Sources – Sixers trade for guard Buddy Hield from Pacers

He Philadelphia 76ers they are acquiring friend iced from the Indiana Pacers for Mark Morris, Furkan Korkmaz and three second-round picks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Hield, 31, has been one of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA for years. He averaged 12 points per game on 38.4% shooting from behind the arc in 52 games this season for the Pacers. He has made 1,842 three-pointers in his career, second only to Stephen Curry since entering the NBA in the 2016-17 season.

It addresses an obvious need for the 76ers, who rank in the bottom five in the NBA in both 3-point attempts and makes this season.

“He’s going to go down as one of the best 3-point shooters in the history of this league, and he’s going to make a ton of them because he doesn’t miss,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said of Hield. “He rarely misses a game. So it’s a good opportunity for him and we’ll move forward from there.”

For a 76ers team that is dealing with several injury absences, the most notable being the reigning MVP Joel Embiid — Hield is a welcome addition. It could be the first of multiple moves made by Philadelphia before the deadline to strengthen the roster for the final stretch, when the possibility remains that Embiid could rejoin the franchise at some point later. undergo a knee procedure earlier this week.

Philly moved too House Daniel Jr. toward Detroit Pistons along with a 2024 second-round pick acquired from The New York Knicks, sources said, which will allow Philadelphia to move below the luxury tax line and, between the two trades, open up multiple roster spots for potential buyout candidates. One possible option, sources told Wojnarowski, is to be a future Hall of Famer. Kyle Lowrywhich is currently in the charlotte hornets after being sent there by the Miami Heat in a deal for Terry Rozier last month.

Hield also has an expiring contract, which will allow Philadelphia to maintain flexibility for this summer, when the 76ers could have maximum cap space, and have the option to retain him in free agency.

Korkmaz, who spent his entire seven-year career in Philadelphia, averaging 6.8 points in 328 career games, will be released by the Pacers, sources told Wojnarowski.

It was the first of two changes that day for Morris, who arrived in Philadelphia on the James Harden He traded earlier this year and averaged 6.7 points in 37 games for his hometown team.

In another deal, the Pacers attempted to fill the shooting void by acquiring David McDermott from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Morris, who is expected to be waived or bought out, and a 2029 second-round pick, sources told ESPN.

Indiana made yet another deal by sending a 2024 second-round pick to the warriors of the golden state in exchange of Cory Jose and $5.6 million in cash, sources told ESPN. The Pacers are waiving Joseph, sources told Wojnarowski.

McDermott, 32, returns to the franchise where he spent three seasons from 2018 to 2021.

The Pacers traded McDermott to the Spurs as part of a sign-and-trade in 2021, and he returns to finish that deal in Indiana. McDermott has an expiring contract worth $13.8 million.

This season with San Antonio, McDermott averaged 6.0 points in 15.2 minutes per game, but shot a career-best 43.9% from three-point range. Despite the limited minutes, McDermott was third on the Spurs this season in total 3-pointers made. Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson.

Joseph, who played 26 games for Golden State this season, played two seasons for the Pacers early in his career. For the Warriors, the move meant approximately $3.75 million in cost savings on Golden State’s hefty luxury tax bill.

ESPN’s Andrew Lopez contributed to this report.