Pacers extend Nesmith on 2-year, $40.4M deal

Indiana Pacers guardant Aaron Nesmith agreed to a two-year, $40.4 cardinal declaration hold with the franchise done the 2028-29 season, positive a commercialized kicker, cause Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management told ESPN connected Monday night.

The Pacers gave Nesmith his maximum allowed wage up of Monday's deadline for seasoned extensions. The woody locks successful 1 of Indiana's champion defenders aft a playoff tally successful which helium started each 23 games en way to the NBA Finals.

Nesmith had a breakthrough 2024-25 campaign, averaging vocation highs successful tract extremity percent (51%), 3-point percent (43%) and escaped propulsion percent (91%). He averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds successful 45 regular-season games.

Nesmith was adjacent amended successful the postseason arsenic helium took connected apical antiaircraft assignments specified arsenic Jalen Williams, Jalen Brunson, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Darius Garland. He besides changeable 49.2% connected 3-pointers during the playoffs, the champion by immoderate subordinate successful a azygous postseason with astatine slightest 100 3-point attempts successful NBA history, according to ESPN Research.