<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/indiana-pacers/are-tyrese-haliburton-pascal-siakam-playing-tonight-pacers-vs-mavericks-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', 'Are Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam playing tonight? 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Pacers vs. Mavericks injury report</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-19T07:37:33-07:00">March 19th, 7:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-19T07:44:46-07:00">March 19th, 7:44am</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam carry injury statuses going into Wednesday’s matchup between the Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET.</p><p>According to the injury report, Haliburton is <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-03-19_09AM.pdf" rel="noopener">questionable as he is dealing with low back soreness</a>. On the other hand, Siakam is also questionable due to personal reasons.</p><p>This season, Haliburton is averaging 18.5 points, nine assists and 3.5 rebounds per game after 62 appearances. He missed the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pacers-news-obi-toppin-has-march-madness-in-his-veins-sinks-timberwolves-with-crazy-3">Pacers’ 132-130 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves</a> on March 17 due to the injury.</p><p>Siakam is producing 20.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest after 66 games. Like Haliburton, he was also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-news-timberwolves-rudy-gobert-pacers-andrew-nembhard-ejected-amid-altercation">absent from the Timberwolves game</a> due to his own injury.</p><h2><b>Pacers injury report after Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tyrese-Haliburton.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Aside from Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam, there are six other players having injury statuses on the Pacers’ injury report.</p><p>Isaiah Jackson is the only player out as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon. The three players who are probable include Rayj Dennis, Enrique Freeman and Quenton Jackson, all on two-way deals with Indiana.</p><p>The remaining players who are questionable feature Jarace Walker and Johnny Furphy. The former has a right ankle sprain while the latter is managing through an illness.</p><h2><b>Mavericks injury report</b></h2><p>The Mavericks remain shorthanded, having many question marks on how many players they will be available due to their presence on the injury report.</p><p>Seven players are out for Wednesday’s game. The list includes Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Dante Exum, Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II, Caleb Martin, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper.</p><p>There are three players who can take part in the matchup despite having questionable statuses. Brandon Williams is dealing with left hamstring tightness, Kai Jones has a left quad strain, and Jaden Hardy is recovering from a right ankle sprain.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Are Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam playing tonight? Pacers vs. Mavericks injury report

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-pascal-siakam-headline-long-injury-report-vs-timberwolves');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam headline long injury report vs. Timberwolves');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-Pascal-Siakam-headline-long-injury-report-vs.-Timberwolves.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam headline long injury report vs. Timberwolves</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-17T09:35:00-07:00">March 17th, 9:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-17T09:35:00-07:00">March 17th, 9:35am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/schedule/upcoming">Indiana Pacers (37-29) are set to conclude their three-game road trip</a> on Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves (40-19), but they may be without key players as they head into the 8:00 p.m. ET matchup at Target Center. The latest injury report features <a href="https://official.nba.com/nba-injury-report-2024-25-season/" rel="noopener">several notable names</a>, including star guard Tyrese Haliburton and forward Pascal Siakam.</p><p>Haliburton has been listed as questionable due to low back soreness. The All-Star guard recently returned on March 11 after missing three games and has played a crucial role in the Pacers’ backcourt. Since his return, Haliburton has averaged 17.3 points, 11.7 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.7 steals per game while shooting 46.3% from the field and 31.6% from beyond the arc.</p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(Get Access | Save $30)</a>*</b></i></p><h2><b>Pacers’ injury concerns mount as Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, and others listed</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pascal-Siakam-43-and-Indiana-Pacers-guard-Tyrese-Haliburton-0-in-the-second-half.jpg"><figcaption>© Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>His latest performance came in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/schedule/completed">Indiana’s 126-119 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks</a> on Saturday, where he recorded 24 points, 15 assists, six rebounds, and five steals while shooting nine-for-16 from the field. On the season, Haliburton is averaging 18.5 points, nine assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game across 62 contests.</p><p>Siakam has been ruled out of Monday’s game due to personal reasons. The two-time All-Star last played in Saturday’s loss, finishing with 26 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and two blocks. Since joining Indiana in a midseason trade, Siakam has remained a key contributor, averaging 20.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game while shooting 52.6% from the field and a career-best 39.6% from three-point range in 66 games this season.</p><p>In addition to Haliburton and Siakam, the Pacers have also listed Johnny Furphy (illness), Myles Turner (left hip contusion), and Aaron Nesmith (left ankle injury management) as questionable. Nesmith led Indiana in scoring against Milwaukee, finishing with 30 points, four rebounds, two assists, and a steal on 11-of-16 shooting.</p><p>Indiana currently sits fifth in the Eastern Conference, just 0.5 games behind the Bucks (38-29) for the fourth seed.</p><p>The Pacers’ two-way players, Enrique Freeman and RayJ Dennis, have been listed as probable against Minnesota.</p><h2><b>Timberwolves’ injury report pending</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Anthony-Edwards-5-with-forward-Julius-Randle-30.jpg"><figcaption>© Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-powerful-chris-finch-take-after-coachs-200th-win">Timberwolves enter Monday’s contest riding an eight-game winning streak</a>, the longest active streak in the league. As of 12:30 p.m. ET, Minnesota has yet to submit its official injury report.</p><p>Minnesota is currently seventh in the Western Conference, tied with the Golden State Warriors (39-28) for sixth. The Warriors are on a seven-game winning streak.</p><p>Indiana remains in a tight race for home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference playoffs, while Minnesota is battling for position in the West. The Pacers will look to overcome their injury concerns as they face one of the league’s hottest teams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam headline long injury report vs. Timberwolves

