Pascal Siakam plans to sign a 4-year, $189.5M max contract to stay with the Pacers once the NBA's free agency moratorium ends on July 6, sources told ESPN.
Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard and general manager Chad Buchanan presented the max offer to Siakam and his agents Todd Ramasar and Jaafar Choufani of Life Sports Agency on Tuesday -- shortly after the NBA's new early contact rules allowed for teams to begin negotiating extensions and free agent deals with their own players after the NBA Finals.
The Pacers pursued Siakam in the final year of his Raptors contract, banking that his championship and All-NBA pedigree would make for a perfect running mate for All-NBA guardSiakam averaged 21.3 points on 55% shooting and 39% 3-point shooting in 41 regular-season games upon arriving in Indiana.
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