US EditionPacers select Taelon Peter with the 54th overall pick
MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, JUN 27 – The Pacers traded for Kam Jones to replace injured star Tyrese Haliburton, who is expected to miss the 2025-26 season due to a torn Achilles tendon, team officials said.
- Last Thursday at Barclays Center, the Pacers traded up to select Marquette's Kam Jones 38th overall from the Spurs' pick acquired Wednesday.
- Tyrese Haliburton's torn Achilles prompted the Pacers to select Kam Jones to bolster their backcourt for the 2025-26 season.
- During his college career at Marquette, Jones averaged 19.2 points, 5.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals, finishing seventh nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio, highlighting his playmaking skill.
- The Pacers drafted Jones with their pick from Spurs, aiming to bolster their backcourt after Haliburton’s season-ending Achilles injury.
- Adding to Marquette's NBA pipeline, Kam Jones joins former Golden Eagles like Butler and Cain, continuing a three-year draft trend that reflects the program’s long-term talent development.
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Pacers Select Marquette Guard Kam Jones and Liberty Guard Taelon Peters in NBA Draft
Nick Cammett BROOKLYN, Ind.–The Indiana Pacers selected two players in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York Thursday night. With their 38th pick, they selected Marquette guard Kam Jones. He averaged 19 points and six assists per game this past season. He was a Consensus second-team All American as well as First Team All Big East in 2025. Their next pick was at the #54 spot. That’s where they took Ta…
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