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Pacers extend Rick Carlisle's contract
Marc Stein: BREAKING: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has agreed to a multiyear extension after coaching Indiana to last season’s NBA Finals, @TheSteinLine has learned.
Lakers, Warriors, Thunder lead the way with 34 nationally televised games apiece
Brett Siegel: Number of National TV games for 2025-26 NBA season (ESPN, ABC, NBC, & Amazon): Atlanta: 13, Boston: 25, Brooklyn: 2, Charlotte: 3, Chicago: 3, Cleveland: 24, Dallas: 23, Denver: 26, Detroit: 16, Golden State: 34, Houston: 28, Indiana: 9, Los Angeles Clippers: 21, Los Angeles Lakers: 34, Memphis: 10, Miami: 5, Milwaukee: 18, Minnesota: 28, New Orleans: 2, New York: 34, Oklahoma City: 34, Orlando: 14, Philadelphia: 14, Phoenix: 9, Portland: 8, Sacramento: 9, San Antonio: 22, Toronto: 2, Utah: 2, Washington: 2
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle just explained Indiana’s approach to Caitlin Cooper of Basketball She Wrote. “We're playing a system now that's changing the game somewhat,” Carlisle says. “And you look around the NBA, two, three years ago, nobody was picking up full court during the regular season, you know, or or doing that kind of stuff. I mean, this was, this was unheard of.” They’ve geared everything, Carlisle explained, toward high intensity. “It was going to be full court pressure. It was going to be physicality, persistence, you know, 94 feet, and that was just how we're going to, we're going to have to do business. And so now, now we're down the road with this team, and this is how we're building this team. And so, we're looking for pieces that fit our system.”
Ian Begley: Knicks have been in contact with Indiana assistant Mike Weinar to discuss a spot on Mike Brown’s coaching staff, per league sources familiar with the matter. Weinar has worked on Rick Carlisle’s staffs in Dallas and Indiana and is currently a candidate for an opening.
Taelon Peter’s two-way agreement with the Pacers is a two-year pact. It gives Indiana more time to develop the guard who has obvious skills but still needs to grow. The Pacers have helped several of their young players improve in recent years under head coach Rick Carlisle’s program.
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Future WNBA franchise overall rankings: 1. Indiana: The Fever hold a slight edge in this exercise over the league’s other 12 teams. The duo of Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston lift Indiana to the No. 1 ranking in the player category (our most heavily-weighted section), and the Fever don’t rank lower than eighth in any of the four other categories. A new facility in 2027 should only make Indiana a more desirable place to play. 2. Golden State: It’s hard to imagine a better first half of the 2025 season for the Valkyries. They are hovering around .500 at the All-Star break, while leading the league in home attendance. Owner Joe Lacob wants Golden State to win a title in the next five years, and that goal doesn’t seem too lofty in reality. The Valkyries already have proven their front office is strong, and it’s coupled with an ownership group willing to invest. Their roster is deep, with a number of high-potential young players and facilities that will help them become one of the league’s most appealing teams.
Myles Turner on leaving Indiana: 'At the end of the day it's not a Cinderella story'
Myles Turner on leaving Indiana: ‘At the end of the day, bro, it's not a Cinderella story, you know what I mean? I think that's what how people are trying to form this and though I think the way I viewed it is I wanted to be thankful, for just the people that rock with me the entire time, my 10-year journey in Indiana, but also let them realize that at this time I didn't made the best decision for my family made the best decision for me and myself going into my prime, and this is how I saw fit. Kyrie Irving: Wait, so there's a better version of Myles Turner? Myles Turner: Absolutely, I'm evolving.
Myles Turner posted a long, heartfelt goodbye to Indiana and the Pacers organization on Instagram Thursday night. Below is the entire goodbye in its entirety: 10 years. One jersey. One city. It’s hard to put into words what the past 10 seasons and past 10 years of my life has meant to me… From a teenager out of Bedford, Texas to the MAN and player I am today, Indy has been home through it all. You watched me grow up—on and off the court. Just like you I put my hard hat on clocked in & clocked out every single day… Throughout the years I put my personal pride & ego to the side and sacrificed many parts of myself and my livelihood for the betterment and advancement of this organization. I NEVER took the easy way out, I took the criticism on the chin, bit my tongue to complain and just kept my head down and grinded through it all and in the end… it was ALL so worth it!
Bobby Marks: Huff has 3 years left on his contract $2.3M, $2.7M and $3M The last year is a Team Option Indiana is acquiring Huff with the $2.2M +$250K trade exception of James Wiseman.
A league source said the Pacers’ offer to Turner topped out at around $23 million per year, short of what he got from Milwaukee. Turner essentially wanted what he got from the Bucks, something closer to $27 million a year. With the compounding luxury tax, had Indiana given Turner what he wanted, it would have paid around $11 million in taxes on top of his salary. In addition, by being a taxpayer, the Pacers would have lost the refund money that teams staying out of the tax receive annually from taxpaying teams, which is usually between $5 and $10 million per year.
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Pacers have registered interest in Deandre Ayton
Sources say that the Pacers have, however, registered interest in Ayton. Don't forget that the contract Ayton just terminated through his Blazers buyout was a four-year, $133 offer sheet that he originally signed with Indiana in July 2022 as a Phoenix Suns restricted free agent.
But Indiana was already facing the likelihood next season of playing without Haliburton, who tore his Achilles about seven minutes into Game 7 of the finals, and decided it didn’t want to “overpay” for Turner now, a team source said. The Pacers had signaled a willingness to pay the luxury tax as the offseason neared, but clearly changed that stance in the wake of Haliburton’s injury.
Indiana’s offer to Turner, that source said, never stretched above three years or $20 million per season — well below the deal he struck with the Bucks. Turner’s struggles late in the postseason figured into the equation. He had a hard time against both the New York Knicks in the conference finals and then against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the finals, averaging about 12 points and 3.5 rebounds in those two series on 47-percent shooting (25 percent from 3-point range).
According to a league source who spoke to RG, the Pacers were unwilling to offer Turner more than four years and $22 million annually. RG has learned that Turner would have stayed in Indiana for $25 million per year, but the organization wouldn’t budge on the amount. With neither side able to come to terms, the Pacers had intentions to sign-and-trade Turner to whichever team courted him. Instead, the Bucks came to Turner on Tuesday morning with “an offer that was hard to turn down,” per the source. Milwaukee was willing to go four years for $107 million on a contract, but a player option in the final season and a 15% trade kicker were what sealed the deal for Turner. Everything came together quickly, and it was as much of a surprise to Pacers fans and the basketball world as it was to Turner’s camp. While emotions will certainly run high in the coming weeks as Turner steps outside Indianapolis for the first time in his NBA career, the 29-year-old is eager for his next phase.
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