Pacers to decline Lance Stephenson's $4.3M team option

[Doobie Doo]

Sources: Pacers to decline Lance Stephenson's $4.3M team option

Shams Charania
Yahoo SportsJun. 25, 2018, 3:36 p.m.

https://ca.mobile.yahoo.com/sports

The Indiana Pacers plan to decline Lance Stephenson’s team option worth $4.3 million for the 2018-19 season, which will make him an unrestricted free agent, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The move will allow the Pacers to maintain as much financial flexibility as possible entering free agency on July 1. Stephenson had a team option on the three-year contract he signed with the Pacers when he returned to the franchise in 2016.

Stephenson has performed well since rejoining the Pacers, finishing last season with averages of 9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 82 games. The Pacers went 46-36 last season, emerging as one of the league’s surprises behind a core of All-Star Victor Oladipo, Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis and Bojan Bogdanovic. Indiana lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Stephenson, 27, was the 40th overall pick to the Pacers in the 2010 NBA draft and became a critical contributor on back-to-back Eastern Conference finals teams in 2013 and 2014. He left the organization in 2014 to sign a three-year deal in Charlotte, and bounced around with the Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans and Minnesota Timberwolves before returning to the Pacers.


Yahoo is now a part of Oath

 

[Remote]

Only 27 and Lance can’t even stay on for 4M



Golden State probably gonna sign him for the fukkery vs Lebron

 

[Malik1time]

Lakers should sign him only if "certain" pieces fall in place

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

they must hate him cause 4.2m aint shyt

 

[Morethan1]

they must hate him cause 4.2m aint shyt

This could be a blessing. He's proved hes worth more than that. We'll see

 

[threattonature]

they must hate him cause 4.2m aint shyt

They want to maximize their cap space from what I'm reading. Wouldn't shock me if they had a wink wink agreement in place with him to come back for the midlevel after they've spent money in free agency.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Guess Lance didn’t make em dance

 

[1thouwow]

 

[inndaskKy]

Bron, PG and Kawhi to Pacers. First to call it.

 

[William F. Russell]

Wouldn't be surprised if Lakers, Warriors, Houston or even OKC makes a move for him. He's proven his worth as a pest on defense who can be a handful when his shot is falling. Or he probably just rejoins the Pacers near the conclusion of the off-season/beginning of next season.

 

[No Homo]

Paul Georges thoughts-

 

[CHICAGO]

This could be a blessing. He's proved hes worth more than that. We'll see

HE WAS BLACKBALLED OUT THE LEAGUE
BEFORE BIRD GAVE HIM A NEW DEAL
AND RETIRED.

LARRY MAY BE THE ONLY DUDE THAT fukkED WITH HIM.



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[Hersh]

supposedly the pacers r interested in tyreke and Barton..I'd say Lance is just under them

 

[Jparker]

They want to maximize their cap space from what I'm reading. Wouldn't shock me if they had a wink wink agreement in place with him to come back for the midlevel after they've spent money in free agency.

Hey let’s have you on payroll for 4 mil but
Let us pay other players and we’ll see what we got left after

 

[Tim2520]

Reports are saying they cut him to get cap space to go after there too two targets Tyreke Evans and Will Barton