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Report: Doug McDermott signing three-year, $22 million contract with Pacers

Doug McDermott

Dallas Mavericks forward Doug McDermott (20) jogs up court during an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Dallas, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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The Mavericks pulled their qualifying offer for Doug McDermott, but he will be just fine.

Reported Pacers target Will Barton is re-signing with the Nuggets, and Indiana will be…

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN:

Like many contracts agreed to this early in free agency, this seems like an overpay. McDermott is a good shooter, but limited otherwise – especially defensively.

At least McDermott will help on the court. He’ll share minutes at small forward with Bojan Bogdanovic. At 26, McDermott shouldn’t slip during this contract.

The questionable part is the value. Could Indiana have spent this money better elsewhere or at least paid McDermott less and saved some for another player?

To be fair, we all criticized the Pacers last offseason, and they proved us wrong. Kevin Pritchard has earned the benefit of the doubt on this signing.