{"id":81835,"date":"2024-06-18T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=81835"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:47:15","slug":"pacers-preparing-offer-all-star-pascal-siakam-long-term-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/18\/pacers-preparing-offer-all-star-pascal-siakam-long-term-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Preparing to Offer All-Star \u2018Long-Term Contract Extension\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Scott Agnes of Fieldhouse Files, the Indiana Pacers and forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/siakapa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> \u201care nearing a long-term contract extension.\u201d Various reports have indicated that the Pacers will offer Siakam a max contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Pacers are nearing a long-term contract extension with forward Pascal Siakam, league sources told Fieldhouse Files.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides know how each other feels + want the partnership to continue. Story to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottAgness\/status\/1803100111406305305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old averaged 21.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game on 53.6 percent shooting from the field last season.<\/p>\n<h2>Pacers Preparing to Offer Pascal Siakam \u2018Long-Term Contract Extension\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Due to one of the most recent CBA\u2019s changes, the Pacers were <a href=\"https:\/\/imgix.cosmicjs.com\/25da5eb0-15eb-11ee-b5b3-fbd321202bdf-Final-2023-NBA-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement-6-28-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free to begin negotiating<\/a> with Siakam the day after the NBA Finals ended.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA player who (1) will (or could as a result of the non-exercise of an Option or the exercise of an ETO) become an Unrestricted Free Agent or a Restricted Free Agent on the immediately following July 1, and (2) finished the Season on a Team&#8217;s roster, is free at any time beginning on the day following the last day of such Season to negotiate a Player Contract with such Team\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indiana still has to wait until the July Moratorium expires on Jul. 6. This is because the moratorium is a negotiating period in which teams are restricted from completing transactions. Nonethelesss, they can reach a verbal agreement with the All-Star far quicker than normal.<\/p>\n<p>There wasn\u2019t much doubt that Siakam would re-sign though, given his comments after the Pacers were eliminated from the playoffs. He was hesitant to divulge too much information about <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/28\/pacers-pascal-siakam-sounds-off-free-agency-after-playoff-elimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his offseason plans<\/a>. Nonetheless, he made it quite clear that he would like to be back. He\u2019s become enamored by the Pacers\u2019 fan base. He credits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>\u2019s pass-first mindset for helping elevate his career.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, a team like the Philadelphia 76ers could offer Siakam beaucoup money to join them. Had he and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> ever teamed up on the international level, Indiana might have even found itself competing against chemistry. Yet, they didn\u2019t, so they aren\u2019t. They aren\u2019t even matched at the bidding table. No team is able to offer Siakam as much money as the Pacers can, as they have his Bird Rights.<\/p>\n<h3>Could He Have Been Swayed to Leave?<\/h3>\n<p>A free agent suitor\u2019s best hope of signing Siakam may be to convince him that he has a better chance of winning a championship there. To that point, there\u2019s rumored to be mutual interest between Philadelphia and Los Angeles Clippers star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a>, who may become a free agent this offseason. The Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s top dog is even better than Indiana\u2019s, leading them to the top of the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>Siakam\u2019s already won a championship and doesn\u2019t appear beholden to ring culture. It\u2019s subsequently unclear how much that argument moves the needle. That\u2019s also assuming Siakam agrees the Pacers are a lesser team than the Sixers or Thunder, which he may not. Nonetheless, the goal for the vast majority of athletes in any sport or league is to win.<\/p>\n<p>Money talks but a legacy is built on successes, not expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Scott Agnes of Fieldhouse Files, the Indiana Pacers and forward Pascal Siakam \u201care nearing a long-term contract extension.\u201d Various reports have indicated that the Pacers will offer Siakam a max contract. The Pacers are nearing a long-term contract extension with forward Pascal Siakam, league sources told Fieldhouse Files. 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