The Indiana Pacers and reserve guard T.J. McConnell have agreed to a four-year, $45 million contract extension that takes him via the 2028-29 season, Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman of Precedence Sports activities introduced on Friday.
McConnell, 32, had been underneath contract for $9.3 million for the 2024-25 season and now could be tied to the Pacers for 5 years and $54 million. He’s the thirteenth participant to signal a veteran extension because the 2023-24 common season ended.
McConnell turns into the thirteenth participant to signal a veteran extension (not tremendous max) because the common season ended.
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By 627 profession NBA regular-season video games (96 begins) throughout 9 seasons, McConnell has averaged 7.5 factors, 3.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.2 steals, and 21.5 minutes per contest.
Within the 2023-24 season, he averaged a career-high 10.2 factors per recreation whereas taking pictures 55.6% from the ground, 40.9% from 3-point vary, and 79% on the free throw line.
His participant effectivity ranking (20.9) and utilization proportion (23.7%) had been additionally profession bests. McConnell was seventh in voting for the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Yr Award.
Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell averaged playoff profession highs in factors, rebounds, assists, and minutes performed final season
Extra importantly, he performed an instrumental position in Indiana’s run to the Japanese Convention finals this previous season, averaging profession highs in factors (11.8), rebounds (3.1), assists (5.1), and minutes (20.5) throughout 17 video games off the bench.
McConnell joined Corridor of Famer Michael Cooper as the one gamers to common 10 factors and 5 assists off the bench in a single postseason (minimal of 10 video games), in keeping with ESPN Stats & Info.
In keeping with the Basketball-Reference database, he ranked second in whole assists off the bench (364) within the NBA final season, trailing solely the Sacramento Kings’ Malik Monk (370).
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In Indiana’s 117-105 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on March 3, 2024, he recorded a season-high 26 factors on 13-of-15 (86.7%) taking pictures from the sphere in 26 minutes as a reserve.
In fact, McConnell’s extension provides to Indiana’s record of returning position gamers, after the franchise had already secured its different standouts on long-term contracts, together with Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, and Obi Toppin.
McConnell accomplished his fifth season with the Pacers after coming into the NBA as an undrafted participant and enjoying his first 4 seasons (2015-19) with the Philadelphia 76ers.
