The Pacers gain about $3.2 million in cap space by not having to pay the No. 23 pick, putting them almost $20 million below the luxury tax line. Indiana plans to re-sign Myles Turner this summer, likely for around $30 million a year, and while ownership reportedly is willing to go into the tax to do it this lessens the tax blow a little.

The Indiana Pacers are trading their No. 23 pick and the rights to Mojave King to the New Orleans Pelicans for Indiana’s own 2026 first-round pick back which