final stretch for the Pacers can they hold off the magic or can they catch the Sixers the magic were the only team in that group of four that did nothing on the trade front this

Year that is noteworthy in and of itself if the Pacers moves at the deadline don’t syn them too much they should be able to stay in front of the magic they got Pascal cakam obviously but they traded away buddy healed so they are a better team than they were three weeks

Ago uh and they will hope hope that that’s enough to hold off the magic because the heat made their move uh they traded with the Hornets a couple weeks ago as well this wasn’t really a deadline trade but it’s still a trade that happened and they got Tera Rosier

They got ter Rosier from the Hornets for a first round pick um so that was their upgrade they traded one of their last available assets to do so they’re eight in the East right now but they are more talented you know perhaps that Rosier trade helps the Sixers made one trade uh

You all they made multiple trades actually but they made one trade and you all know exactly who it is it’s Buddy heeld Buddy heeld is on the Sixers that’s something so interesting about that trade for the Pacers is they traded buddy heel to the team right in front of them in the

Standings uh buddy Hill and the Sixers get their first win post deadline Sunday Saturday I think it was Saturday they beat the Wizards um so they they are doing their thing I guess two and eight in their last 10 though still uh but they got better they wanted him they

Gave up picks to get him he’ll fit well there and that matters for the Pacers is they’re chasing that team now obviously with Joel and beat out for a long time they’re going to need tyres Maxi to be amazing and maybe Maxi and heeld can be a wonderful offensive back court for

Philly but um you know if they’re harder to catch because of that trade that is of course noteworthy for the Pacers that’s it for that tier because the other Sixers moves were cell moves uh they traded Daniel house away they traded him to the Pistons in their quest

To get under the luxury tax they traded Patrick Beverly away I actually think that one is a trade that impacts the Pacers this was on my list of looking through the list of stuff that could imp Indiana Patrick Beverly uh on the Bucks which matters because in theory the

Bucks could be the Pacers first run opponent if this playoffs started today as i’ be talking they would be in the 63 series um which is fascinating not the 27 like many thought when these teams were playing all the time in in late December early January either way the

Part of the part of those series with the Pacers dominating the regular season series is their guard play was always really good right hurn had some big games in the inseason tournament and even won I think in I can’t remember which one of the three after it was is

Really good and but TJ McConnell had good games against the Bucs Ben Maan has like two of his best four games this season against Milwaukee right their guard play has been good against the Bucks and some of that say the Bucs defense just hasn’t been that good this year some of it at

The point of attack a lot of it in transition and that allowed the Pacers who are great in transition and have Smart guards to have success against that team if they add Patrick Beverly right he he’s he’s a big factor there Dam and Malik Beasley and Pat conon and

Campaign not a good defensive group of guards they s campaign to Philly in that Patrick Beverly trade perhaps that actually m means a lot for the bucks right culture Setter defensive toughness like that could matter to them I think and if it helps them in the matchup with

The Pacers that is of course extremely relevant like he was a big boost for the Bulls last year in their guard room so I actually think that trade could matter especially if the Pacers end up meeting the Bucks in the post that was the only trade the bucks made at the trade

Deadline and then just looking at the teams Patriots could play in the first round the Celtics they made some small upgrades Xavier Tillman in the door um they traded away Delano Banton and I can’t remember the third guy they got but they made a couple moves they got a

Little bit better the Cavs did not do anything the Knicks obviously have been an awesome trade team this year boam bonovich Alec Burks ogan and Obi they got better so to three of the top four got into the arms race and they’re tougher to beat and potentially the

Bucks got a good fit to specifically Al play the Pacers Knicks of course uh got better as well but teams with on the Pacers timeline is usually where I go to end this you know teams around the Pacers in the East that are also ascending that’s just the magic you know

The Raptors are now a couple years behind those teams the Hornets Wizards and pistons are a couple years behind those teams and the other teams in their kind of range of record are all either older or not currently ascending so I think a lot of the trades that impact

The Pacers the most are teams around them in the standings right now in terms of the playoff Pursuit and teams on the the other side of the bracket of what could be the first round of the playoffs that could impact who the Pacers play in the first round the Pacers got the

Raptors second round pick probably uh the Raptors traded for Kelly Alin and oay abaji so maybe they’ll be a tiny bit better that pick could end up being a little worse I think it was 36 the day of the trade and it’s already 38 Pacers

Will hope it remains in the 30s in terms of value and getting you know perhaps a roster non- twoa player uh with that pick I think that also matters to them and they away their worst second so they’ll hope you know one of the Bucks Cavs Pelicans or all of them really are

Pretty good to close the season and the pick they gave away isn’t particularly strong those are the trades that I think impact the Pacers the rest of the season and perhaps Beyond depending on how the draft stuff shakes out and that is it for Pacers transactional coverage next

Time we talk about Pacers moves it’s because something happened maybe if it gets close to March 1st and we get a good sense of what the buyout Market could look like and the Pacers still have an open roster spot we can talk then about about what they should do if

Anything with that spot but as it stands right now Pacers have a team it makes sense their depth chart makes sense and they will be living with it tomorrow we will talk whatever happens in Charlotte for Pacers Hornets can they get a two-game win streak going what does it

Mean and then as this week progresses would like to do two shows with a guest maybe a Raptors you one uh to talk with someone who covers the Raptors about siakam’s new look with the Pacers and how Bruce Brown and Jordan Ward doing with Toronto for a little bit looking at

That game looking ahead at the All-Star break lots of stuff coming to Indie specifically the play the Raptors we’ll talk about that game lots of fun stuff still coming on the actual basketball front and then next week we’ll talk Allstar and then we gotta get to the

Mailbag eventually I have not done one in Forever the Pacers haven’t had like a lot of time off in terms of like two or three day gaps between games this season so not a good chance to hear from you guys and what you want to hear about so

That could come next week don’t give me questions yet wait if we’re going to do that uh but lots coming lots of fun stuff coming hope you had a wonderful weekend uh and got to enjoy it and spend some time with family and do fun things

And watch the Super Bowl I enjoyed that as well back tomorrow talking Pacers hornets and plenty more till then everybody have a wonderful day we will see you soon

The NBA trade deadline has passed, and the Indiana Pacers made their moves. What else can the Pacers do to improve their team this season? Host Tony East breaks it all down, including contract extensions, 10-day deals, the buyout market, Mad Ants promotions, and more. Plus, a look at other trades that impact the Pacers.

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