Pacers sign Jahlil Okafor for 10-day contract, do not sign Alex Len

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Indianapolis – The Indiana Pacers Has signed the former Duke Star and No. 3 overall election Jahlil Okafor for a 10-day contract, league confirmed to Indystar on Monday.

They also confirmed that Pacers will not sign Center Alex Len, who previously intended to sign with Pacers after being waived by the wizards.

The 29-year-old Okafor has spent this season with Indiana mad ants – Pacers’ G League team – which he has tried to make an NBA comeback. No. 3 elections in the 2015 draft and an allamerican and national champion in Duke have played with 76ers, Nets, Pelicans and Pistons, but has not played in the NBA since the 2020-21 season. Since then he has played professionally in China, Spain, Mexico and Puerto Rico. However, he tore his Achilles -sen in 2022 and had to work back to his health while trying to catch an NBA team’s eye. It has finally happened thanks to a dominant season in the G League.

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OKAFOR was an average of 18.5 points per Match of 70.4% shooting, 8.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists to the mad ants during the 15-game tip-off tournament part of the schedule. In the regular season game, he is an average of 18.6 points per day. Match of 66.9% shooting, 9.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Len was traded by the kings of the wizards at the trade deadline and immediately waived. The total overall election in 2013 draft was an average of 1.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per year. Fight with Kings this season. The 7-Foot, 250 Pound Len is in its 12th year in the NBA and has spent time with Suns, Hawks, Kings, Wizards and Raptors. However, he is scored in double just once his career, an average of 11.1 per day. Match in 2018-19 for Hawks.

ESPNS Sham’s Charania reported on Saturday – and league bounds confirmed to Indystar – that Len intended to participate in Pacers when he cleared exceptions. However, there has been movement at the center of the league since then, which could have changed the dynamics of his decision. For example, Lakers lifted their trade in Hornets, which would have brought them center Mark Williams to Guard Dalton Knecht and the forward Cam Reddish among other assets and were in the market for a center again.

The pacers have been on the market for center depth behind Starter Myles Turner in large parts of this season. For the first 10 days of the year, big men James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson tore each achilles. Pacers acquired former Indiana University star Thomas Bryant on December 15 from the heat, but was looking for a third center. They opened a guard space and room under the luxury tax at the trade deadline by sending Wiseman to Raptors with cash considerations for a top-55 protected 2026 election. They intended to fill this guard space with Len, but when it did not work they decided to do so by looking within their organization.