Jay Huff Rumors

By reaching a certain minutes played threshold last season, Huff’s contract for 2027-28 (which is covered by a team option) is fully guaranteed. So the upcoming campaign features something new for Huff in that, for once, absolutely nothing about his situation is new. Unless he’s moved in the next few weeks, he will be on the same team on opening night for consecutive seasons. And he didn’t spend all summer worrying about his contractual future. “Love not having to move,” Huff said this week. “I love being employed. That is really nice… It was great.”

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Huff, 28, spent most of his summer in Indianapolis outside of some travelling, which included a trip to the NBPA facility known as The Sanctuary in Andalucía, Spain. Huff has been there before for some summer tune up sessions. He also went to Los Angeles with about 10 of his Pacer teammates to scrimmage together. Critically, he’s gotten to play some basketball with Tyrese Haliburton, his star teammate that missed all of 2025-26. “He makes everybody around him better, and I think that’s really useful to have,” Huff said of their developing partnership. “I think just having him back, learning to play together— he’s got a lot of guys back that have played with him – but it’s been good to kind of learn that because we hadn’t done that yet.”

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The North Carolina native has also added some muscle, a needed change given his thinner frame. “We’ve been playing a lot of pickup, bulked up a little bit while still trying to be fast,” Huff said, noting later that he’s gained between 10 and 15 pounds this offseason. “I’ve been in the weight room a lot, been working on my jumper a lot. Simple.”

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Tony East: Kobe Brown and Ben Sheppard won’t play tonight in Brooklyn, Pacers say. They’ll have 9 players available: Quenton Jackson, Taelon Peter, Ethan Thompson, Obi Toppin, Micah Porter, Jay Huff, Jalen Slawson, Jarace Walker, and Kam Jones.

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The Indiana Pacers set a new franchise record with their 13th straight loss Tuesday, falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-116. The Pacers led by as many as 9 points early on, but they couldn’t overcome the Cavaliers’ size, as illustrated by Cleveland’s outscoring Indiana 64-42 on points in the paint. Center Jay Huff scored a season-high 20 points and made 4 of 7 3-point attempts, but All-Star forward Pascal Siakam had a rough night offensively (9-of-23 shooting).

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The Pacers have ruled out Ben Sheppard (left calf strain) for Monday’s game against Houston. TJ McConnell (right hamstring soreness) and Jay Huff (left ankle sprain) are available.

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Tony East: Aaron Nesmith off the injury report for the Pacers tomorrow in Houston. TJ McConnell questionable with his hamstring soreness. Jay Huff added as questionable with a left ankle sprain, Ben Sheppard upgraded to questionable with his left calf strain.

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Todd Whitehead: Lowest FG% allowed as the closest defender on opponent shots in the paint this season.

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James Wiseman said he had spent the last three weeks in Irvine, Calif. working out and getting pickup opportunities to stay in shape. "He's been in California, working out," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "He's been finding pickup games out there. We worked him out early this morning. He looks great. He's not in NBA game shape by any stretch, no one can be, but for somebody in his situation, he's got the best head start you can probably have." It's not clear exactly how much opportunity Wiseman will have. Jay Huff and Isaiah Jackson still occupy the top two spots on the Pacers' depth chart a center and Bradley will be listed as active.

Indianapolis Star

K.C. Johnson: For all the Yuki Kawamura fans out there—and judging from the preseason, there are a lot—he was in good spirits postgame chatting up former Memphis teammate Jay Huff last night. Kawamura has stayed in Chicago as he rehabs back from right lower leg condition.

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Scott Agness: Pascal Siakam sinks a 14-footer over two defenders to give the Pacers a 103-101 win over the Bulls. And their first win streak of the season. He led all with 24/9, Jay Huff was great with 14/8/4b. Now a much-needed off day for the team after 4 games in 6 days this week.

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Noblesville Boom: family 💙 Tyrese Haliburton, Johnny Furphy and Jay Huff are courtside at tonight's game 🌟

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Memphis Grizzlies PR: The @memgrizz today announced the team acquired a future second round draft pick and a future second round draft pick swap from the Indiana Pacers for Jay Huff. pic.x.com/xsKzDyE88P

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Michael Scotto: Update: The Indiana Pacers are trading a 2029 Portland Trail Blazers second-round pick and a 2031 second-round pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies for center Jay Huff, league sources told @hoopshype .

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