The Indiana Pacers enter the 2025 offseason without a center under contract, but with all their other positions set.
The biggest roster question is: Will the Pacers keep Myles Turner in free agency? Another popped up in the wake of Sunday night’s Game 7 NBA Finals loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder: Do the Pacers make any moves in anticipation of a long Tyrese Haliburton injury rehab?
Turner, a 10-year veteran, averaged 15.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in 2024-25, making 39.6% of his 3-pointers. The 29-year-old counted $19.9 million toward Indiana’s salary cap. IndyStar’s Dustin Dopirak recently pondered the possibility of keeping Turner at about $30 million per year over four or five seasons.
Other Pacers centers on expiring contracts:
Isaiah Jackson: The 23-year-old just finished his fourth season, the vast majority of it sidelined with an Achilles injury.Thomas Bryant: The 27-year-old joined the Pacers in December and averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds.Tony Bradley: The 27-year-old signed in March and appeared in 14 games. The club has a $2.9 million option on Bradley.
Locker room presence James Johnson, rookie forward Enrique Freeman and guard Quenton Jackson are also entering free agency. RayJ Dennis is on a two-way contract.
Here’s the contract status of Pacers players, according to Spotrac.
Indiana Pacers players under contract heading into 2025 offseason
Haliburton counted $42.1 million toward the Pacers’ 2024-25 salary cap.
Age: 25
Experience: 5 years
2024-25 performance: 18.6 points, 9.2 assists, 1.4 steals, 38.8% 3-pointers, third-team All-NBA
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$45.5 million2026-27$48.9 million2027-28$52.3 million2028-29$55.7 million
He was on the Toronto Raptors‘ 2019 NBA championship team.
Age: 31
Experience: 9 seasons
2024-25 performance: 20.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 38.9% 3-pointers, All-Star
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$45.5 million2026-27$48.9 million2027-28$52.3 million
Age: 25
Experience: 3 seasons
2024-25 performance: 10.0 points, 5.0 assists, 1.2 steals
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$18.1 million2026-27$19.5 million2027-28$21 millionIs Obi Toppin a starter for the Pacers?
He started four games in the 2024-25 season.
Age: 27
Experience: 5 seasons
2024-25 performance: 10.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 36.5% 3-pointers
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$14 million2026-27$15 million2027-28$16 million
Age: 25
Experience: 5 seasons
2024-25 performance: 12.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 43.1% 3-pointers
SalarySalary cap hit2025-26$11 million2026-27$11 million
McConnell counted $9.3 million toward the 2024-25 salary cap.
Age: 33
Experience: 10 seasons
2024-25 performance: 9.1 points, 4.4 assists, 1.1 steals
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$10.2 million2026-27$11 million2027-28$11.8 million2028-29$11.8 million*
*-club option
Age: 23
Experience: 3 seasons
2024-25 performance: 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$9.19 million
Walker suffered an ankle injury in the Eastern Conference Finals that kept him out of the NBA Finals.
Age: 21
Experience: 2 seasons
2024-25 performance: 6.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 40.5% 3-pointers
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$6.67 million2026-27$8.48 million*
*-club option
Age: 23
Experience: 2 seasons
2024-25 performance: 5.3 points
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$2.8 million2026-27$5 million*
*-club option
Age: 20
Experience: 1 season
2024-25 performance: 2.1 points, appearing in 50 games
SeasonSalary cap hit2025-26$1.96 million2026-27$2.3 million2027-28$2.5 million*2028-29$3 million
*-club option
What is the NBA salary cap for 2025-26?
That will be confirmed in July. Spotrac projects it at $154.6 million, with the luxury tax threshold at $189 million. The Pacers head into free agency with about $168 million already spoken for.
When is the 2025 NBA Draft?
First round: 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at Barclays Center in New York.
Second round: 8 p.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025
NBA offseason key dates
July 5-8: NBA Summer League play in San Francisco and Salt Lake City.
July 6: NBA teams can sign free agents beginning at 12:01 p.m. ET.
July 10-20: Las Vegas Summer League.
Oct. 21: NBA regular season opens.
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