Aaron Nesmith

IND · SF · Age 26 · 6'5"

25-26 season · 45 GP · 29.7 MPG

Overall

$11,000,000

25-26 salary

13.8

PPG

4.2

RPG

1.9

APG

0.6

SPG

0.5

BPG

55.4%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-2.8+0.6

range -5.4–-0.2 · now -3.4

WS / 48

0.050+0.024

range -0.003–0.103 · now 0.026

Bands are the projected range for 26-27. See the full projections.

Contract

Aaron Nesmith

ROOKIE SCALE EXTENSIONUFA

Aaron Nesmith signed a 3 year, $33,000,000 contract with the Indiana Pacers on Oct 23, 2023. The contract has a cap hit of $11,000,000.

Total value: $33,000,000
Guaranteed: $33,000,000 (100%)
AAV: $11,000,000
Length: 3 years
Avg cap %: 7.2%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: IND
Signed: October 23, 2023

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2024-25	—	$11,000,000	7.8%	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$0	$0
2025-26current	—	$11,000,000	7.1%	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$11,000,000	6.6%	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $20,900,000

Updated 6/13/2026

Signed extension (1)

Nesmith's signed-but-not-yet-started deals

2027-28 – 2028-29VETERAN EXTENSION

Total $40,389,440AAV $20,194,720Avg cap 10.6%Length 2 yearsTeam INDVia Bird ExceptionOctober 20, 2025

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2027-28	$19,418,000	10.7%	$19,418,000	$19,418,000
2028-29	$20,971,440	10.5%	$20,971,440	$20,971,440

Past contracts (1)

Nesmith's earlier deals — career earnings history

2020-21 – 2023-24ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $16,528,217AAV $4,132,054Avg cap 3.4%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam BOSVia Rookie ExceptionNovember 24, 2020

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2020-21	$3,458,400	3.2%	$3,458,400	$3,458,400
2021-22	$3,631,200	3.2%	$3,631,200	$3,631,200
2022-23team opt ✓	$3,804,360	3.1%	$3,804,360	$3,804,360
2023-24team opt ✓	$5,634,257	4.1%	$5,634,257	$5,634,257

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER10.8F

BPM-3.4F

VORP-0.5F

Win Shares0.7D

PIE6.7%F

Net Rtg-7.3D

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG13.8C+

TS%55.4%D

eFG%51.7%D

FG%41.4%F

3P%37.9%B

FT%82.9%B

Corner 3FG%43.4%B

Playmaking

APG1.9C-

AST%9.4%D

TOV%10.1%B

Rebounding

C-

RPG4.2C-

ORB/G1.1C+

TRB%7.6%D

ORB%3.8%C

Defense

SPG0.6D

BPG0.5C+

STL%0.9%F

BLK%1.5%C+

DBPM-1.6F

Defensive WS0.6D

Def Rtg118.4D

Style & Role

USG%19.8%

3PAr0.54

FTr0.22

Dunks8

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