2024–25 Indiana Pacers season explained

Team:	Indiana Pacers
End Year:	2025
Wins:	0
Losses:	0
Division:	Central
Coach:	Rick Carlisle
Gm:	Chad Buchanan
President:	Kevin Pritchard
Owner:	Herbert Simon
Arena:	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Bbr Team:	IND
Television:	Bally Sports Indiana
Radio:	1070 The Fan

The 2024–25 Indiana Pacers season will be the 58th season of the franchise and the 48th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rick Carlisle returned for his 8th season as head coach as the Pacers will look to continue building up on last season's success, which saw them reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since their 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.

Draft

See main article: 2024 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
2	36	Juan Núñez	PG	Spain
2	49	Tristen Newton	PG	United States	UConn
2	50	Enrique Freeman	PF	United States	Akron

The Pacers entered the draft (which will last for two straight days instead of one whole day like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to just two rounds back in 1989) with three second-round picks, acquired in deals surrounding Victor Oladipo, Buddy Hield, and Pascal Siakam.^[1] ^[2] On draft day, the Pacers traded Juan Núñez, the 36th pick and cash considerations to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for the 35th pick, Johnny Furphy.

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#"| 1| October 8| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena
| |- style="background:#"| 2| October 10| @ Cleveland| |||| Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
| |- style="background:#"| 3| October 14| Memphis| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
| |- style="background:#"| 4| October 17|Charlotte| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
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Regular season

|- style="background:#"| 1| October 23| @ Detroit| |||| Little Caesars Arena
||- style="background:#"| 2| October 25| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden
||- style="background:#"| 3| October 27| Philadelphia| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 4| October 28| @ Orlando| |||| Kia Center
||- style="background:#"| 5| October 30| Boston| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 6| November 1| @ New Orleans| |||| Smoothie King Center
||- style="background:#"| 7| November 4| @ Dallas| |||| American Airlines Center
||- style="background:#"| 8| November 6| Orlando| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 9| November 8| @ Charlotte| |||| Spectrum Center
||- style="background:#"| 10| November 10| New York| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 11| November 13| @ Orlando| |||| Kia Center
||- style="background:#"| 12| November 15| Miami| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 13| November 17| Miami| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 14| November 18| @ Toronto| |||| Scotiabank Arena
||- style="background:#"| 15| November 20| @ Houston| |||| Toyota Center
||- style="background:#"| 16| November 22| @ Milwaukee| |||| Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 17| November 24| Washington| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 18| November 25| New Orleans| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 19| November 27| Portland| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 20| November 29| Detroit| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 21| December 1| @ Memphis| |||| FedExForum
||- style="background:#"| 22| December 3| @ Toronto| |||| Scotiabank Arena
||- style="background:#"| 23| December 4| @ Brooklyn| |||| Barclays Center
||- style="background:#"| 24| December 6| @ Chicago| |||| United Center
||- style="background:#"| 25| December 8| Charlotte| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 28| December 19| @ Phoenix| |||| Footprint Center
||- style="background:#"| 29| December 22| @ Sacramento| |||| Golden 1 Center
||- style="background:#"| 30| December 23| @ Golden State| |||| Chase Center
||- style="background:#"| 31| December 26| Oklahoma City| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 32| December 27| @ Boston| |||| TD Garden
||- style="background:#"| 33| December 29| @ Boston| |||| TD Garden
||- style="background:#"| 34| December 31| Milwaukee| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 35| January 2| @ Miami| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 36| January 4| Phoenix| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 37| January 6| @ Brooklyn| |||| Barclays Center
||- style="background:#"| 38| January 8| Chicago| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 39| January 10| Golden State| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 40| January 12| @ Cleveland| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
||- style="background:#"| 41| January 14| Cleveland| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 42| January 16| @ Detroit| |||| Little Caesars Arena
||- style="background:#"| 43| January 18| Philadelphia| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 44| January 23| @ San Antonio| |||| Accor Arena
| |- style="background:#"| 45| January 25| @ San Antonio| |||| Accor Arena
| |- style="background:#"| 46| January 29| Detroit| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 47| February 1| Atlanta| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 48| February 3| @ Utah| |||| Delta Center
||- style="background:#"| 49| February 4| @ Portland| |||| Moda Center
||- style="background:#"| 50| February 6| @ L. A. Clippers| |||| Intuit Dome
||- style="background:#"| 51| February 8| @ L. A. Lakers| |||| Crypto.com Arena
||- style="background:#"| 52| February 11| New York| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 53| February 12| @ Washington| |||| Capital One Arena
||- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game|- style="background:#"| 54| February 20| Memphis| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 55| February 23| L. A. Clippers| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 56| February 24| Denver| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 57| February 26| Toronto| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 58| February 28| @ Miami| |||| Kaseya Center
||- style="background:#"| 59| March 2| Chicago| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 60| March 4| Houston| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 61| March 6| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena
||- style="background:#"| 62| March 8| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena
||- style="background:#"| 63| March 10| @ Chicago| |||| United Center
||- style="background:#"| 64| March 11| Milwaukee| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 65| March 14| @ Philadelphia| |||| Wells Fargo Center
||- style="background:#"| 66| March 15| @ Milwaukee| |||| Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 67| March 17| @ Minnesota| |||| Target Center
||- style="background:#"| 68| March 19| Dallas| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 69| March 20| Brooklyn| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 70| March 22| Brooklyn| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 71| March 24| Minnesota| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 72| March 26| L. A. Lakers| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 73| March 27| @ Washington| |||| Capital One Arena
||- style="background:#"| 74| March 29| @ Oklahoma City| |||| Paycom Center
||- style="background:#"| 75| March 31| Sacramento| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 76| April 2| Charlotte| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 77| April 4| Utah| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 78| April 6| @ Denver| |||| Ball Arena
||- style="background:#"| 79| April 8| Washington| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 80| April 10| Cleveland| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 81| April 11| Orlando| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 82| April 13| @ Cleveland| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
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NBA Cup

