The Indiana Pacers have reached an agreement with guard T.J. McConnell on a four-year extension worth $45 million.
Agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman confirmed the deal in an email to The Associated Press on Friday. McConnell, who is already signed for $9.3 million for the upcoming NBA season, will now be with the Pacers through the 2028-29 season.
The 32-year-old McConnell is coming off a season with career highs in scoring, averaging 10.2 points per game during the regular season and 11.8 points per game in the playoffs as Indiana advanced to the Eastern Conference final.
He was seventh in the voting for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year Award after playing in 71 games and starting just four.
A native of Western Pennsylvania who played college basketball at Duquesne and Arizona, McConnell has spent nine years in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pacers since making his debut in October 2015.
He signed with the Sixers after going undrafted that year and joined the Pacers as a free agent in 2019.
