Pacers receive 6th overall pick in 2022 NBA draft

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Pacers walked away from Tuesday night time’s NBA draft lottery with the sixth total decide.

The Pacers dropped one spot within the lottery when Sacramento slid forward of Indiana and into the highest 4. The Orlando Magic maintain the primary decide within the draft, adopted by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Houston Rockets.

Will probably be Indiana’s highest first-round decide since drafting Rik Smits with the second total decide in 1988. It additionally marks the primary time the Pacers have ever acquired the sixth decide.

Kevin Pritchard, Pacers staff president, spoke after the lottery about what he’s in search of within the draft.

“I believe this man who we decide, it’s going to be paramount, primary, that he loves basketball,” Pritchard stated. “We’re going to maintain an open thoughts. There’s one thing that’s actually necessary to me [and] to the [front office] and that’s, the participant that we draft, we wish him in Indiana. We would like him in for twenty-four hours and perhaps extra and we need to spend some critical time to get to know him.”

Pritchard says he and head coach Rick Carlisle know they must “hit on it and no matter they get” with their draft picks.

“I believe we’re actually excited to begin attending to know these gamers,” Pritchard stated. “There’s some difference-makers and there’s some actual worth on this draft and we’ve received to search out each.”

The Pacers will make their first-round choice June 23 at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn. The staff additionally owns the primary and final picks of the second spherical in addition to the thirty first and 58th total picks.