INDIANAPOLIS — If the Pacers are still interested in trading into Wednesday night’s second round of the NBA Draft, they apparently have windows to do so.
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Wednesday that the Knicks and Grizzlies, who hold the No. 31 and No. 32 overall picks which are the first and second choices of the second round, are “actively fielding offers” for those selections. Charania called those picks “up for auction” with “future assets being proposed.”
The Pacers didn’t make a pick in the first round and they don’t have a pick in the second round but Jake Fischer of Stein Line reported last week that the Pacers were interested in trading into the 30s. They could use future draft compensation to get in and they could also trade an active player — possibly forward Jarace Walker or Ben Sheppard — to a team with cap room or a trade exception to shed money to help in upcoming free agency.
Among the top-rated players remaining on the board in the second round are Duke wing Isaiah Evans, North Carolina center Henri Veesaar, Purdue guard Braden Smith, Houston guard Emanuel Sharp and Arkansas guard Meleek Thomas.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Knicks, Grizzlies shopping second-round picks per report; why Pacers are interested
Reporting by Dustin Dopirak, Indianapolis Star / Indianapolis Star
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