Moses Brown signed by Pacers to help at injury-plagued center spot

On November 19, 2024By Littum

The Pacers is signing 7-2 center Moses Brown to a free agent contract that addresses the team’s most injury-riddled position, league sources confirmed to IndyStar. ESPN’s Shams Charania originally reported the signing.

Brown will not be available for Monday’s game against the Raptors, but a league source confirmed he will join the team on Wednesday. The Pacers hope he will be available for Wednesday night’s game against the Rockets in Houston, but that is not yet certain.

Starting center Myles Turner will miss Monday’s game against the Raptors with a sore right calf after scoring 34 points and grabbing nine rebounds in Sunday’s win over the Heat. Backups Isaiah Jackson and James Wiseman are out long-term after tearing Achilles tendons this season. The Pacers had a roster spot open to add another player and naturally decided not to wait any longer.

Moses Brown statistics

Brown, a former New York City High School star, left UCLA after a 2018-19 season in which he averaged 9.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team . He went undrafted in 2019, but signed with the Portland Trail Blazers on an Exhibit 10 contract that turned into a two-way deal. Since then, he has appeared in 150 games with the Trail Blazers, Thunder, Mavericks, Cavaliers, Clippers and Nets. He averaged 8.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game for Oklahoma City in 43 games during the 2020-21 season, and has averaged 5.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in his career. He has also appeared in four games this season for the Westchester Knicks of the G League this season and averaged 18.5 points and 13.8 rebounds. In 52 career G League games, he has averaged 15.2 points and 10.0 rebounds. In nine tip-off tournament games, he has averaged 19.3 points and 13.6 rebounds.

Moses Brown height

Brown is 7-2.