Report: The Indiana Pacers Have Made A Trade With The Brooklyn Nets

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Indiana Pacers have traded Edmund Sumner and a second round pick to the Brooklyn Nets. Wojnarowski adds that the Nets will waive Sumner.

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Indiana Pacers have traded Edmund Sumner and a second round pick to the Brooklyn Nets. 

The Tweet from Wojnarowski can be seen embedded below from his Twitter account. 

Indiana is trading Edmund Sumner and a 2025 second-round pick via Miami to the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 6, 2021

Wojnarowski adds that the Nets will waive Sumner, who is out for the season due to injury (see Tweet below).

The Nets will waive Sumner, who is out for the season with a knee injury, source tells ESPN. https://t.co/ChehEAGqVQ

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 6, 2021

Sumner has played four seasons in the NBA (all for Indiana) and has career averages of 5.7 points 1.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 108 regular season games. 

The Pacers announced on September 9 that Sumner tore his left Achilles (see Tweet below). 

Injury Update: Edmond Sumner is out indefinitely after sustaining a torn left Achilles during an offseason workout on Thursday.

More info » https://t.co/mcyRMXXweV pic.twitter.com/HyqhBg4H3J

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) September 9, 2021

On September 14 after his surgery, Sumner sent out a Tweet and his post can be seen embedded below. 

Can’t truly express how grateful I am for the love I’ve received these past days. I needed more than you can imagine. All those encouraging words helped me get back to a space where I needed to be. Thank God for a successful surgery. Tough road ahead, but nothing is stopping me. pic.twitter.com/iR7UuMuK3s

— Edmond Sumner (@EdmondSumner) September 14, 2021

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