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Ranking the Best and Worst Trades in Pacers History

A year after participating in the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers are forced to be spectators only for this year's version. Their plan is to use this extra time to heal up and gear up for another deep run next season.

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Pacers not expected to use MLE, but bigger questions loom

The Pacers are projected to stand pat this offseason — and that might be the right call, even if it’s not the exciting one. Indiana sits narrowly below the luxury tax line of $201 million in 2026-27, which gives them access to the $15.1 million midlevel exception.

Indiana Pacers News / The Lead / June 5

Indiana Pacers 2026 NBA Draft Preview

Last season was a rough one for the Indiana Pacers, as they finished with the second-worst record in the NBA. To make matters worse, courtesy of their trade for Ivica Zubac, they had to sacrifice their top-five pick to the Los Angeles Clippers.

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The 'Last 30-point NBA Finals game' quiz

How many of the most recent players to score at least 30 points in an NBA Finals game for each franchise can you name in five minutes?NOTE: The Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, have never made the NBA Finals, while no Kings player scored 30 in their lone appearance (1951).

The '600-point NBA postseasons' quiz

The 'Oldest 30-point game by NBA team' quiz

The 'NBA Finals-winning coaches' quiz

Indiana Pacers News / Indianapolis Pacers on SI / June 4

Pacers Offseason Priority List: Who’s Gone, Who’s Staying, and Who Could Be Added

The Indiana Pacers roster is mostly set, but a few moves around the edges could be made to help tie up any loose ends. While limited with resources to make this team better, the Pacers front office has proven time and time again that they will find a path that leads them to making this team better.

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The best homegrown player for every NBA franchise

As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.

Tyrese Haliburton News / NBA on ClutchPoints / June 3

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton retires from ’82-0′ challenge after absurd result

A new basketball challenge has taken over NBA fans on social media with the release of 82-0.com — a game in which users try to put together the best five-man lineup they can to try and build a team that could go undefeated over the course of 82 games.

Indiana Pacers News / Indianapolis Pacers on SI / June 3

The Best Possible Outcome for the Indiana Pacers in the 2026 NBA Draft

The sting of the Pacers not retaining their top-four pick is still hanging over the fan base, but the front office has had to move forward. Head Coach, Rick Carlisle, was the first to mention the Pacers have a contingency plan if their pick fell out of the top-five, and now fans are speculating, "what could that be"?

Indiana Pacers News / Hoops Wire / June 1

Pacers may have more trade flexibility than it appears despite lacking 2026 pick

The Pacers won’t make a selection in this month’s NBA Draft, but that doesn’t mean they’re short on assets. As Tony East of Forbes outlined, Indiana could soon find itself with increased flexibility when it comes to future trades, despite owing its 2026 first-round pick to the Clippers as part of the Ivica Zubac deal.

Indiana Pacers News / AirJordanChronicles / May 28

'It’s Being Taught': Indiana Pacers’ Superstar Makes Blunt Admission About Flopping in Basketball

As great as this postseason has been, flopping has dominated its discourse, especially around the OKC Thunder. From media to fans, there is a clear frustration. A recent blunt admission from Adam Silver and Tyrese Haliburton might fuel that fire.

Tyrese Haliburton News / Hoops Wire / May 28

Tyrese Haliburton says NBA players are taught how to flop

The NBA’s ongoing flopping debate isn’t going away anytime soon. And according to Tyrese Haliburton, learning how to draw fouls is simply part of modern basketball development now.

Tyrese Haliburton News / NBA on ClutchPoints / May 26

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton shares new injury update with latest video

The Indiana Pacers are currently in the early stages of the 2026 offseason after missing the playoffs in 2025-26. The Pacers recently got some tough news when they missed out on their lottery pick, which is on its way to the Los Angeles Clippers thanks to the Ivica Zubac trade.

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The most unlikely 50-point games in NBA history

If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.

Chad Buchanan News / Hoops Rumors / May 20

Pacers’ Buchanan: Spending Into Tax ‘A Very Real Possibility’

It has been two decades since the Pacers were a taxpaying team, but there’s a chance that will change during the 2026/27 season, general manager Chad Buchanan said during a recent radio interview on The Ride with JMV on The Fan, per Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star.

NBA News / Yardbarker / May 11

Pacers' penny-pinching led to draft lottery disaster

The Indiana Pacers got the worst lottery result possible on Sunday. After finishing with the NBA's second-worst record, they fell to No. 5 in the lottery and lost their pick to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Pacers exec Kevin Pritchard has message for fans after his trade with Clippers backfired

Tyrese Haliburton reacts to the Pacers’ lottery failure

Western Conference tightens grip on NBA supremacy after 2026 draft lottery

Winners, losers from NBA Draft lottery: Wizards finally get lucky

The '30-point NBA games from the bench' quiz