Kelly Oubre Jr. is heading to Indiana.
The former Kansas wing has agreed to a two-year deal with the Pacers worth approximately $17 million, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Wednesday. The contract is fully guaranteed and does not include a player or team option in the second year.
Oubre, now 30, spent the past three seasons with Philadelphia after joining the 76ers as an unrestricted free agent. The 6-foot-8 New Orleans native has also played for Washington, Phoenix, Golden State and Charlotte during an 11-year NBA career.
His time in Philadelphia included a productive 2025-26 season, when he averaged 14.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while knocking down a career-best 36% of his 3-pointers. A year earlier, he had signed a two-year, $16,365,150 contract with the Sixers, a fully guaranteed deal that paid an average of $8,182,575 per season.
A number of teams showed interest in Oubre before he landed with Indiana, including Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis, Milwaukee and Utah.
“Oubre isn’t a star, but he continues to prove he’s a useful player, particularly at the offensive end of the floor,” wrote Bobby Marks of ESPN.
Marks also noted Oubre’s recent production and shooting jump: “Oubre signed a one-year, $2.9 million contract with Philadelphia in 2023 and then a two-year, $16 million deal the following year,” Marks wrote. “In those three seasons, Oubre started 80% of the games he played, averaging at least 14 points in each season. After shooting 29.3% on 3-pointers in 2024-25, Oubre shot 36% from deep this season.”
Indiana is coming off a 19-63 season, played without Tyrese Haliburton after he tore his Achilles in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Haliburton is expected back this season.
Alex Golden of SI.com said the Pacers will use Oubre off the bench, effectively filling the role Bennedict Mathurin handled last season. Golden called the move “a much-needed addition that gives the Pacers depth,” while also pointing to Oubre’s playoff experience and ability to step into a larger role if needed. Oubre has appeared in 35 playoff games and averaged 9.5 points per game in those contests.
Oubre was taken 15th overall in the 2015 NBA Draft after averaging 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in 2014-15, his senior season at Kansas.
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