Starting at 6 p.m., Monday, NBA teams can begin negotiating with other team’s upcoming free agents and can officially sign them July 6.
Team president Kevin Pritchard and general manager Chad Buchanan declined season exit interviews following the Finals defeat and didn’t speak to media following last week’s NBA draft, so there’s no fresh intel from them.
Indiana answered one question in the draft after acquiring a higher second-round pick and selecting Marquette’s Kam Jones at No. 38. He’s poised to be the team’s third point guard behind Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell while Haliburton will likely miss the entire 2025-26 season. He provides enough positional versatility to play the 2 when Haliburton presumably returns in 2026-27.
5 p.m., Monday: Nick Richards on Pacers radar as trade option?
- Per HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, Phoenix Sunscenter Nick Richards is of interest to the Pacers on the trade market. Richards became available following the Suns draft day moves of adding Mark Williams via trade and Duke‘s Khaman Maluach with the No. 10 pick.
