On February 9, Beijing time, the Indiana Pacers completed a wave of trades with the Sacramento Kings. The Pacers sent Sabonis Jr., Lamb, Holliday Jr., and the 2027 second-round pick to the Kings, with Buddy Hield, Halliburton, Tristan Thompson, and the deal was a 4-for-3 deal, a strategic deal of great strategic significance.
The deal created a $6 million deal exception for the Pacers and lowered the Pacers' total salary to $615,000 below the luxury tax line, with The deal crucially getting Halliburton.
Halliburton has recently become a Kings starting point guard, with 17.3 points, 9.4 assists and 2.6 turnovers in his last 24 games, shooting 47% from the field, 43% from three-point range and 41.1% from three-point range this season.
After the deal, Halliburton will form a new backcourt double with Brogdon, Buddy Hield will also be a substitute, and the Pacers will most likely continue to seek Hield's deal, Hield still has a two-year contract, only 8 million in 2024, it is not difficult to send him away.
After the trade closes, Halliburton said: "I'll be here to help change the culture and history of this team, just like at the Kings, and I think that's enough."
There is also a key point, the Pacers to send away The Little Sam is equivalent to the core center seat of Myers Turner, they will not play the double tower lineup, Turner as a top 3D center is the most suitable center for the small ball era, so the Pacers' deal is three birds with one stone: tax avoidance, new backcourt, and Fuzheng Turner.
Counting the previous rubio and Le Vere trade is a four-stone, the Cavaliers sent Ricky Rubio, the 2022 lottery protection of the first round pick, the 2022 second round pick (from the Rockets) and the 2027 second round pick (from the Jazz) to Get LeVille, the second round of the 2022 Heat, in the Halliburton trade China King sent a second round, equivalent to the Pacers also retained the Cavaliers 2022 Lottery protection draw, the Cavaliers this season has a good record, to get the lottery is very difficult, So this first round is most likely a Walker.
Text/Yan Xiaobai