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He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers got off to a slow start to the 2024-25 NBA season, but the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pacers-news-myles-turner-reveals-big-reason-behind-indianas-defensive-success">Pacers have since rebounded</a> a bit and are in the mix for a top playoff seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers had a huge game on tap on Tuesday against the Milwaukee Bucks, a team they’re chasing in the standings. The Pacers were able to grab a thrilling 115-114 win thanks to Tyrese Haliburton, who <a href="https://x.com/TonyREast/status/1899643464154767539" rel="noopener">drew this response</a> from Pascal Siakam, as per Tony East of Forbes Sports.</p><p>“Tough players make tough plays,” Pascal Siakam said following Tyrese Haliburton’s four-point play to get the Pacers the win against the Bucks.</p><p>With about three seconds left in the game and the Pacers trailing 114-111, Haliburton caught an inbounds pass and launched up a three-point shot that found the bottom of the net. He was fouled by Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo as he tumbled to the floor in front of the Milwaukee bench. Haliburton would hit the free-throw to complete the four-point play, and to give the Pacers the win.</p><p>Following Haliburton’s heroics, the Pacers essentially moved into a tie record-wise with the Bucks in the East standings. Both teams are currently 36-28 with the Bucks in fourth place in the East and the Pacers in fifth. The Pacers snapped a three-game losing streak while the Bucks dropped their third consecutive game.</p><p>The Detroit Pistons are hot on both teams’ heels though at 37-29. All three teams are battling for the 4-6 spots in the East and making the playoffs outright without having to go through the play-in. Whoever clinches the four spot would clinch homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs.</p><p>Last season, the Pacers secured a top six seed in the East and defeated the Bucks in the opening round <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-hope-nba-playoffs-injury-return-vs-pacers">amid an injury to Giannis Antetokounmpo</a>. The Pacers and Bucks have developed a mini sort-of rivalry stemming from last season’s in-season tournament matchup as well as a postgame incident last January when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-nsfw-tunnel-exchange-with-pacers">Antetokounmpo went searching for the game ball</a> following his career-high in points.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pascal Siakam perfectly sums up Tyrese Haliburton after stunning end to Bucks game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-states-goal-all-star-break');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pascal Siakam states Pacers’ ‘goal’ after All-Star break');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pascal-Siakam-states-Indianas-goal-after-All-Star-break.jpg"></figure><h1>Pascal Siakam states Pacers’ ‘goal’ after All-Star break</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-19T16:18:45-08:00">February 19th, 4:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-19T16:26:15-08:00">February 19th, 4:26pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>All-Star Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers are looking to build off last year’s Eastern Conference Finals appearance. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-why-pascal-siakam-excited-san-francisco-all-star-weekend">Siakam relived his championship experience at All-Star Weekend</a> in San Francisco, where he and the Toronto Raptors dethroned the defending champion Golden State Warriors in 2019. Back from the All-Star break, Siakam’s goal for the Pacers for the rest of the 2024-25 campaign is to remain in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference standings.</p><p>With a 30-23 record, the Pacers are fourth in the Eastern Conference standings, which, for Siakam, is <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1892344254929793310" rel="noopener">critical</a> for his team’s chances of making a deep run in the postseason, per Pacers’ X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“You want to get homecourt advantage, right? Being in the playoffs, that’s what you want to do,” Siakam said. “And that’s what we should be aiming for now. That should be our goal. And I think from what we did last year, we want to improve from that. And I think that looks like an improvement if we get to those spots.”</p><p>As the only Pacers player with a championship pedigree, Siakam stands out as the team’s vocal leader fresh off his third All-Star appearance. He’s also coming off a 4-0 sweep to the champion Boston Celtics in last year’s Eastern Conference Finals. Although the Pacers were shorthanded against the Celtics, including two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin ruled out mid-series, teams such as the league-leading Cleveland Cavs and the surging New York Knicks could stand in their way of securing homecourt advantage.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam drops honest Luka Doncic trade admission</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pacers-All-Star-Pascal-Siakam.jpg"><figcaption>Chuckís Global Stars forward Pascal Siakam (43) of the Indiana Pacers dribbles the ball against Kennyís Young Stars guard Cade Cunningham (2) of the Detroit Pistons during the 2025 NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center</figcaption></figure><p>While enjoying his All-Star Weekend, Pacers All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-luka-doncic-trade-admission" rel="noopener">Pascal Siakam </a><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-luka-doncic-trade-admission" rel="noopener">commented on avoiding a fine</a> or, worse, a potential trade by mentioning Lakers superstar Luka Doncic. When a reporter asked Siakam if he could change one thing about the NBA, what would it be?</p><p>Siakam made a funny <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890858060060537208" rel="noopener">comment</a> while avoiding the topic altogether, per ClutchPoints’ Jerry Donatien.</p><p>“Bro, I don’t like getting into… I’m just here so I don’t get fined… I’m cool with everything,” Siakam joked. “They traded Luka [Doncic] last time, I’m trying to chill.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Reporter: "If you could change 1 NBA rule, what would it be and why?"</p><p>Pascal Siakam: "Bro, I don't like getting into… I'm just here so I don't get fined… I'm cool with everything. They traded Luka [Doncic] last time, I’m trying to chill." 😭</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDonatien?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JerryDonatien</a>) <a href="https://t.co/4DosA8g1xm">pic.twitter.com/4DosA8g1xm</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890858060060537208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Still, for Siakam, being back in the Warriors’ old Oracle Arena did bring back fond memories of winning a championship with the Raptors. Now, it’s his mission with the Pacers as locking down homecourt advantage by the end of the regular season remains the team’s short-term goal.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pascal Siakam states Pacers’ ‘goal’ after All-Star break

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Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam wanted no part in being asked what the NBA should change. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-trade-grade-luka-doncic-deal">Luka Doncic was suddenly traded</a>, he felt that <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890858060060537208" rel="noopener">he might be next</a>.</p><p>“Bro, I don’t like getting into… I’m just here so I don’t get fined… I’m cool with everything,” Siakam joked. “They traded Luka [Doncic] last time, I’m trying to chill.”</p><p>After that trade, it made it clear to other NBA players that no one was safe. Trading a franchise player mid-season is unheard of. Doncic was a staple with the Dallas Mavericks. After all, he helped the franchise get to the 2024 NBA Finals. Although they lost to the Dallas Mavericks, it was a telling sign of things to come.</p><p>However, the Indiana star endured some of the same work. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pascal-siakam-trade-grades-pacers-raptors-pelicans">Pacers traded for Siakam</a> last season, and it paid off for them. They had one of the top offenses, as well as making it to the Eastern Conference Finals. It was a great showing for Indiana. It also gave point guard Tyrese Haliburton a big who can create his offense.