3 Potential free agent Pacers targets with ties to Pascal Siakam

3. Demar DeRozan

Demar DeRozan left Pascal Siakam and the Raptors right before the title win in 2019. In fact, he was part of the package that Toronto traded in order to bring in Kawahi Leonard. DeRozan has yet to win a title and has now played on three different teams. He's now a free agent.

The Bulls are likely going to finally start to rebuild. That means they won't be bringing DeRozan back. He's running out of time to win a title. He'll be 35 years old next season but he's still quite a weapon. DeRozan averaged 24 points per game last season and made the All-Star team in two of the past three years.

DeRozan did just make over $27 million last season. At 35, he can't expect to make that much money with his next contract. He likely has just two or three years left before he retires. He's made plenty of money in his career. Why wouldn't he want to take less money to win a championship?

Indiana could offer him the final contract of his career. They could give him a three-year $50 million deal to be the veteran wing that the Pacers need. He would fit perfectly alongside Aaron Nesmith and Tyrese Haliburton and would give them another midrange scorer.

DeRozan is pretty good defender and a good rebounder, something the Pacers struggle at. The only issue is that he doesn't shoot threes. He never really has. Indiana takes a ton of threes, so there might be a stylistic issue there. Still, his playmaking more than makes up for that aspect. They could use Haliburton off the ball a bit more.

Any of these three players would improve the Pacers in the short-term and the long term. If Siakam could convince them to come to Indiana, that would be even better.