Key Points
- Kelly Oubre Jr. agreed to a two-year deal worth nearly $17 million with the Indiana Pacers.
- ESPN reports the contract is fully guaranteed with no options.
- Oubre leaves the 76ers after three seasons in Philadelphia.
- He shot a career-best 36% from three last season at 14.1 points per game.
Free-agent forward Kelly Oubre Jr. has agreed to a two-year deal worth nearly $17 million with the Indiana Pacers, ESPN reported. The contract is fully guaranteed with no options. The signing ends Oubre's three-year run in Philadelphia.
From Philadelphia to Indiana
Oubre spent three seasons with the 76ers, averaging 14.9 points and 5.4 rebounds across 178 games and, last season, a career-best 36% from three at 14.1 points per game. He leaves a Philadelphia franchise in the middle of a front-office overhaul for a Pacers team that adds him for perimeter scoring and athleticism at a modest price.
The Read
This is the quiet, sensible tier of free agency where good teams actually get better. Oubre came into the league as a volume scorer and has reinvented himself as an efficient two-way wing — the career-best three-point year is the number that matters, because it turns him from a ball-dominant scorer into a piece that fits next to other creators. At roughly $8.5 million a year on a fully guaranteed deal with no options, Indiana is paying role-player money for a starter-quality wing, one of the better value plays of a busy second day of free agency.
Source: ESPN
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