</p><h2><b>Pacers’ Pascal Siakam wants nothing like the Luka Doncic trade</b></h2><p>Once again, the trade truly shook up the NBA. Plenty of players were shocked, and some thought that they were next on the chopping block. Funny enough, Kevin Durant was almost in that position. The Phoenix Suns put his name in trade rumors and didn’t tell him.</p><p>It created some friction, but again, another instance of a team not informing their star player of a move. However, Siakam might not need to worry about a potential trade. The Pacers made the big move to trade for him in the middle of the 2024 season. He only played with them for half of a season and had some success.</p><p>Now with a full season under their belt, the Pacers are thriving. They are 30-23 and are fourth in the Eastern Conference. They also have a <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2025.html" rel="noopener">Top 10 offense in points per game</a> in the league. The high-octane offense under head coach Rick Carlisle will continually feature Siakam.</p><p>Either way, his words remain true. No one is truly safe, regardless of a great relationship with a front office.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Pascal Siakam drops completely honest Luka Doncic trade admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-why-pascal-siakam-excited-san-francisco-all-star-weekend');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Pacers’ Pascal Siakam is excited to be in San Francisco for All-Star Weekend');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Why-Pascal-Siakam-is-excited-to-be-in-San-Francisco-for-All-Star-Weekend.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Pacers’ Pascal Siakam is excited to be in San Francisco for All-Star Weekend</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-15T12:27:20-08:00">February 15th, 12:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-15T12:28:34-08:00">February 15th, 12:28pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the third time in his nine-year career, Indiana Pacers forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-all-star-game-2025-reserves-victor-wembanyama">Pascal Siakam was recognized as an NBA All-Star</a> in 2025. With San Francisco hosting the 2025 All-Star weekend, Siakam admitted the Oakland Arena brought back good “memories” of his 2019 championship with the Toronto Raptors.</p><p>As the former home of the Golden State Warriors, the arena hosted Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, when the Raptors clinched the title with a 114-110 win. Siakam instantly <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890846367456612540" rel="noopener">lighted up at the thought</a> of his lone championship when he was reminded of the fact by a reporter.</p><p>“You know the championship, you know the vibes, man,” Siakam said. “[The Oakland Arena] brings back memories, for sure… It makes me happier.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pascal Siakam relishes the chance to be in the building where he won his first championship 🏆</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBAAllStar</a>)<a href="https://t.co/kdRQCpWcIr">pic.twitter.com/kdRQCpWcIr</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890846367456612540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 2019 NBA Finals was the final playoff series the Warriors played at the arena, then known as Oracle Arena, before moving back to San Francisco for the following season. While most of the weekend festivities are held at the Chase Center, the Warriors’ current arena, the Oakland Arena was used to host NBA All-Star media day on Saturday.</p><p>As Raptors fans may recall, Siakam was an integral part of their championship-winning team. The 2019 Finals MVP award ultimately went to Kawhi Leonard, but Siakam averaged 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the series to help stun the Warriors.</p><p>However, despite his role in bringing the franchise its first NBA championship, the Raptors traded Siakam five years later. He was dealt at the 2024 trade deadline for Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora and three first-round picks.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam’s All-Star season with Pacers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pascal-Siakam-drives-to-the-basket-during-the-Clippers-Pacers-game-inside-Intuit-Dome.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Since joining the Pacers, Siakam’s career has not skipped a beat with his new franchise. The Cameroonian was a big part of Indiana’s 2024 Eastern Conference Finals run and has elevated his game in his first full season with the team. Through 53 games in 2024-2025, Siakam is averaging 20.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game to earn his way back into the NBA All-Star game.</p><p>Siakam will be the only Pacer at the 2025 All-Star game, much to the surprise of some. For the first time since 2022, Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton was not selected for the game. Haliburton’s production dropped dramatically in 2024-2025, averaging just 17.8 points and 8.5 assists per game. While impressive numbers for most players, they are not on par with the standard he set for himself over the previous two years.</p><p>At the 2025 NBA All-Star break, the Pacers sit in fourth in the Eastern Conference. Their 30-23 record puts them on track for a similar finish as the year before, when they went 47-35 to earn the No. 6 seed in the East.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Pacers’ Pascal Siakam is excited to be in San Francisco for All-Star Weekend

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pascal-siakam-net-worth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Pascal_Siakam_s_net_worth_in_2024.webp"></figure><h1>Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-14T11:00:45-08:00">February 14th, 11:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-14T11:02:48-08:00">February 14th, 11:02am</time><address><a>Bailey Bassett</a>Bailey Bassett is a sports writer from Denver, Colorado, covering major sports events and athlete backgrounds at ClutchPoints. He has experience covering and writing on high school, collegiate, and professional sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025 is $30 million. Siakam just signed a big contract with the Indiana Pacers. The power forward is a three-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA team member, a Most Improved Player of the Year winner and an NBA champion. Here’s a look at Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025.</p><h2><b>What is Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025?: $30 million (estimate)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Pascal-Siakam-traded-to-Indiana-in-blockbuster-deal.webp"></figure><p>Pascal Siakam is worth <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/nba/pascal-siakam-net-worth/" rel="noopener">about $30 million</a> in 2025. This is according to Celebrity Net Worth. Considering Siakam came from little and was born in Cameroon, the power forward has done quite well for himself.</p><p>Of course, the majority of Siakam’s wealth comes from his NBA contracts. Siakam was the 27th overall pick in 2016, and his rookie scale contract as a first-rounder paid him $6.41 million on a four-year deal.</p><p>Siakam didn’t do much in his first two seasons, but he burst onto the scene in year three. His emergence forced the Raptors to pick up the third- and fourth-year options on their youngster, and it also allowed Siakam to get a hefty pay raise in his next contract.</p><p>Siakam’s second deal was a four-year, $136.9 million deal that he signed in 2019. Then prior to the 2023-24 season, Siakam signed a four-year, $189.5 million contract with the Pacers.</p><p>In addition to his NBA money, Siakam has also done well when it comes to getting endorsements and sponsorship deals. Siakam <a href="https://www.osdbsports.com/nba/players/pascal-siakam/endorsements/3df1db1d-6596-489e-8e26-80f60fd9b1f4" rel="noopener">has deals with</a> Red Bull, Jif, and Nando’s Canada. The latter deal was unique as Siakam played on the only NBA team in Canada, and Nando’s is a Canadian restaurant.