Representatives for Buddy Hield will work with the Pacers to find a trade after he and the team weren’t able to reach an agreement on a contract extension, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Hield hasn’t placed any restrictions on where he wants to go, rival team sources tell Charania, but substantive talks aren’t currently underway with anyone. The Pacers made an extension offer in the past few weeks, according to Charania’s sources, but it didn’t make Hield “feel desired.”
Several teams are expected to have interest in Hield, who leads the NBA with 1,381 made three-pointers over the past five seasons, Charania adds. He notes that without an extension, Hield stands to become of the top names on next summer’s free agent market. The 30-year-old guard has a $19.2MM expiring contract.
Hield is eligible for a renegotiation and extension, according to Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype (Twitter link), who points out that Indiana could use its remaining 2023/24 cap space to give Hield a raise for the upcoming season, just as it did last year with Myles Turner.
The Pacers acquired Hield along with Tyrese Haliburton in a deal with the Kings at the 2022 trade deadline. He has been a fixture in the starting lineup, averaging 17.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in his season and a half with the team while shooting 45.5% from the field and 41.0% from beyond the arc.
In an interview shortly after the end of the regular season, Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard didn’t commit to offering Hield an extension during the offseason, saying the team needs to “define his role.”
Houston’s on the line…
Buddy for Duncan Robinson…
That would actually be a great trade.
Not sure how many teams in the NBA would consider Buddy Hield a starter, or heavy minutes guy, let alone an extension candidate. His career was rejuvenated in Indiana a bit.
Buddy just might have requested a trade that gets him a lessor role in a contract year.
Terrible time to move him. Teams that would have preferred him already made commitments to other players. Once Philly and Miami make their moves or settle their roster, maybe Hield goes there. I see NY as a possibility
I’d be open to seeing Buddy in the 215. Not sure what a deal would look like that would be beneficial to both teams? But I don’t hate the thought, just need to know a potential cost before I could say for sure
I didn’t realize he was already that old …
Coming out of college dude faked his age.
Seems like this story is straight from Heild’s agency. Hard pass on signing him to a big money extension.
I know the Lakers we’re interested a few years ago.
Limited player, skill-wise, and (having always been with bad teams) not a guy who’s expecting a limited role to result from it. A team would have to be truly desperate for 3 pt shooting to give up anything for him.
Clippers maybe, they have bunch of expirings they are not going to play. Going to have to attach some 2nd rounders.
Actually was a great fit on-court with Hali, though doesn’t fit with the franchise’s timetable. Going to be tough to replace spacing/shooting, they badly needed it with this roster.
Will be interesting to see if the Pacers can find a piece that helps them now and 2 years from now…seems unlikely. Might have to let it rip with Mathurin, lower the ceiling of this year’s team, and see if anyone is so desperate for Buddy that they’d cough up a protected 1st.
Dallas Dallas Dallas. They’ve needed his scoring ability for some time now.
Luka, Kyrie and Buddy? That could be the worst defensive guard rotation in the league
It’s not much different from THJ, but his shooting is better.
I know he’d love to play in okc….and we have the picks to make a deal happen but I think he’d have to come off the bench and I’m not sure he’d be ok with that role yet.
OKC has lik the max 20 players under contract. I think Indy is also over 15 guys. I guess trade Mann, Poku, and Bertans to match salary. Think they can wait until the deadline and make a bigger move.
Dort would likely be expendable in the trade….
Didn’t feel desired lol. I’m getting turned off to all sports! Without basketball, the guy is flipping hamburgers for $15 an hour.
Harden should buy a strip club.
LeBron has his name on one of the absolute worst schools in the USA.
I bet his girlfriend told him, I don’t desire you.
Punks!!!