Pacers and TJ McConnell agree to multi-year extension

TJ McConnell has agreed to a multi-year extension with the Indiana Pacers, his agency Priority Sports announced Friday. It’s a four-year, $45 million contract, ESPN reported.

McConnell, one of the NBA’s top reserve point guards, was entering the final season of a four-year, $33.6 million contract he signed with the Pacers in August 2021. The 32-year-old is now under contract through the 2028-29 season, bringing the total value of his current deal to $54 million over the next five seasons.

Congratulations to @TJMcConnell about his multi-year extension with the @Pacers! His incredible story continues in Indy. photo.twitter.com/TjrLZTQeoc

— Priority Sports (@PrioritySports) August 30, 2024

Indiana rewarded McConnell after his best NBA season, which helped catapult the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in a decade. McConnell averaged a career-high 10.2 points, shot 55.6 percent from the field and dished out 5.5 assists in just over 18.2 minutes per game during the regular season.

The 6-foot-1 guard, who went undrafted in 2015, remained a spark for the Pacers in the postseason. McConnell averaged a playoff career-high 11.8 points and 5.1 assists per game, highlighted by a 23-point, nine-rebound, six-assist performance in a narrow loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

McConnell’s extension is the latest move in a busy summer for the Pacers, who extended Andrew Nembhard’s contract and retained Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin in free agency.

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