The Pacers have landed another wing with real NBA mileage, reaching agreement with Kelly Oubre Jr. on a two-year, $17 million deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Yahoo Sports’ Kelly Iko reported that the contract is fully guaranteed.
Indiana has been tied to Oubre since free agency opened, and the fit is easy to see. The Pacers wanted his athleticism, his defensive versatility and his ability to run the floor alongside Tyrese Haliburton. Oubre gives them a player who has settled into a dependable role over the past three seasons with the 76ers, where he averaged at least 14 points and five rebounds in each of those years.
He also knocked down 36.0 percent of his threes last season, the best mark of his career.
Orlando is making a familiar move of its own, bringing back Jonathan Isaac on a one-year deal, according to Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel. Isaac was waived over the weekend as the Magic cleared space to create more financial flexibility before free agency, and those savings helped Orlando complete deals for Nikola Vucevic and Jevon Carter while staying below the NBA’s second tax apron.
When healthy, Isaac remains one of the league’s more disruptive defensive forwards. Injuries have defined much of his career, but he played 52 games last season and averaged 2.6 points and 2.5 rebounds while supplying defensive energy off the bench.
Washington is also keeping one of its younger pieces in the fold. The Wizards have re-signed forward Jamir Watkins to a two-way contract, according to the NBA’s transaction log.
Watkins, a second-round pick, played in 50 games as a rookie and averaged 7.4 points and 3.9 rebounds. He earned more minutes late in the season after originally signing a two-way deal and later getting a standard NBA contract during the 2025-26 campaign.
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For Orlando, the loss stings a little more because this was not just a name on the end of the bench. Wagner was working his way back from a torn ACL, and the Magic had already been navigating their center rotation with Wendell Carter Jr. and Goga Bitadze ahead of him, making his departure a reminder of how quickly a useful piece can disappear from the picture. The frontcourt is still intact, but one of the more dependable reinforcements the team could turn to is now gone. [Read more 🡒]