{"id":752518,"date":"2026-06-04T19:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/752518\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:51:56","slug":"pacers-notes-trade-fa-targets-nembhard-pre-draft-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/752518\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Notes: Trade\/FA Targets, Nembhard, Pre-Draft Workouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pacers aren\u2019t expected to make a major trade this summer after acquiring Ivica Zubac<\/a> at February\u2019s trade deadline. However, there are some lower-level acquisitions they could make this offseason and the Indianapolis Star\u2019s Dustin Dopirak<\/a> explores which players they might pursue.<\/p>\n

If the Pacers prioritize a scoring option, they could go after a player like Malik Monk<\/a> or Max Strus<\/a>. Dopirak anticipates it would require Jarace Walker<\/a> and Ben Sheppard<\/a> to make such a deal a reality. Aaron Wiggins<\/a> and Isaiah Joe<\/a> could also be available if Oklahoma City decides to offload some salary.<\/p>\n

Dalton Knecht<\/a> and Saddiq Bey<\/a> could be options to fill that role without sacrificing a top-eight player, Dopirak notes. Khris Middleton<\/a>, Anfernee Simons<\/a>, Kevin Huerter<\/a>, Quentin Grimes<\/a>, Kelly Oubre<\/a>, Ayo Dosunmu<\/a> and Bones Hyland<\/a> are among the players who could be targeted with Indiana\u2019s non-taxpayer mid-level exception.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Pacers:<\/p>\n

Guard Andrew Nembhard<\/a> played in 57 games and averaged a career high 31.3 minutes per night in 2025\/26. His counting stats rose but his intangibles are just as crucial to the team\u2019s success, Tony East writes in a CircleCitySpin.com piece<\/a>. \u201cI think I\u2019ve always been a guy who tries to lead by example and go out there and show I can compete,\u201d Nembhard said. \u201cBut I think this year I was put in a position where I had to voice my opinion more, kind of rally the troops in a way.\u201d Nembhard is entering the second season of a three-year, $58.65MM contract.
\nThe Pacers will hold their third and fourth pre-draft workouts on Thursday and Friday, respectively, according to a team press release<\/a>. Thursday\u2019s workout includes John Camden<\/a> (California), Melvin Council<\/a> (Kansas), Tamin Lipsey<\/a> (Iowa State), Corey Stephenson<\/a> (Florida International), Malik Thomas<\/a> (Virginia), and Jalen Warley<\/a> (Gonzaga).
\nTheir Friday workout includes Sam Alexis<\/a> (Indiana), Chris Bell<\/a> (California), Kylan Boswell<\/a> (Illinois), Maliq Brown<\/a> (Duke), Isaac McKneely<\/a> (Louisville), and Braden Smith<\/a> (Purdue). Indiana currently doesn\u2019t have a pick in this year\u2019s draft, but a trade could change that. The team also figures to be active after the draft adding rookie free agents on Exhibit 10 and\/or two-way deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pacers aren\u2019t expected to make a major trade this summer after acquiring Ivica Zubac at February\u2019s trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[1784,7,2456,70800,60752,113,126,3866,18386,6634,18369,8785,6632,18368,2438,6,114,49825,45750],"class_list":["post-752518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indiana-pacers","tag-andrew-nembhard","tag-basketball","tag-braden-smith","tag-chris-bell","tag-corey-stephenson","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-indianapacers","tag-isaac-mckneely","tag-jalen-warley","tag-john-camden","tag-kylan-boswell","tag-malik-thomas","tag-maliq-brown","tag-melvin-council","tag-nba","tag-pacers","tag-sam-alexis","tag-tamin-lipsey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116693587980788862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752518","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=752518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}