Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 10 · 7 h ago

Central Notes: Haliburton, Zubac, Watson, Buzelis, Swain

Reported by Chloe PetersonRead the original report ↗

The Pacers were encouraged by the first game star point guard Tyrese Haliburton and new starting center Ivica Zubac played together, writes Chloe Peterson of The Indianapolis Star (subscriber link). Haliburton, who missed all of last season due to a torn Achilles tendon, returned to action on Wednesday for the first time since he suffered […]

Confidence

50%

Reporter starting tier	50	1 call on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−0	0 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Tyrese Haliburton

Pacers · G

Cap hit 2026-27: $48.92M · next season $52.30M

Ivica Zubac

Pacers · C · 14.1 pts · 10.6 reb · 2.2 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $20.34M · next season $21.79M

Indiana Pacers

$206.4M · in the tax · 15 contracts · cap sheet

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