{"id":63540,"date":"2024-02-08T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=63540"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:44:44","slug":"nba-news-indiana-pacers-trade-buddy-hield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/08\/nba-news-indiana-pacers-trade-buddy-hield\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA News: Indiana Pacers Trade Buddy Hield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers are reportedly making a deal to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hieldbu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buddy Hield<\/a> to the Philadelphia 76ers ahead of the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline, per the latest NBA news. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers will receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrima03.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/korkmfu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Furkan Korkmaz<\/a>, and three second-round draft picks from Indiana.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Full trade:<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Pacers receive:<br \/>\nMarcus Morris<br \/>\nFurkan Korkmaz<br \/>\nthree second-round picks<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers receive:<br \/>\nBuddy Hield<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@wojespn<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y73AhXkBYv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Y73AhXkBYv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1755613983825121324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 52 games played this year, Hield is averaging 23 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. Furthermore, the 31-year-old is shooting 44.3% from the field, including 38.4% from the three-point line.<\/p>\n<p>Before the season began, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/25\/five-realistic-expectations-and-predictions-for-the-2023-indiana-pacers\/\" target=\"_self\">Pacers<\/a> GM Chad Buchanan talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/pacers-general-manager-on-buddy-hield-our-intention-is-to-have-him-on-our-team-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hield and his importance<\/a> to the team:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Buddy is someone that we love having on our team, we want him on our team this year. The business of basketball comes into play at times, we\u2019ve had talks with him about an extension and those talks are at a half right now. That\u2019s not to say that they\u2019re done. We\u2019d like to have Buddy with us, we have no intention of trying to move Buddy but it\u2019s also our job to listen if opportunities come that help us improve the team. That\u2019s what we have to do as a front office. But our intention is to have Buddy on the team this year and have him be a big part of our group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Expectations were that the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/08\/13\/2023-24-nba-power-rankings-offseason-edition-no-21-indiana-pacers\/\" target=\"_self\">29-23 Pacers<\/a> were going to trade Hield at some point <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/nba-execs-pacers-primed-to-make-another-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the near future<\/a>. A few months ago, HoopsHype&#8217;s Michael Scotto spoke on Hield potentially being on the move:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Given Indiana\u2019s newfound frontcourt conundrum and the notion outside the organization that Hield would eventually be moved to give Mathurin, Nembhard, and Sheppard more playing time looking ahead, rival executives believe the Pacers could make another trade to bolster their team before the deadline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>NBA News: Indiana Pacers Trade Buddy Hield<\/h2>\n<h3>What does Buddy Hield Bring to Philadelphia?<\/h3>\n<p>Hield is a fantastic shooter and has proven to be lethal beyond the arc. He is an excellent spot-up shooter, although Hield is not amazing at creating his own shots. Additionally, Hield is a decent rebounder for someone his size. On the flip side, Hield is not a strong defender. However, none of this matters as the 76ers were primarily looking for additional shooting, per Marc Stein. Prior to this trade, Philadelphia showed interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogdabo02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bojan Bogdanovic<\/a> of the Detroit Pistons:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Sixers, though, are also known to be looking to add shooting. Detroit\u2019s Bojan Bogdanovi\u0107 is one obvious target and Yahoo! Sports\u2019 Jake Fischer reported Tuesday that Philadelphia has interest in Indiana\u2019s Buddy Hield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ultimately, Hield&#8217;s incredible perimeter offense will be a boost for the 30-20 76ers.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word on the Buddy Hield Trade<\/h3>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a>&#8216;s injury, there were questions about how Philadelphia would attack the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline. For now, it looks like they are still aiming to contend for a title this year. The most interesting thing to note is that Hield&#8217;s contract expires at the end of the season. It is worth keeping an eye on his status and how he plays with the 76ers for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers are reportedly making a deal to send Buddy Hield to the Philadelphia 76ers ahead of the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline, per the latest NBA news. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers will receive Marcus Morris, Furkan Korkmaz, and three second-round draft picks from Indiana. Full trade: Indiana Pacers receive: Marcus Morris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":63548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,2,11,3,13,4721],"tags":[237,256,1111,267,369,1382,662],"class_list":["post-63540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-featured","category-pacers","category-news","category-76ers","category-trade-rumors","tag-bojan-bogdanovic","tag-buddy-hield","tag-furkan-korkmaz","tag-joel-embiid","tag-marcus-morris","tag-nba-trade","tag-nba-trade-deadline"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}