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam’s early life</b></h2><p>Growing up in Cameroon, Pascal Siakam initially had little interest in basketball. He was originally discovered by Luc Mbah a Moute, and he eventually started playing in the then NBA player’s camps. Siakam was raw, but his work ethic and God-given traits were always prevalent.</p><p>Eventually, he worked his way up the totem pole until he earned a spot with New Mexico State. Siakam quickly became one of the best players in the WAC, and he declared for the draft in 2016.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam is drafted by the Raptors</b></h2><p>The Raptors selected Siakam 27th overall in 2016. Siakam’s first NBA game was also his first start and the first NBA game he ever had seen in person. He started 38 games during his rookie season, but his statistics were not jaw-dropping.</p><p>Siakam even spent time in the G-League, and there, teams saw the potential he truly had. Siakam led the Raptors 905 G-League team to the Finals, and he was named G-League Finals MVP.</p><p>Year three saw a massive leap in Siakam’s development. He scored 16.9 points per game, up from 7.3. Additionally, he helped Toronto win the NBA Finals with the help of their new megastar, Kawhi Leonard. Siakam even won the Most Improved Player of the Year Award this season.</p><p>Leonard left for the Los Angeles Clippers after the championship, though, and it allowed Siakam to become a true No. 1 option. Siakam became an All-Star in 2020 and 2023, an All-NBA Second Team member in 2020, and an All-NBA Third Team member in 2022.</p><p>In 2022-23, Siakam averaged a career-high 24.2 points per game. He averaged 21.7 points per game in 2023-24.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam is traded to the Pacers</b></h2><p>Siakam was  a career-long member of the Toronto Raptors until Jan. 17, when the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-pelicans-three-team-trade" rel="noopener">traded him to the Indiana Pacers</a>. Having already moved O.G. Anunoby, Toronto seemed destined for a rebuild, and this trade confirmed that. Siakam netted the Raptors Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, Kira Lewis, and three first-round picks.</p><p>Siakam helped the Pacers knock off the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks in the playoffs before they were swept by the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics. Following the season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-verge-lucrative-long-term-extension">Pacers signed Siakam</a> to a four-year, $189.5 million contract.</p><p>In the 2024-25 season, Siakam is averaging 20.7 points per game was named to his third All-Star team after he was voted in as a starter.</p><p>Still, were you surprised by Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pascal Siakam’s net worth in 2025

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-tyrese-haliburton-pascal-siakam-gets-real-on-playing-at-intuit-dome');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam gets real on playing at Clippers’ Intuit Dome');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pascal-Siakam-Tyrese-Haliburton-Los-Angeles-Clippers-Indiana-Pacers-Intuit-Dome.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam gets real on playing at Clippers’ Intuit Dome</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-07T16:13:56-08:00">February 7th, 4:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-07T16:19:07-08:00">February 7th, 4:19pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>INGLEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles Clippers dropped their third game in a row on Thursday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-la-makes-surprising-bogdan-bogdanovic-terance-mann-trade-with-hawks">NBA trade deadline</a>, this time against Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, and the Indiana Pacers. But the opposing team once again came away impressed with the Intuit Dome.</p><p>Still in its first few months of existence, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-lonzo-ball-awesome-verdict-clippers-home">Clippers’ new arena</a> has taken everyone from fans and media to players and team personnel by surprise. Thursday night was no different with the Pacers in town.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam gets real on Intuit Dome</b></h2><p>Pascal Siakam scored a game-high 33 points with 11 rebounds on 13-of-19 shooting from the field in the Pacers’ 119-112 win over the Clippers.</p><p>After the game, Siakam was asked about what it was like playing in the new Intuit Dome given his big night.</p><p>“Yeah, it was different,” Pascal Siakam told ClutchPoints. “First time was fun though. The atmosphere was different. Like, seeing the Wall or whatever they call that, the screens. It’s a whole thing. It’s impressive. Even going down to the locker room here, like everything is just great. It was a great atmosphere and obviously we got the win, so we’ll take that.”</p><p>Tyrese Haliburton bounced back from a scoreless game in Portland, finishing with 14 points, three rebounds, eight assists, and four steals. He seemed to have the most fun on the night, routinely coming up with pick sixes and laughing after throwing down dunks or drilling deep three-pointers.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pascal-Siakam-drives-to-the-basket-during-the-Clippers-Pacers-game-inside-Intuit-Dome.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Haliburton was a big fan of the Clippers’ new Intuit Dome, likening it to the college atmosphere that Steve Ballmer wanted to replicate.</p><p>“Fire,” <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1887767996107792538">Tyrese Haliburton added</a>. “It was fire. Mr. Ballmer’s done a great job of putting together a state of the art arena. I think the visuals are super cool, looking at it, the player intros, all the stuff. No question its the best arena in the NBA. It’s really fun to play here. Unfortunate part is we only get to play here once a year, but the environment is really cool. I love the college feel, the Wall. It gives me a really good college feel. And I’m sure when these guys get in the playoffs, it’s going to really be rocking in here. So it’s really cool.”</p><p>While the arena is new and full of futuristic feeling technology, there are rare times where things don’t work according to plan.</p><p>On Thursday night, portions of the Halo board were malfunctioning, displaying an empty blue space where both teams comparable team stats usually sit. Haliburton noticed an odd blank space, and thought it could’ve been filled with team stats for the Clippers and Pacers. It just so happened that the Halo board, like any form of technology can a any moment, was dealing with some technical difficulties.</p><p>“I was a little confused though, there’s all that space up there, and I felt like they could’ve been more stats shown, like team stats.”</p><p>“There usually are team stats there, I think it was just malfunctioning a bit,” ClutchPoints responded.</p><p>“Yeah, like I didn’t get to see, I wanted to know what we were shooting from the three-point line, from the free throw line. At one point, I was looking up there and it was just individual stats and then replay of the game. I’m sure it was just off a little bit. Yeah, but there’s a lot of real estate up there to really put whatever.</p><p>“They did a cool job. I think the whole thing of being able to go to the concessions stand with the Face ID is really cool. It’s the future, and yeah I want to be able to come here for something that’s not basketball and be able to sit in the stands and enjoy something. But really cool to be a part of and I look forward to playing here the rest of my career.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Haliburton on his first game in the Intuit Dome:</p><p>“Fire. Fire. Mr. Ballmer's done a great job of putting together a state of the art arena. The visuals are super cool. No question its the best arena in the NBA… I love the college feel of The Wall. When these guys get in… <a href="https://t.co/JxLOUUdneD">pic.twitter.com/JxLOUUdneD</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1887767996107792538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Haliburton and the Pacers continue their road trip in Los Angeles when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday afternoon. Newly acquired Luka Doncic is not expected to play in that game as he is still recovering from a strained left calf.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam gets real on playing at Clippers’ Intuit Dome

