Trade Radar · open rumor · Friday, October 16 · 5 d ago

Pacers Notes: Haliburton, Zubac, Nesmith, McConnell, Boom

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

The Pacers are banking on the return of star point guard Tyrese Haliburton and the addition of starting center Ivica Zubac to help them return to contention, Jamal Collier writes in a feature story for ESPN.com. Indiana advanced to the Eastern Conference finals in 2024 and led in the first quarter of Game 7 of […]

Confidence

40%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+8	1 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age	−5	5 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

$203.7M · in the tax · 13 contracts · cap sheet

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