With a few hours to go before the 2024 trade deadline, NBA trades are also happening frequently, with the Thunder, Knicks and other teams getting reinforcements, while a trade from the Pacers has dimmed the team's prospects for the season, while the 76ers have a big profit with the sharpshooter.
According to a report from Shams of The Athletic, the Pacers sent Hield to the 76ers Marcus Morris, Korkmaz, and three second-round picks.
The Pacers have always wanted to send Hield away, in large part because Mathurin is the target of their development and has performed well. Hield is a very good scorer and three-pointer, but his presence will affect Mathurin's growth, and his contract expires at the end of this season, and it is likely that the two sides have not negotiated a contract, so the team wants him to become a free agent and get nothing, so they send him away for draft picks.
Hield is not part of the Pacers in the long run, but for this season, without Hield, the team will definitely suffer a certain amount of impact on the offensive side, and unless Mathurin's offensive improvement can make up for the departure of Hield, it will also have an impact on their next record. The 76ers are now fifth in the East and the Pacers are sixth in the East, and the Pacers would have been overtaken by the Pacers soon due to Embiid's injury, but the Pacers gave their direct rival a big gift.
Morris and Korkmaz, who the Pacers got by sending away Hield, are too inferior, with Morris averaging 6.7 points and 29 rebounds per game this season, but fortunately, his four-year, $64 million contract is about to expire in 2024. Korkmaz, who is averaging 2.5 points per game this season, has become a thoroughly marginal player.
This deal is a big deal for the 76ers, even if Hield does not renew the team in the offseason, it will only be a loss of three second-round picks, but the addition of Hield, his outside shooting ability can take the team's offense up a notch. Although Embiid was reimbursed this season, Hield's addition left the team with a glimmer of possibility to stabilize the top six.
Hield is averaging 12 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game for the Pacers this season, shooting 44.3 percent from the field, 38.4 percent from three-point range, and 2.6 three-pointers per game.
In the offseason, if the 76ers can re-sign Hield at the right price, then the combination of Maxey + Hield + Embiid will have a chance to go further in the playoffs.
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