INDIANAPOLIS – 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.
The Indiana Pacers did not expect to have a long list of roster decisions planned for the offseason, but any plans they did have likely had to be seriously reassessed following Tyrese Haliburton’s devastating Achilles injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
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.
The Pacers exercised Tony Bradley’s option for next season at $2.94 million non-guaranteed. Bradley, who the team signed to two 10-day contracts before signing him full-time in March, had a club option for a second season.