See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[3] ^[4]

East Group B

|- style="background:#"| 1| November 15| Miami| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 2| November 22| @ Milwaukee| |||| Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 3| November 29| Detroit| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 4| December 3| @ Toronto| |||| Scotiabank Arena
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Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.

Trades

July 6, 2024^[5]

To Indiana Pacers

Draft rights to Johnny Furphy (No. 35)

To San Antonio Spurs

Draft rights to Juan Núñez (No. 36)
Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Ref.
Obi Toppin	July 6, 2024	^[6]
Pascal Siakam	July 8, 2024
James Johnson	July 25, 2024
Andrew Nembhard	July 26, 2024

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team	Ref.
Josiah-Jordan James	June 28, 2024 (Exhibit 10)	Tennessee Volunteers	^[7]
James Wiseman	July 5, 2024	Detroit Pistons	^[8]
Keisei Tominaga	July 5, 2024 (Exhibit 10)	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Johnny Furphy	July 6, 2024	Kansas Jayhawks
Tristen Newton	July 27, 2024 (Two-way contract)	UConn Huskies
Quenton Jackson	July 27, 2024 (Two-way contract)	Indiana Mad Ants
Enrique Freeman	August 8, 2024 (Two-way contract)	Akron Zips
Cole Swider	August 8, 2024	Miami Heat

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Jalen Smith	Free agency	Chicago Bulls	^[9]
Doug McDermott	Free agency	-
Oscar Tshiebwe	Free agency	Utah Jazz
Isaiah Wong	Free agency	Phoenix Suns
Kyle Mangas	Free agency	Los Angeles Lakers

Notes and References

Web site: 2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58. NBA.com. May 14, 2024. May 30, 2024.
Web site: Quinn. Sam. 2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery. CBS Sports. May 13, 2024. June 5, 2024.
Web site: NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024. NBA.com. July 12, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results. NBA.com. July 13, 2024. July 12, 2024.
Web site: Pacers Acquire Johnny Furphy . NBA.com . July 6, 2024 . July 6, 2024.
Web site: Pacers Sign Forward Obi Toppin. NBA.com. July 6, 2024. July 6, 2024.
News: Rucker . Wes . Vols' Josiah-Jordan James signs with NBA team after draft . July 15, 2024 . 247 Sports . June 28, 2024.
Web site: Wheat. Hotchkiss. Indiana Pacers Sign Center James Wiseman. NBA.com. July 5, 2024. July 5, 2024.
Web site: Bulls sign Jalen Smith. NBA.com. July 8, 2024. July 8, 2024.