The Indiana Pacers are retaining ahead Jalen Slawson, agreeing to a brand new two-way contract after his productive stint with the group throughout the 2025-26 season.
NBA insider Michael Scotto reported on Tuesday that Indiana and Slawson reached a two-way settlement. The 26-year-old averaged 7.3 factors, 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks whereas taking pictures 44.2% from the sphere and 37.5% from three-point vary throughout 13 appearances for the Pacers final season.
Though his pattern dimension was restricted, Slawson earned significant alternatives after becoming a member of Indiana late within the season. He began six of his 13 video games and logged 23.9 minutes per contest.
A 6-foot-7 ahead able to defending a number of positions, Slawson contributed in almost each statistical class. Alongside along with his 7.3 factors per sport, he posted a 53.9% efficient subject objective share whereas averaging 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks, highlighting his exercise on the defensive finish. His means to stretch the ground additionally improved, as he linked on 37.5% of his 3.1 three-point makes an attempt per sport.
Earlier than arriving in Indiana, Slawson appeared in 12 video games for the Sacramento Kings throughout the 2023-24 season, averaging 0.7 factors in simply 3.1 minutes per sport. Throughout his first two NBA seasons, he has performed in 25 regular-season video games whereas averaging 4.1 factors, 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
The transfer continues Indiana’s technique of sustaining organizational continuity whereas filling out its roster with gamers already aware of Rick Carlisle’s system. Slawson initially joined the Pacers on a two-way contract in late February and made sufficient of an impression to earn one other alternative getting into the 2026-27 marketing campaign.
Indiana has spent the offseason including skilled depth round its core. The Pacers signed Kelly Oubre Jr. to a two-year, $17 million contract to strengthen the wing rotation and later added veteran forward Larry Nance Jr. on a one-year deal.
The Pacers additionally reshaped their frontcourt throughout the 2025-26 season by buying Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown from the Los Angeles Clippers in a commerce that despatched Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson and future draft compensation to Los Angeles. Zubac appeared in 5 video games for Indiana after the deadline, averaging 11.6 factors and seven.2 rebounds.
