INDIANAPOLIS -- The Pacers have exercised the club options on the fourth-year rookie-scale for third-year wings Jarace Walker and Ben Sheppard , the team announced Tuesday on its social media accounts.

Walker is due $6.67 million this season and $8.48 million in the fourth year of his deal according to the sports business website Spotrac.com. Sheppard is due $2.79 million this season and $5.03 million next season.

The Pacers took Walker out of Houston with the No. 8 pick and Sheppard out of Belmont with the No. 26 pick in the 2023 draft. Walker, a 6-7, 235-pounder who was drafted as a power forward, has had a complicated time breaking into the rotation with the additions of Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin taking up the first- and second-unit spots at the 4. However, he's worked on his

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