JULY 6: The trade sending No. 35 pick Furphy to Indiana in exchange for No. 36 pick Nunez and cash is officially complete, the Pacers announced in a press release. The deal couldn’t be completed until the start of the 2024/25 league year because San Antonio had reached its cash received limit for ’23/24.
JUNE 27: The Pacers and Spurs have agreed to swap places in the second round of the draft, with Indiana moving up one spot to No. 35 and San Antonio moving down to No. 36, per Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter links).
The Pacers used the No. 35 pick to select Kansas wing Johnny Furphy, while the Spurs picked Spanish point guard Juan Nunez at No. 36.
The Spurs are receiving cash from the Pacers in exchange for moving down one spot, reports Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). That means Indiana will be hard-capped at the second tax apron for the 2024/25 league year, since second-apron teams aren’t permitted to send out cash in trades. That shouldn’t have a major impact on the Pacers’ plans, since they were very unlikely to spend that much on next season’s roster anyway.
Furphy, a 6’9″ Australian who was widely viewed as a potential first-round pick, averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds in 24.1 minutes per game in his first and only college season with the Jayhawks, posting a shooting line of .466/.352/.765. He’s the first player selected in this draft by the Pacers, who sent their first-round pick to Toronto in the Pascal Siakam trade.
As for Nunez, it’s unclear whether or not he’ll join the Spurs for the 2024/25 season, since he has widely been viewed as a draft-and-stash candidate.
I understand Furphy has some upside, but hard capping yourself for a 2nd round pick?
I don’t think the Pacers were going over the second apron anyway.
Spurs should have gone for Ajay Mitchell. Wouldve been very complementary with Wemby. Too bad…
OKC really traded up to get Mitchell when Spurs didnt take him…
I thought the Spurs should have drafted Cody Williams with the 8th pick and of drafted Mitchell along with getting another pick for Nunez. I agree with you on Mitchell.
Nunez got a big game today vs Finland. Then an even bigger matchup vs a group of NBA level guys tmrw. Really interested to see if he can show more signs of becoming the southpaw Rubio that SAS would love for him to be.
Indy acquired haliburton & hield 2 yrs ago
Haliburton now franchise cornerstone
Traded hield midseason for two 2nd rd picks which now turned into furphy, basically 1st rd talent that fell to 2nd
Another Great move by indy