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Season snapshot
Struggling regular season results · mixed competitive timelineIND finished 19-63 (0.232) with 0 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 12 players and a rotation-weighted age of 26.8. The team had 7 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 2 future pick-control row(s), and 41.7% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Record
19-63
Playoff games
0
Playoff wins
0
Core age
26.8
Primary creator
Pascal Siakam
Current decision lanes
Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.10transactions0injuries0rumors0staff changes
TransactionBraden Smithtwo way signingAug 17, 2026Completed
Draft-rights player signed to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
TransactionEthan Thompsonwaiver exitAug 13, 2026Completed
Two-way contract waived. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Transaction
Injuries & availability
Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.J. McConnell | left knee soreness | knee | Dec 21, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Johnny Furphy | left ankle sprain | ankle | Dec 21, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Tony Bradley | right thumb fracture | thumb | Dec 14, 2025 → Dec 20, 2025 |
Last observed season rotation
Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pascal Siakam | — | — | 2,036 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
 Jarace Walker | — | — | 1,932 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
27 of 27 — complete
Basketball functions
Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.CreationStructural roster need
Functional Shortage · led by Andrew Nembhard, then Pascal Siakam
Full reading
IND 2025-26 Creation: production percentile 8.3; largest contributor Andrew Nembhard (27.3% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Defensive event creationStructural roster need
Functional Shortage · led by Jalen Slawson, then Pascal Siakam
Full reading
IND 2025-26 Defensive event creation: production percentile 0.0; largest contributor T.J. McConnell (28.4% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Shot creation
Team performance and shot-creation architecture.IND ranked 18 of 30 in self-created shot share (46.3%), 23 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 23 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Pascal Siakam. Team-level creator attribution: 88.3%. Creation profile: balanced creation mix; dependency: distributed creation; shotmaking: weak in both modes.
Self-created FGA share
46.3%
Self-created eFG
48.3%
Assisted eFG
57.6%
Pascal Siakam share
21.9%
Contracts & cap
Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.SupportedOver Cap Below Tax Threshold With Exception Ledger Withheld
Selected player charges
$187.2M
Share of cap
121%
Tax line
$650K under
First apron
$8.70M under
Second apron
$20.6M under
IND 2025-26 carried $187,244,590 of selected player charges (121.1% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior_finish at 13.8% of the cap; highest measured need was event_creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Future core salary schedule
Upcoming decisions
Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.T.J. McConnellteam option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $11.8M
T.J. McConnell has a reported team option for the 2028 season at a reported $11,800,000. Team controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Aaron Nesmithcontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Aaron Nesmith has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Ben Sheppardcontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Ben Sheppard has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Jarace Walkercontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Jarace Walker has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Future assets
Draft-control coverage: provisional future pick control tradability unresolved. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.2028 round 2Tradability not confirmed
IND has a provisional-control row for the 2028 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
2029 round 2Tradability not confirmed
IND has a provisional-control row for the 2029 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
2 of 2 — complete
Organization
Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falseresolved team: true
Supporting relations (7)
- gb_state.frontend_team_season_overview_v
- gb_state.team_functional_coverage_v
- gb_state.frontend_team_roster_card_v
- gb_state.team_asset_control_timeline_v
- gb_state.team_roster_decision_calendar_event_v
- gb_organization.role_tenure_assertion
- gb_state.nba_team_decision_feed_at