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-subtly-calls-out-team-over-lack-of-support');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Pascal Siakam subtly calls out team over lack of support');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pascal-Siakam-subtly-calls-out-team-over-lack-of-support.png"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Pascal Siakam subtly calls out team over lack of support</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-26T22:09:02-08:00">December 26th, 10:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-26T22:09:02-08:00">December 26th, 10:09pm</time><address><a>Dylan Fine</a>Dylan Fine focuses on the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints, in addition to working on the meme team. Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers star forward Pascal Siakam called out the rest of the team after the tight loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/where-pacers-rank-surprising-teams-nba-conference-finals">surprisingly making the Conference Finals last year, the Pacers</a> have struggled with inconsistent form this season. At 15-16, head coach Rick Carlisle’s team has had a disappointing start for a team that retained its elite, young core from 2023. These struggles have been highlighted by a concerning first 31 games from star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who is looking to regain his All-NBA form.</p><p>Siakam, however, went off on a problem that has plagued the Pacers over the past two years, rebounding. The battle on the boards has been Indiana’s biggest weakness this season again. The team currently ranks 27th in the league in rebounding rate. Siakam <a href="https://x.com/TylerSmith_ISL/status/1872475722360696925" rel="noopener">got honest about the issue</a> in a postgame interview with Pacers reporter Tyler Smith.</p><p>“Myles (Turner) is rebounding his butt off. I’m trying to go in and help him. It’s got to be a five-man job. We know how much better of a team we are when we do that.”</p><h2><b>The Indiana Pacers are trying to keep up with the top teams in the East</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pacers-Myles-Turner.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While the Pacers have gotten off to a poor start, they have been trending in the right direction recently. The team has won five out of its last six games, including three impressive road wins against the Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, and Golden State Warriors. However, the team is only in eighth place in the East because many of the conference’s contenders heading into the season are creeping up the standings again.</p><p>After a dreadful start, the Milwaukee <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-fans-go-wild-milwaukee-nba-cup-dominance-vs-thunder">Bucks recently won the In-Season Tournament</a>. The Cavs, Celtics, Knicks, and Magic are the top four seeds and are in very solid form. Even the Philadelphia 76ers just picked up a big Christmas Day win over Boston and are in Play-In territory. The East is increasingly getting more crowded, and many teams will leave the postseason disappointed due to their high expectations.</p><p>Indiana could be one of those teams if it does not improve on the glass. While the Pacers’ opponent on Thursday, the Oklahoma City Thunder, has the worst rebounding rate in the league, the Thunder also rank first in defensive efficiency. The Pacers do not. They are currently 22nd in that metric. The combination of not getting stops nor rebounding is a deadly combination for a team with championship aspirations.</p><p>Indiana is currently less than two games out of the seed it thrived in last year, No. 6. It’s not so much about seeding. It’s more about cleaning up the habits that doomed this team last year and have continued to plague it this year. The Pacers have a ton of elite athletes on their roster who could be elite rebounders. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-tyrese-haliburton-4-point-night-thunder">overlying issue of Tyrese Haliburton’s inconsistencies</a> is eye-opening, the underlying problem that Pascal Siakam is referring to will give this team a ceiling that it doesn’t want to have heading into April.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Pascal Siakam subtly calls out team over lack of support

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-epic-game-winner-has-indiana-sparks-fan-reactions');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pascal Siakam’s epic game-winner sparks joyful Pacers fan reactions');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pascal-Siakams-epic-game-winner-has-Indiana-sparks-fan-reactions.jpg"></figure><h1>Pascal Siakam’s epic game-winner sparks joyful Pacers fan reactions</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-30T21:04:30-07:00">October 30th, 9:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-30T21:04:30-07:00">October 30th, 9:04pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Wednesday night, an Eastern Conference Finals rematch between the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics took place. But for most of the night, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-says-indiana-in-right-direction-after-getting-torched-by-paolo-banchero">Pacers dominated the proceedings</a> and made it not much of a contest as the Celtics struggled to shoot the ball. However, the Celtics are the defending champion for a reason, and they stormed back from a deficit that grew to as large as 24 points to force overtime. But even though momentum wasn’t exactly on their side, the Pacers still came away with a 135-132 victory, thanks in large part to the heroics of Pascal Siakam.</p><p>With the game tied at 132 apiece, the Pacers went to the two-man game between Siakam and Tyrese Haliburton. This got the Celtics to switch Derrick White onto Siakam; while White is an incredible defender, Siakam has the height advantage over him, and he promptly utilized this by shooting over the top of White from beyond the arc, <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1851803800756965793" rel="noopener">nailing a difficult three</a> to give the Pacers a game-winning advantage.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PASCAL SIAKAM FROM RANGE FOR THE LEAD 🤯<a href="https://t.co/94FWHDGFLO">pic.twitter.com/94FWHDGFLO</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1851803800756965793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-worst-gaffes-in-game-1-collapse-vs-celtics-ranked">Pacers’ near-choke job</a> on the night was reminiscent of the way they let a few games get away from them during their tussle against the Celtics in last season’s Conference Finals. But Siakam made sure that they will not repeat the same mistakes, and fans are recognizing the growth of this Pacers squad.</p><p>“The fact that we blew a 21 point lead, and didn’t go off the rails entirely is a ton of improvement, we didn’t choke &amp; Siakam was absolutely incredible tonight! This is the Pacers team that we saw last season! We finally beat Boston, that’s such a great feeling for the boys,” X user @michael21201_ <a href="https://x.com/michael21201_/status/1851806258552029414" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.</p><p>“Thought pacers were gonna choke that but siakam came clutch thankfully 😭😭,” @Shahzeb____ <a href="https://x.com/Shahzeb____/status/1851805720292819402" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p><p>“we almost choked hard asf but siakam the greatest player ever so he saved us,” @ccrsonw <a href="https://x.com/ccrsonw/status/1851826585361371554" rel="noopener">furthered</a>.