INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — With speculation growing over the last several weeks leading up to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, the Pacers finally pulled the trigger by trading Bennedict Mathurin to the Los Angeles Clippers with less than an hour ahead of the 3 p.m. deadline.

Mathurin will head west along with Isaiah Jackson and two draft picks.

The headliner coming back to the blue and gold is center Ivica Zubac. The Pacers are also adding forward Kobe Brown in the deal.

Here’s what the deal looks like on paper: the Pacers will trade Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, the team’s first-round pick this season, which is protected, along with a 2029 first-round pick and one second-round pick for Zubac and forward Kobe Brown.

The 2026 pick from the Pa...