Pelicans, Pacers Complete Draft-Pick Swap

Pelicans Make Big Moves and Face Bigger Questions - The Bird Writes

Tuesday was anything but quiet for the New Orleans Pelicans. In the span of a few hours, the franchise made a bold trade with the Indiana Pacers, securing a second first-round pick in this year’s NBA Draft, and then found itself back in the headlines for a much less celebratory reason: Dejounte Murray’s brutally honest interview on The Pivot Podcast. The duality of the day said a lot about where this team stands—straddling the line between promi…

Pelicans, Pacers Complete Draft-Pick Swap

2:23 pm: The trade is official, the Pelicans confirmed in a press release. 12:51 pm: The Pelicans and Pacers have agreed to a trade, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who reports (via Twitter) that Indiana is sending the No. 23 overall pick in this year’s draft to New Orleans, along with the draft rights to 2023 second-round pick Mojave King. In exchange, the Pelicans will trade Indiana’s 2026 first-round pick back to the Pacers. That pick, wh…

Pelicans bolster draft arsenal with trade for No. 23 pick from Pacers – Crescent City Sports

The New Orleans Pelicans have made a strategic move ahead of the NBA Draft, acquiring the No. 23 pick from the Indiana Pacers in a deal that sends the Eastern Conference champions their 2026 first-round pick back to Indiana, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Pelicans bolster draft arsenal with trade for No. 23 pick from Pacers