</p><p>A 1-4 start to the season would not be disastrous in the grand scheme of things, but the Pacers would much rather not start the first five games of the season already three games below .500. And thanks to Siakam, they can at least breathe more easily — especially with a run of three more games against winning teams coming up.</p><h2><b>Pacers manage escape act after running out of gas late in the fourth</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-forward-Pascal-Siakam-43-shoots-a-three-pointer-late.jpg"></figure><p>With 4:47 left in the third quarter, the Pacers took a 24-point lead, 92-68, thanks to a Tyrese Haliburton bucket. But the Celtics did not plan to just give up without a fight. They outscored the Pacers, 18-8, to end the third, and entered the fourth facing a more manageable deficit of 14.</p><p>But at the 2:41 mark of the fourth, the Pacers were still up by 12, 122-110; alas, they had four turnovers on four consecutive possessions that allowed the Celtics to claw their way back into the game, and they did not help matters at all by sending them to the free-throw line. Courtesy of a Jayson Tatum three-pointer, the Celtics tied the game and eventually sent it to overtime.</p><p>In the end, all is well that ends well for the Pacers, and Pascal Siakam is the man to thank.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pascal Siakam’s epic game-winner sparks joyful Pacers fan reactions

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-milestone-win-pistons');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Pascal Siakam hits incredible milestone in win vs. Pistons');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-news-Pascal-Siakam-hits-incredible-milestone-in-win-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Pascal Siakam hits incredible milestone in win vs. Pistons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-23T21:33:06-07:00">October 23rd, 9:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-23T21:33:06-07:00">October 23rd, 9:33pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers got their season off on the right foot on Wednesday night, coming from behind in the fourth quarter to knock off the Detroit Pistons on the road 115-109. While it was sloppy at times, it was a solid performance by the Pacers, who are looking to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-admission-indiana-fans-hyped">build off of their surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals</a> last season.</p><p>If the Pacers are going to reach those heights again this season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-gets-real-indianas-finals-hopes-after-ecf-run">one of the main keys will be forward Pascal Siakam</a>. Siakam took a little time to blend in with the team last season after he was traded from the Toronto Raptors to Indiana midseason, but he started to find his groove towards the end of the year. Now, with a full offseason under his belt, Siakam should be back to his usual self in his first full season in Indiana.</p><p>In the season opener, Siakam’s full skillset was on display as he nearly posted a triple-double with 19 points, eight rebounds and nine assists. During the game, Siakam <a href="https://x.com/Pacers/status/1849256152632058198" rel="noopener">eclipsed 2,000 career asisists</a>, according to the Pacers’ official account on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>The Pacers will be leaning heavily on Siakam and star point guard Tyrese Haliburton for a lot of their offensive production this season after he took a huge leap into superstardom in 2023-24. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-blames-stephen-currys-advice-for-poor-shooting">Haliburton struggled with his shot</a> in the season opener — he missed his first eight three-pointers — but knocked down his ninth to put the game away late in the fourth quarter.</p><p>Siakam’s versatility complements Haliburton perfectly. The two can play together with Siakam as a screener int he two-man game, or the Pacers can dump the ball in to the former Raptors star and he can go to work in the high post. He is also an efficient shooter, which should help open up the floor for the rest of the Pacers. Haliburton and the rest of the Pacers thrive in transition, while Siakam gives them someone that can do damage in the half court.</p><p>A lot of things have to go right for the Pacers to reach the same heights that they did last season, but Siakam affecting the game in all facets like he did tonight will go a long way towards getting them there.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Pascal Siakam hits incredible milestone in win vs. Pistons

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-gets-real-indianas-finals-hopes-after-ecf-run');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers PF Pascal Siakam gets real on Indiana’s Finals hopes after ECF run');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/0Pascal-Siakam-gets-real-on-Indianas-Finals-hopes-after-ECF-run0.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers PF Pascal Siakam gets real on Indiana’s Finals hopes after ECF run</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-12T12:13:20-07:00">September 12th, 12:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-12T12:13:20-07:00">September 12th, 12:13pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Power forward Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers are currently in the midst of a big offseason as for the future direction of the franchise. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-length-of-team-usa-recruiting-efforts">Pacers haven’t made</a> any big moves so far, this summer is all about improvement for some of the team’s younger players, while even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-slip-up-after-signing-189-million-contract">veterans like Siakam</a> also look for ways to add to their games.</p><p>Of course, last year was <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1834281566819799296" rel="noopener">a major success</a> for the Pacers, as Indiana backdoored their way into the Eastern Conference Finals and ironically ended up giving the Boston Celtics their most competitive series of the postseason despite the fact that it ended up in a sweep.</p><p>Now, Siakam is hoping to help lead the Pacers even further heading into next season, as evidenced by his comments to some young hoopers recently (via Siakam on X, formerly Twitter).</p><p>“We can’t go into it thinking like, ‘Oh we did so well last year’… It doesn’t work like that… Whatever we did last year, we gotta do that sh*t triple to even get to where we were,” said Siakam.</p><h2><b>Can the Pacers do it again?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Siakam-vs-the-Celtics.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Siakam is likely correct in his assessment that in order to advance to the conference finals again, let alone get all the way to the NBA Finals, the Pacers will have to do a lot more than they did in the 2024 NBA postseason.</p><p>The Pacers deserve credit for taking advantage of the opportunities they were given during that run, but the reality of the situation is that they likely would have been sent home in the first round by the Milwaukee Bucks had Giannis Antetokounmpo been healthy, and if the New York Knicks in round two were even close to one hundred percent, that also almost assuredly would have ended in a Pacers loss.</p><p>However, you can only play the team that’s in front of you, and there is still plenty to be excited about in Indiana, most notably the progression of All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton had a bit of a strange 2023-24 campaign, as for the first half of the year he looked like one of the best point guards in the NBA before fizzling dramatically down the stretch and then somewhat rekindling his flame in the playoffs.</p><p>In order for the Pacers to once again contend in the Eastern Conference, both Haliburton and Siakam will have to bring their A Games in 2024-25, along with improvement from Indiana’s talented collection of young role players.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers PF Pascal Siakam gets real on Indiana’s Finals hopes after ECF run

