BREAKING: Indiana Pacers Sign Kelly Oubre Jr.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Indiana Pacers have signed Kelly Oubre Jr.

The Pacers are giving Oubre Jr. nearly $17 million.

Oubre Jr. spent the previous three seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers. The swingman averaged 14.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game last season while shooting 46.7% from the field, 36.0% from beyond the arc and 76.6% from the free-throw line. 

A Kansas product, Oubre Jr. has played for the Washington Wizards, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets and 76ers. He enters next season with career averages of 13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in the regular season and 9.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game in the playoffs. 

The Pacers won only 19 games last season because Tyrese Haliburton missed the entire campaign recovering from the Achilles tendon tear he suffered in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Indiana will be a playoff team again next season with Haliburton back in the lineup alongside Pascal Siakam and Zubac.

"I expect them right at the top," John Haliburton, Tyrese's dad, told Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson. "I'm not going to lie to you. If you know basketball and you've been paying attention, you know that all of our rookies and second-year players got a chance to really go out there and grow through this run. They got a chance to experience the game at the highest level, slow it down, and understand exactly what it takes to win.

"Now, by the time Tyrese gets back on the floor, these young guys have already been through the fire. So you tell me—what is going to stop them from going to the top? New York won the championship this year, but they won it because Indiana wasn't fully standing in their way at the very end. Next year, with Tyrese back, Indiana will be standing right there."   

Tyrese signed a five-year, $244 million extension with the Pacers in July 2023. The talented floor general will make $48,924,624 next season, $52,298,736 in 2027-28 and $55,672,848 in 2028-29, the final year of his deal.

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