Pacers trade down in the draft to make room for a talented power forward.
To bring in players it will always cost. But Kuminga perfectly fits many of the needs of the current Indiana Pacers roster. So what could be done? Here is a proposed trade from the Pacers twitter community that seems to be gaining traction in popularity:
Of course, this would require the Pacers to add some salary filler back to the Warriors to make the numbers work correctly, but that is the basic framework for the proposed trade. And it appears that some Pacers fans are very much for this trade, excited for the potential Kuminga could bring:
100 percent yes. Go watch Kuminga highlights from this past year. He’s basically if you combined Walker and Hendricks into one human.
— David Matillo (@DavidMatillo) June 14, 2023
While others feels that it is a risk that is far too high to compromise the current rebuild of the team and trajectory:
I like Kuminga but this would be year 3 of his contract and if I’m the pacers I’m in no hurry to over pay a young guy who may or may not have high potential
— cantseeoverthehedge (@EthanHaut) June 14, 2023
At @8pts9secs we have our own thoughts on whether or not this would be a good trade idea for the Pacers and their future trajectory.