{"id":626895,"date":"2026-02-26T22:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/626895\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:09:15","slug":"pacers-notes-jackson-furphy-jones-siakam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/626895\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Notes: Jackson, Furphy, Jones, Siakam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploring the Pacers\u2018 options to fill their 15th roster spot, Tony East of Forbes<\/a> identifies two-way player Quenton Jackson<\/a> as a clear candidate for a promotion to a standard contract.<\/p>\n

Unlike the contracts signed by fellow two-way players Taelon Peter<\/a> and Ethan Thompson<\/a>, Jackson\u2019s two-way deal expires at season\u2019s end. And because this is his fourth NBA season, he wouldn\u2019t be eligible for another two-way contract in 2026\/27, so Indiana would need to move him to the standard roster in order to retain him beyond this year.<\/p>\n

Assuming the Pacers decide Jackson is the player they want to fill their open roster spot, it would make sense to sign him to a new deal sooner rather than later. As East outlines, Indiana now has enough room below the luxury tax line to give him either the veteran\u2019s minimum or slightly above it for the rest of the season, and March 4 is the deadline to sign a player to a two-way contract. So if Indiana wants to promote Jackson and back-fill his two-way slot, it would have to happen by next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

We have more on the Pacers:<\/p>\n

Second-year guard Johnny Furphy<\/a>, who tore his right ACL<\/a> earlier this month, underwent surgery in Chicago on Tuesday to repair that tear, the team announced in a press release<\/a>. For now, the Pacers have simply ruled out Furphy for the rest of the 2025\/26 season, but the typical recovery timeline for that procedure suggests he\u2019ll miss a significant chunk of \u201926\/27 too.
\nRookie guard Kam Jones<\/a> didn\u2019t make his NBA debut until late December due to a back injury and didn\u2019t play much in January, but he has appeared in each of Indiana\u2019s past nine games, averaging 26.6 minutes per night during that time. As Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star<\/a> writes in a subscriber-only story, Jones has made the most of his recent opportunity and head coach Rick Carlisle has taken notice, noting that the 2025 second-rounder has a \u201cknack for making intelligent basketball plays.\u201d Carlisle added that Jones is in much better shape now than he was earlier in the season. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to really understand if you\u2019re a fan watching from afar how difficult it is to have a two-month head start that everybody gets on you from a conditioning and rhythm standpoint,\u201d Carlisle said. \u201cReally he was unable to do anything on the floor that required running or pounding because of the back situation. You\u2019re seeing now that he\u2019s getting into some real condition.\u201d
\nWhile there\u2019s a chance<\/a> Obi Toppin<\/a> will return from foot surgery on Thursday vs. Charlotte, the Pacers will remain shorthanded whether or not the forward is available. Among the players likely to be inactive? Star forward Pascal Siakam<\/a>, who is listed as doubtful<\/a> due to a left wrist sprain. Siakam returned on Sunday after missing three straight games with a hamstring injury but injured his wrist and sat out Tuesday\u2019s loss to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exploring the Pacers\u2018 options to fill their 15th roster spot, Tony East of Forbes identifies two-way player Quenton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,1252,4233,6,114,279,10986],"class_list":["post-626895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indiana-pacers","tag-basketball","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-indianapacers","tag-johnny-furphy","tag-kam-jones","tag-nba","tag-pacers","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-quenton-jackson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116139220317399458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}