The Indiana Pacers are in a unique situation. They have already established themselves as one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, if not the entire NBA, while still not even hitting their peak as a team. The Pacers are an extremely young team and will likely only get better as the seasons progress. Ultimately, Indiana is set to compete in the present and the future.
Something to keep an eye on in the future for the Pacers is their draft picks. Being able to use your draft picks wisely is essential to a team's long-term success. Whether it is by drafting the right player, or using those picks in a trade for someone from a different NBA team, stockpiling draft picks is always a smart call.
For the Pacers, they are not as loaded in draft picks as a team like the Oklahoma City Thunder are, but they are doing pretty well for themselves regardless. Here is the full list of Indiana's future first and second-round picks.
Pacers future first-round picks
- 2026 first-round pick (own)
- 2027 first-round pick (own)
- 2028 first-round pick (own)
- 2029 first-round pick (own)
- 2030 first-round pick (own)
- 2031 first-round pick (own)
*As it currently stands, the Pacers will only be responsible for their own draft picks for nearly every season until 2031. The Pacers sent their 2026 first-round pick to the Toronto Raptors in a package for Pascal Siakam. However, they re-acquired it from the New Orleans Pelicans in June 2025 and traded their 2025 first-round pick in exchange.
Pacers second-round draft picks
- 2025 second-round pick (No. 38) -- Kam Jones
- 2025 second-round pick (No. 54)
- 2027 second-round pick (Utah)
- 2028 second-round pick (Dallas)
- 2028 second-round pick (own)
- 2029 second-round pick (Portland)
- 2029 second-round pick (own)
- 2030 second-round pick (own)
- 2031 second-round pick (own)
Pacers future pick swaps
- 2028 second-round pick (more favorable between Indiana and Phoenix, less favorable to New York)
- 2029 second-round pick (more favorable between Indiana and Washington, less favorable to New York)