The Pacers and Raptors have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that will send free agent C.J. Miles to Toronto, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com. Miles will sign a three-year deal with the Raptors worth about $25MM that contains a player option for the final season.
The trade cannot be completed until Toronto moves some salary by sending DeMarre Carroll to Brooklyn, Wojnarowski notes (Twitter link). That deal is contingent on the Wizards matching the Nets’ offer sheet to Otto Porter, which they have announced they will do. However, provisions for Porter’s physical could delay the matching process to as late as Wednesday.
The Miles trade will send point guard Cory Joseph to Indiana in return, Wojnarowski adds (Twitter link).
Joseph, who turns 26 next month, played in 80 games for the Raptors last season, averaging 9.3 points and 3.3 assists, mostly as a combo guard off the bench. He will make $7.66MM next season and has a player option worth $8MM for 2018/19. He’ll team with newly-signed Darren Collison as Indiana looks to replace Jeff Teague at the point guard position.
Miles, a 30-year-old swingman, will serve as a replacement for Carroll and provide Toronto with some additional outside shooting. A 12-year veteran, Miles is coming off another productive season — in 76 games, he averaged 10.7 points and 3.0 rebounds, and shot a career-best 41.3% on three-pointers. He will be getting a raise from the $4.58MM he made last season.
The Raptors will be hard-capped at $125.266MM for the 2017/18 league year as a result of acquiring a player in a sign-and-trade deal, and may also have to rely on a pair of youngsters – Delon Wright and Fred VanVleet – as the backup point guards behind Kyle Lowry.
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Man the Pacers are retooling that team very nicely. They could start Joseph over Collison and make the playoffs, that boy can score saw him drop a 30 piece on Brooklyn.
Joseph-Lance-Bogdanovic-Sabonis-Turner
That is a terrible lineup haha and why dont you have Oladipo as a starter? Dropping 30 on Brooklyn last year isn’t much to brag about
Even in the East, that almost certainly is not a playoff-caliber lineup.
Yes, Oladipo should start ahead of Bogdanovic or Lance. I saw him drop almost 30 against Houston last year. Kid’s fire.
30 on BROOKLYN ANYONE CAN DO THAT LOL:)
If they traded Paul George for Oladipo and he doesn’t start, that would be a joke lol. Btw “TrustTheProcess” he said 30 on Houston not Brooklyn
I agree that they are rebuilding nicely. They have a good mix of veterans and young players. Indy will be back in the playoffs in 2019 or 2020 but not this 2018 season
That lineup is dogshit lol. Turner is nice. The rest are reserves on a decent team. They should be a top 5 pick
My grandmother could drop 30 on Brooklyn.
Pretty sure oladipo is gonna be starting over lance
Can the teams force miles to Toronto if they have a deal in a place but he doesn’t want to go?
No, he’s a free agent, so if he doesn’t want to sign with Toronto, a trade couldn’t happen.
But this way Miles can get more money because Toronto will be shipping out some salary and thus more room under the cap for Miles conttact
I thought S&T’s needed to be a minimum of 3 seasons BEFORE options could be tacked on?
Yeah, I think there’s a detail missing here. Doesn’t seem to add up based on the terms reported.
Joseph is an underrated player, I think Toronto is gonna miss him more than they realize
Joseph is ready for more minutes
Good moves Toronto but in think Lowry is overpaid !
Toronto moved Carroll and Joseph for Miles, and lost PJ Tucker and Patrick Patterson. Their defense is going to definitely decline a bi, ad they’re relying on their young guys a lot on the bench…
Huge fan of Joseph and his game. Love this deal for the Pacers especially since Miles was definitely leaving.
Indy has done a good job at maintaining at least a level of respectability after the PG13 trade. They could be a 7-8 seed in the East. You know the Cavs, Wiz, Celtics, and Raptors will all likely be there. I think Detroit and Charlotte will also be in based off of the additions of Bradley/Kennard and Dwight/MCW/Monk respectively. If Philly stays healthy they are in and that leaves another spot open for Indy.
You forgot about Milwaukee who will definitely be better than the Indiana. The Pacers roster is trash