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-slip-up-after-signing-189-million-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Pascal Siakam makes Raptors slip-up after signing $189 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Pascal-Siakam-makes-Raptors-slip-up-after-signing-189-million-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Pascal Siakam makes Raptors slip-up after signing $189 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-09T10:21:01-07:00">July 9th, 10:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-09T10:41:20-07:00">July 9th, 10:41am</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After making their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 10 years, the good vibes continue for the Indiana Pacers. Star forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-verge-lucrative-long-term-extension">Pascal Siakam re-signed</a> with the club on a king-sized deal, but not without making a funny slip-up in his press conference.</p><p>Siakam <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1810353363944378872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1810353363944378872%7Ctwgr%5Eabcd81eaae62d5552481c5039497004cca83cbd7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2024%2F07%2Fpascal-siakam-thanked-raptors-accident-pacers-deal-nba" rel="noopener">accidentally thanked his old club</a> instead of the Pacers on Monday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I wanna thank the Raptors… The Pacers organization for trusting me.”</p><p>Pascal Siakam accidentally thanked his former team after signing a multi-year contract extension with Indiana 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a>) <a href="https://t.co/YHaJ6LFsN5">pic.twitter.com/YHaJ6LFsN5</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1810353363944378872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I wanna thank the Raptors…uh, the Pacers organization just for trusting me,” the two-time All-Star said.</p><p>Siakam was drafted 27th overall by Toronto in 2016, and stayed with the club until getting traded to Indiana in January. The Raptors sent Siakam to the Pacers for Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, and three first-round picks.</p><p>Indiana has undoubtedly won the trade so far, as the Cameroon native averaged 21.3 points per game on 54.9% shooting with 7.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists across 41 regular-season contests with the team last year. He continued producing in the playoffs, leading to his new four-year, $189 million extension.</p><p>Siakam <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/pacers/news/the-indiana-pacers-gave-pascal-siakam-no-reasons-to-leave-and-now-he-has-a-new-home" rel="noopener">continued talking up the franchise</a>, via Sports Illustrated’s Tony East.</p><p>“I’m just super excited about the future of the team,” the 2019 NBA champion said. “I just can’t wait for us to continue to get to work.”</p><p>Will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/major-offseason-pacers-must-do-win-2025-nba-finals">Siakam and point guard</a> Tyrese Haliburton ever reach the promised land together?</p><h2><b>The Pacers are one or two more big moves away from championship contention</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Pacers-Pascal-Siakam.jpg"><figcaption>© Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>One point that Siakam emphasized was his offseason meeting with head coach Rick Carlisle and a group of team coaches and executives. The 30-year-old appreciated the time and effort they put towards making him feel desired.</p><p>“It was great,” Siakam said. “Just them taking the time and coming, just talking with me. And I think for me, it’s just getting to know each other. They get to know who I am as a player, as a competitor,” Siakam said of the meeting. “For me, the goals were there. I always want to be [on] a team that aspires to win… we just had everything aligned for us.”</p><p>On top of that, he loves Gainbridge Fieldhouse, as the blue and gold’s fanbase constantly packs it out and provides fierce energy.</p><p>“It’s incredible,” he said of the home environment. “Because of the energy, the passion.”</p><p>While Indiana’s current core of Siakam, Haliburton, and big man Myles Turner will certainly keep them in the playoffs year to year, it may be hard to continually make Conference Finals appearances. The Milwaukee Bucks will run it back with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, the New York Knicks added Mikal Bridges, and the Philadelphia 76ers added Paul George. Of course, the defending-champion Boston Celtics still lurk as well.</p><p>However, Siakam’s extension is a step in the right direction for the Pacers, and sets the foundation they need to possibly attract another star in the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Pascal Siakam makes Raptors slip-up after signing $189 million contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-verge-lucrative-long-term-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Pascal Siakam will sign $189.5 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pacers-news-Pascal-Siakam-on-verge-of-lucrative-long-term-extension.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Pascal Siakam will sign $189.5 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-19T06:39:33-07:00">June 19th, 6:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-19T06:40:47-07:00">June 19th, 6:40am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers star forward Pascal Siakam plans to sign a <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40385448/sources-pacers-pascal-siakam-sign-1895m-max-contract" rel="noopener">four-year, $189.5 million max contract</a> that will keep him alongside Tyrese Haliburton for the foreseeable future, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Pacers reporter Scott Agness <a href="https://x.com/ScottAgness/status/1803100111406305305" rel="noopener">first reported Tuesday</a> that Siakam and the Pacers were trending toward a new deal.</p><p>Unlike previous years, teams around the NBA are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-pascal-siakam-tyrese-maxey-free-agency-contract-extensions-imminent">allowed to begin negotiations</a> with their own players who are set to be free agents, as well as those that are rookie extension eligible or veteran extension eligible. Siakam, who recently completed his four-year, $136 million contract that began with the Toronto Raptors in 2020, is considered an unrestricted free agent this offseason.</p><p>However, the Pacers made their intentions to keep Siakam clear when they acquired him from the Raptors at the trade deadline. While Siakam won’t be getting a five-year max worth over $245 million, the 30-year-old will sign this four-year deal once the NBA’s free agency moratorium ends on July 6.</p><h2><b>Pascal Siakam’s impact with Pacers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Indiana-Pacers-celebrating.jpeg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Siakam returning to the Pacers is not surprising in the least. The two-time All-Star was the player Indiana wanted to add next to Haliburton at the trade deadline, and he was worth the investment.</p><p>In a total of 41 games with the Pacers, Siakam averaged 21.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the floor and 38.6 percent from three-point range. Siakam made his impact felt during the Pacers’ playoff run, leading the team in total points, rebounds, and field goals before they were swept by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>The Pacers are a much better team than many tend to give them credit for. Not only did they make the conference finals for the first time in a decade, but they also made it to the championship game of the very first NBA In-Season Tournament.</p><p>This team was built to contend, and they have plenty of talent to do so. With Siakam set to return, head coach Rick Carlisle will look to build off of a very successful season with his young team.