Connor McCaffrey, the son of Iowa head coach Fran McCaffrey, is joining the Indiana Pacers staff.

"I've always been under my dad's shadow and tutelage. Now, learning from someone like coach [Rick] Carlisle ... and the assistants they have there, they're all good basketball minds ... I'm just going to try to take everything in," said McCaffrey.

McCaffrey's responsibilities will include running the scout team and help with film study.

McCaffrey played 166 games at Iowa. 

The 2023 NBA Draft is less than a month away. With the combine in the rearview mirror, teams are hosting player workouts. It's also the time when draft trade chatter picks up.

The Indiana Pacers, who hold three picks in the first round of the draft, are reportedly looking at trading up. Indiana is looking into packaging the #7, #26 and #29 picks together to move up in the first round.

The Pacers are continuing the rebuild their roster around a core that includes Tyrese Haliburton, an extended Myles Turner and roster and cap flexibility. Indiana could have over $27 million in cap space this summer.

The Indiana Pacers didn't have any lottery luck and stayed with the seventh pick at the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. Indiana now holds picks #7, #26 (via Cleveland) and #29 (via Boston) in next month's draft.

That's for now, at least. The Pacers are exploring options of trading those picks for veteran talent. Indiana reportedly also did so ahead of the trade deadline in February.

The Pacers signed Myles Turner to a renegotiation-and-extension deal, that sees him on the books for the next two seasons. Tyrese Haliburton has blossomed into an All-Star and the team has several other talented players on the roster. Indiana could be looking at getting back into playoff contention, following three years of missing out on the postseason.

The Indiana Pacers will send Tyrese Haliburton as their on-stage representative at the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery.

The Pacers have the seventh best odds of winning the lottery at 8.6 percent.

Haliburton was an All-Star in his first full season with the Pacers.

Haliburton and the Pacers can agree to a contract extension this offseason.