Indiana Pacers
This includes a projected signing that is not yet official, so these figures are an estimate.
Through the 2033 draft the Pacers control 6 first-round picks and 8 second-round picks, with 3 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2027, 2028, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033. 4 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.
In 2026 the Pacers owe out their own first to LAC (Indiana's own first went to the Clippers in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal; it landed at pick 5 and conveyed.) and their own second to MEM (Indiana's own second conveyed to Memphis at pick 32, routed via Milwaukee.).
In 2027 the Pacers pick twice: their own first and UTA's second (Owed to Indiana, unprotected, from the Rayjon Tucker deal.); they also owe out their own second to NOP (Indiana's own second sits in the OKC, HOU, IND, MIA 2027 pool: Philadelphia takes the most favorable, New Orleans the second, New York the third, San Antonio the more favorable of its own or the least of the four, and Miami the least of five. Indiana does not keep it; it routes via Oklahoma City to Philadelphia.).
In 2028 the Pacers pick twice: their own first and their own second, swap-encumbered (Doubly encumbered: New York holds a claim to the less favorable of the Indiana and Phoenix 2028 seconds, and the June 2026 Braden Smith trade gave Chicago the right to the most favorable of the Chicago, Indiana, and Phoenix 2028 seconds. Indiana ends with the less favorable of the more favorable of its own or Phoenix's, and the Chicago pick.).
In 2029 the Pacers pick twice: their own second (Indiana takes the more favorable of the Indiana and Washington 2029 seconds and Portland the less favorable; Indiana keeps its own slot only if it is the more favorable of the pair, otherwise it conveys to Portland. From the 2023 and 2024 New York routing.) and WAS's second (Indiana takes the more favorable of the Indiana and Washington 2029 seconds and Portland the less favorable; Washington's own slot conveys to Indiana or Portland, never Washington. From the June 2023 Bradley Beal trade chain.); they also owe out their own first to LAC (Traded to the Clippers, unprotected, in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal.).
In 2030 the Pacers pick twice: their own first and their own second, swap-encumbered (Chicago holds the right to swap its 2030 second for Indiana's, from the June 2026 Braden Smith trade; Indiana keeps the less favorable of its own and Chicago's. Indiana retains its slot unless the swap runs against it.).
In 2031 the Pacers pick twice: their own first and their own second, swap-encumbered (Indiana's own second sits in an Indiana, Miami, Memphis 2031 pool: Washington holds the right to the more favorable of the Indiana and Miami seconds, Memphis the more favorable of its own or the less favorable of that pair, and Indiana keeps the least favorable of the three.).
Their 2032 through 2033 books are clean: their own picks, nothing owed.
The rule behind this
An unsigned first-round pick charges the team's cap at 120% of his draft slot's rookie-scale salary (because first-rounders may sign for up to 120% of scale, and almost all do).
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Numbers come straight from the live Pacers cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.