</p><p>The feelings of reaching a new long-term contract were mutual between the Pacers and Siakam when their playoff run ended. During his closing remarks on the season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-sees-indiana-tenure-as-blessing-ahead-of-free-agency">Siakam made it clear</a> to point out that Indiana was where he wanted to be.</p><p>“All I can say is that… yeah, it’s been a blessing. I’m really appreciative of everything,” Siakam pointed out. “Coming from where I come from, it means a lot. The support that I’ve received here is something that I was kind of missing. Having all that and seeing how the city just breathes basketball and how much support they give to the team, just being here, the home games, it’s incredible.”</p><p>Now, the 30-year-old will be tasked with trying to lead his team back to the Eastern Conference Finals, and beyond, during the 2024-25 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Pascal Siakam will sign $189.5 million contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-pascal-siakam-tyrese-maxey-free-agency-contract-extensions-imminent');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Maxey contract extensions imminent before free agency');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NBA-rumors-Pascal-Siakam-Tyrese-Maxey-contract-extensions-imminent-before-free-agency.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Maxey contract extensions imminent before free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-17T10:58:05-07:00">June 17th, 10:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-17T11:00:14-07:00">June 17th, 11:00am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-vs-celtics-nba-finals-game-5-prediction-odds-pick">2024 NBA Finals continue</a> on Monday night with a critical Game 5, where the Dallas Mavericks will look to keep their season alive against the Boston Celtics. The other 28 teams in the league are paying attention to this championship series, but not for the reason that many would think. Nobody around the league really cares who wins the championship, other than maybe the Los Angeles Lakers, given their rivalry with the Celtics. However, everyone cares when this series ends because it directly impacts NBA free agency and when players such as Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Maxey, Klay Thompson, and others will be able to negotiate new deals with their teams.</p><p>In previous seasons, teams were prohibited from negotiating new deals with free agents, regardless of whether they were their players, until the end of the NBA calendar year on June 30. However, for the first time, teams will be able to start negotiating new deals with their own free agents as soon as the NBA Finals conclude, which could be on Monday night. This means several of the league’s top pending free agents may already have contract proposals from their current teams before the free agency window even opens.</p><p>As far as how this rule change impacts NBA free agency as a whole, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst discussed what this means and why the potential conclusion of the NBA Finals on Monday night will directly result in <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1802731729834164653">deals being announced</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>“As soon as the Finals end; This is a new rule this year: As soon as the Finals is over, teams can negotiate with their own free agents. So if the [NBA] Finals ends tonight, we will start seeing contracts I believe as early as tomorrow,” Windhorst stated on Monday while appearing on ESPN radio. “Pascal Siakam — Here comes your max baby! Tyrese Maxey — Bam, tomorrow! None of this, ‘We negotiate on July 1.'”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"This is a new rule this year: As soon as the Finals is over, teams can negotiate with their own free agents. So if the [NBA] Finals ends tonight, we will start seeing contracts I believe as early as tomorrow."</p><p>– Brian Windhorst 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/UnSportsESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnSportsESPN</a>)<a href="https://t.co/bJdkIVmmrY">pic.twitter.com/bJdkIVmmrY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1802731729834164653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>So, if the NBA Finals do end on Monday night and the Celtics become champions for the 18th time in team history, all of the attention could suddenly shift from them hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy into the air to Maxey, Siakam, and other huge names around the league signing lucrative contract offers.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey, Pascal Siakam to avoid NBA free agency</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pacers-Pascal-Siakam-1.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>It seems like a given that new contracts will be negotiated and agreed upon around the league even before free agency begins. Not only will this provide more clarity and certainty as to what teams will be able to do once the actual free agency window opens, but it will also provide an opportunity for teams to lock in their current talents.</p><p>That is why Pascal Siakam and Tyrese Maxey won’t be going anywhere and why they won’t even have the opportunity to speak with other teams in free agency. Once the NBA Finals end, as Windhorst alluded to, Siakam and Maxey will be among the first to see new deals coming their way.</p><p>When the Pacers traded for Siakam, they did so with the mindset of keeping him long term. That is why he is going to likely get a max-level contract of around <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-looming-max-contract-highlights-offseason-agenda">$240 million over a five-year span</a>. In Maxey’s case, he will be getting a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-to-re-sign-tyrese-maxey-to-205-million-contract">five-year extension</a> off of his rookie contract worth upwards of $205 million.</p><p>Because the negotiation window begins for teams and their current free agents once the NBA Finals ends, the league could also be prepared to cross other stars off as being “available” on the open market.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-klay-thompsons-eye-opening-social-media-move-ahead-of-free-agency">Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors</a> could negotiate a new deal before other teams get a chance to speak with the future Hall of Famer. Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers could finally come to terms on a new contract after being <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-clippers-determined-to-keep-paul-george-james-harden">unable to find common ground</a>. DeMar DeRozan could re-sign with the Chicago Bulls, OG Anunoby and Isaiah Hartenstein with the New York Knicks, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>By the time the actual free agency window opens on June 30 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, many of the top names could already have verbal agreements with their current teams. However, it is important to note that even though these deals can be negotiated between players and their current teams once the NBA Finals conclude, all of these contracts and agreements can’t be finalized until after July 6.</p><p>Players who aren’t going to be free agents this offseason but become eligible to sign a contract extension will also be able to come to terms on a new contract with their current teams. This means Donovan Mitchell could agree to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/donovan-mitchell-appears-committed-continuing-future-cavs">new long-term deal</a> to remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><p>The normal drama of NBA free agency may no longer exist, as teams may have close to two weeks to negotiate new contracts with their current players before the actual free agency period begins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2024-25 SEASON STATS
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