Bobby Marks’ 2025 Indiana Pacers Offseason Guide | NBA on ESPN

Bobby Marks’ 2025 Indiana Pacers Offseason Guide | NBA on ESPN

all right happy Sunday evening uh hopefully you everyone is great out there we are going to do the final two offseason videos here we’re going to start with uh the Indiana Pacers and it is um you know these are not easy to do especially when you get two teams that get to an NBA finals and you got to do an offseason article and now you got to do a video and it’s it’s certainly u not easy to do in light of the Tyresese Halurn injury and what happens next with uh with the Pacers here and we will certainly get into that um we uh we wrote the offseason article for Indiana before game six we uh had a version written if they won we had a version written if they lost and then we had another version written in light of the Hallebertton injury it’s it’s demoralizing um you never want to um you know when we work in the media we have to be neutral as far as except for you know if I’m rooting for my New York Jets um but when we’re rooting for teams and players but it’s hard not to root for this Indiana team as far as and we’ve been saying it all all for most of the season at least for the playoffs um how resilient this group is and then when you have Hallebertton who gets injured um we’ll wait for the final injury report here and what his timeline is going to be which will be significant um it’s uh it’s a blow uh not just to the Pacers but it’s a blow to the NBA here um when you look back on the the article was supposed to be if they had lost that this was going to be a springboard to the offseason this was going to be a springboard to next year and when you have 11 players under contract and your your big thing your big offseason question mark was going to be Miles Turner um and the likelihood is that all signs were pointed to towards bringing Turner back you were going to be a favorite you were going to be the favorite in the Eastern Conference next year there’s no ifs ands and buts about it you were going to be the favorite here and now we have the Halbertton injury and what does that mean and I think there’s a great big unknown as far as where this roster goes um we’re going to talk about it in a little bit here um uncertainty the offseason and how they proceed with their roster here um they Indiana traded the their um their first round pick to New Orleans we did that 45 second video on that it cleared up some money um they are likely going to be in a luxury tax for the first time since 2005 06 season they are 20 million $20 million below the tax um 27 million below the first apron they’re not going to enter the um and you know well below the second apron what exception they have is dependent on what happens with Miles Turner here uh they can get a little more relief if they decline the Tony Bradley option that’s at $2.9 million that’s a team option here um when you look at the priority and we wrote about Miles Turner as far as the contract what he should get and you’re watching this game and you’re thinking you know where’s Miles Turner and that comes into mind um ineffectiveness and certainly and and certainly how they you know the game changed as far as matching up and he didn’t fit as far as what they were trying to do to get back in this game and you put Obi-Wan out there with Pascakum and now you have the Halburn injury and now you’re figuring out what’s what is the next contract from Miles Turner going to be remember if you just let him walk I don’t think that’s going to be the case you have the $14.1 million non-ax maximum level exception to replace him that’s what you get um I do think there is a priority to bring him back i do think there’s a priority to reach a compromise as far as what the next contract is going to be um I do think the Pacers have a lot of leverage in this based on what we’ve said all along that there are no teams out there that have cap space besides Brooklyn i don’t see how Miles Turner fits in Brooklyn if uh you already have Nick Claxton and certainly in a rebuild and then the other thing is if you don’t if you’re not happy with what you’re being offered you um certainly could try to force a sign and trade and you know that will require you taking a three-year contract in the first year guaranteed and we bring in the hard cap restrictions and all those other things that come with it for the acquiring team um and does Indiana want to take back money um that that listen he deserves a new contract it’s hard to say what that number is going to be is it going to be 223 million it gives Indiana a little bit of flexibility to jump out of the tax if they wanted to the luxury tax and I’ve said this before is not the the boogeyman that it once was if you’re over the luxury tax by under $11 million the penalty is not severe at all uh it’s if if you’re over by 5.6 it’s dollar for dollar and then it’s a buck and a quarter um you could be $10 million over and it might cost you like like $13 million it’s not much at all it’s the apron here so you you’ve got to figure out what the Turner contract’s going to be and as far as what your compromise with uh with that there is um you know I don’t need to go through his stats listen Brian wrote about it when Shams wrote about it that uh sources told him that Indiana was willing to go in it this was before the turn the Halleburn injury i don’t know if that changes now but we’ll pay attention to that um this off season here um the the the second question regarding Turner um how does his contract indie impact Indy’s roster in future seasons and and why I say that is eventually that you’re going to have to figure out what you do with Benedict Mathan and eventually Aaron Nesmith who’s got two years left but is also extension eligible the Matan situation and negotiations is going to be fascinating i love Ben Benedict Matan’s spirit his um his competitiveness does he kind of go over the line a little bit it’s like a it’s almost like watching Lance Ste like a light version of Lance Stevenson here um but you can’t fault a player that cares and and you can’t fault a player that cares about winning um and is trying to win here and I think that is going to be the Maththerin extension is going to be interesting indiana has been aggressive they’ve been aggressive with extensions hallebertton Nemhar Nesmith TJ McConnell all signed new contracts and extensions the last few years that’s four the Hallebertton one is the only one that um that um was more than $20 million everything below that is is below $20 million including Aaron Emith who is extension eligible for three for $64.5 million what does Maththerin mean as far as one of your better reserves of course um certainly energy player um he’s got a $9.2 2 million expiring contract as I said the Turner situ contract could play a huge role as far as I just had it pop up here as far as what will happen with um with some of your decisions as far as extensions and everything um as we said you traded that pick you’ve got the 54th pick in the draft you’ve got all seven of your future um picks your needs are front court depth you’re probably going to need some backcourt depth certainly now with the Halbert injury here but um just a really just disappointing ending um to a terrific season for Indiana and it’s um these videos as I said kind of pains you a little bit here um so that is um that is it that is um that’s it great season Indiana you should be uh you should appreciate this this this team and what they’ve been able to accomplish um and we will talk soon [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Bobby Marks details his offseason guide for the Indiana Pacers, who lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Marks discusses Tyrese Haliburton’s injury and what the team may do with Myles Turner and Bennedict Mathurin.

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