The Pacers have agreed to a three-year, $33M extension with Aaron Nesmith, agent Mike Lindeman tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The 24-year-old forward thrived in his first season with Indiana, moving into the starting lineup and averaging 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 73 games. Today’s extension shows that management considers him part of the team’s young core as it tries to become a playoff contender.
The Pacers acquired Nesmith from Boston last summer as part of the Malcolm Brogdon deal. The Celtics selected him with the 14th pick in the 2020 draft, but he wasn’t able to earn a regular rotation role in his two years with the team.
Nesmith will earn $5,634,257 in the final year of his rookie contract before the extension kicks in next season. Once the deal is finalized, he will be under contract through 2026-27.
Today is the final day for members of the 2020 draft class to sign rookie scale extensions. The deadline is set at 5:00 p.m. CT, and you can track them all here.
Nesmith is the 10th player to agree to a rookie scale extension so far this year, as our extension tracker shows.
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