The Pacers will acquire Doug McDermott from the Spurs, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
San Antonio will receive Marcus Morris, a second-round pick, and cash in return, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). One of the picks is in 2029, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link).
Morris, whom Indiana is acquiring from Philadelphia in the Buddy Hield trade, will likely be bought out by San Antonio, Charania adds (Twitter link).
If Morris becomes a free agent, he would be ineligible to return to the Pacers or join the seven teams operating above the first or second tax apron: the Celtics, Nuggets, Warriors, Clippers, Heat, Bucks and Suns. Morris would be able to return to the Sixers if the trades involving Hield and McDermott are separate, rather than one three-team transaction.
The Pacers will create a $3.4MM trade exception in the deal, according to Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype (Twitter link). They also get a useful shooter after sending Hield to Philadelphia, while adding some draft assets.
McDermott returns to Indiana, where he spent three seasons before leaving for San Antonio in a sign-and-trade deal in 2021. The 32-year-old forward has seen his playing time reduced this season, but he’s a career 41.2% career shooter from long distance and is connecting at 43.9% through 46 games this season.
Although Morris is unlikely to join the Spurs, it’s something of a reunion for him as well. Gozlan notes that he was close to signing with San Antonio five years ago before changing his mind.
Greg still really wants Morris…..
Dang bro, just add the wink emoji after that comment & you be set if 5his was Christian Mingle.
I had to look that up. A Christian dating site…. Remember when Morris said he would sign in San Antonio but the last second went somewhere else and Pop was so pissed. It will probably be the opposite as you say and Morris will probably sit on the bench and play one minute per game for the rest of the season. Why are you on christian dating sites DangerBone? Living dangerous. Dang bro
Marcus finally gets to SA! lol
He’s a hostage now
Makes zero sense to trade Heild your best shooter for picks only to then trade picks for a shooter in McDermott?
Why not just stay with Heild?
They should just keep Morris and not play him a single minute for karma.