US EditionPacers To Trade First-Round Pick To New Orleans Pelicans For 2026 Pick
- On June 17, 2025, the Indiana Pacers traded their first-round draft selection at number 23 in the 2025 NBA Draft to the New Orleans Pelicans, along with the rights to Mojave King, in exchange for their own 2026 first-round pick.
- This trade follows prior moves where Indiana had sent their 2026 pick to Toronto in the Pascal Siakam deal, and Toronto then traded it to New Orleans for Brandon Ingram.
- The Pacers included Mojave King, a 2023 second-round selection who most recently competed in the G League, in the trade, resulting in the Pelicans acquiring two first-round picks for the 2025 draft.
- The deal frees up close to $3.2 million against Indiana's salary cap and allows them unrestricted control over their future draft picks, bypassing limitations imposed by the Stepien Rule.
- This deal gives the Pacers roster flexibility and financial space as they compete in the NBA Finals, while the Pelicans improve their position to potentially trade up in the 2025 draft.
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Pacers Make Bold Trade After NBA Finals Loss
Following their loss in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers made a trade to reacquire their 2026 first-round pick from the New Orleans Pelicans.According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Pacers traded away the 23rd overall pick in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft in the deal. They also sent back the rights to Mojave King in exchange for their first-round pick for next year.New Orleans now has the seventh and 23rd picks in next week’s draft, one…
Report: Pacers trade No. 23 pick to New Orleans Pelicans for 2026 first-round pick
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In the middle of the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers have made a trade to the New Orleans Pelicans for a 2026 first-round pick, ESPN reports. In an X post Tuesday, Shams Charania reported that the Pacers and Pelicans have made an NBA draft deal. The Pacers are trading their No. 23 pick and the rights to Mojave King to the Pelicans for the Pacers’ own 2026 first-round pick, Charania said. The Pelicans now have Nos. 7 and 23 s…
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