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Pacers interest in Kessler- what do we want?

Walker's low contract makes it super easy to get a deal done.

Jazz have a lot of picks to sweeten the pot. Svi would be a good player for the Pacers at his low contract. Filipowski or Hendricks could also be thrown in as rookie contract players who would have value for the Pacers.

Very interesting deal. If the Pacers believe in Walkers shooting they should think he's an upgrade to what Turner gave them when they took the Thunder to 7 games in the finals
 
I have a hard time thinking they'd give the '26 pick with zero protection. I understand the timeline with Haliburton / Siakam. But in terms of sheer exchange of value, Walker for a top 3 pick in this draft could be a disaster for them.

Asking for a friend - does the NBA ever do conditional trades? I.e., they give us the pick unprotected, but if it lands top X, we owe them Y?
 
The big question for the Pacers is what can they afford to pay Kessler. Grabbing him is risky given teams will have cap space. Jazz could theoretically throw him a huge offer sheet after trading him (maybe that's not legal idk).
 
bigmike said:
I have a hard time thinking they'd give the '26 pick with zero protection. I understand the timeline with Haliburton / Siakam. But in terms of sheer exchange of value, Walker for a top 3 pick in this draft could be a disaster for them.

Asking for a friend - does the NBA ever do conditional trades? I.e., they give us the pick unprotected, but if it lands top X, we owe them Y?
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Jazz would be giving more than just Kessler obviously.

It's a huge value risk for both sides of they deal now. The pick could be 1-2-3, huge value, or 4-8 and decidedly less value
 
We ain't getting Pacers FRP this year. Just forget about it. The ship sailed when Dumars foolishly gave it back to the Pacers a few months back. Should've offered him the 21st pick to outbid the Pacers.
 
jom2003 said:
We ain't getting Pacers FRP this year. Just forget about it. The ship sailed when Dumars foolishly gave it back to the Pacers a few months back. Should've offered him the 21st pick to outbid the Pacers.
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So the Pacers don't want to compete? There is a deal there.
 
Kessler
Hendricks
Lakers 2027 pick
Suns 2031 pick


That would be a bit of a no brainer for the Pacers imo. It would be a big risk for Utah if the pick isn't top 3. Not sure I would do that deal as Utah due to the huge risk.
 
IND would need to send out at least one future higher salaried player. Likely would be Toppin or Mathurin. They couldn't afford Toppin+Mathurin+Kessler.

Hard to put a finger on Mathurin's trade value and how it relates to Kessler. Mathurin has had a strong start to the season.

If the deal was Toppin and their first this year should we do that trade? Maybe you throw Jarace in there as well? IDK. The Pacers are tied for 3rd worst right now, but I don't see them as a top tank contender if they don't have their pick.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
So the Pacers don't want to compete? There is a deal there.
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If Walker is still healthy then maybe. But they aren't getting him till next year so they won't compete this season regardless. Why trade your FRP when you know you gonna be bad and have a legit shot at a top 5 pick this season? They definitely gonna try to lowball us with Walker/Toppin/Jackson.
 
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