At this season heights It is common for NBA franchises to make movements. During the final dispute, 28 teams are without competing and thinking of retouching or rebuilding their templates to fight for the ring next season.
What is nothing common is to announce a transfer while you are playing the ring in the NBA finals. But precisely that is what they have done The Indiana Pacerswhich according to Shams Charania, They have reached an agreement with the New Orleans Pelicans despite being 3-2 below in the tie for the title against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
According to the American journalist, The Indianapolis franchise will send New Orleans its selection of this next draft, number 23 and Mojave King rights And in return they will receive The first round of the Pacers for the year 2026that the Pelicans had due to an earlier transfer.
Agreement with precedents
Despite the rarity of making a transfer while competing for the Larry O'Brien trophy, it is not the first time it happens and in fact passed recently. The Denver Nuggets, champions in 2023, also moved card during the finals They played at the Miami Heat.
On that occasion, The Colorado franchise transferred a first round of 2029 to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a first round in 2024 and a second round in 2023. A movement with the clear objective of repeating the achievement of the ring, especially with a superstar like Nikola Jokic.
Very surprising transfer
What has not just understood is what has led the Pacers to make this transfer. Taking into account that the elections in the draft, in the lower part of the rounds, are placed taking into account the record of each team, It seems that Indiana thinks that your performance will go next.
And, recovering his own choice for 2026, The feeling is that the management of the VEA franchise to repeat the success of the last two seasons -With some conference finals and, perhaps, an NBA ring- with a team that will go down.
