The Pacers have no reason to believe that franchise forward/center Jermaine O'Neal will exercise the early-termination option in his contract this summer.

"Jermaine hasn't given us any indication that he will opt out," David Morway, Indiana's new General Manager, told RealGM in an exclusive interview on Tuesday night.

"We don't anticipate that he will, but we also feel as though he'd give us notice. It would have a huge impact on what we do in free agency, if only because of the amount of money that would be freed up."

O'Neal is owed nearly $20 million next season.

Via Andrew Perna/RealGM

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