Myles Turner played 10 seasons for the Indiana Pacers after they had generally selected him 11th in the NBA design of 2015, but the 6-foot-11 big man shocked the fan base in the summer when he signed a four-year-old $ 107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Myles Turner referred to NBA Free Agency, no Pacers fans
Last month Turner again surprised Pacers -fans when he said: “I am now in a city that wants to celebrate me. There is a great quote that says:” Go where you are celebrated “. I have the feeling that that is here.”
After Indiana fans called Turner last week for making a non-ZO-subtile shot, the 29-year-old Wednesday went to social media to explain that the quote was not about Pacers fans:
“This quote has nothing to do with Indy fans and everything that has to do with my free desk experience.”
This quote has nothing to do with Indy fans and everything to do with my free desk experience https://t.co/eystnxpnwn
– Myles Turner (@original_turner) October 1, 2025
Despite the clarification, Pacers supporters will probably not buy his statement and he will probably greet him with angry when he returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a bucks uniform.
Perhaps Indiana will meet Milwaukee for a third consecutive year in the Play -Offs.
However, the pacers should first go back to the late season without an observatory Tyrese Haliburton, who sustained an Achilles injury in game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Turner was the valuable big man of Indiana
Turner made the headlines in July when he decided to leave the Pacers after he had helped them to the NBA final and played his entire career there.
It was a movement that Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard bewildered.
“If I am completely honest, I thought again, I thought we were going back and forth in an open way,” he said. “We have done big deals with that desk, and they are great boys and we will do more business with them. But Myles must have heard something in that [Bucks offer] That said, “I’m going to take it now.” ‘
In 72 games (all starts) last season, Turner had an average of 15.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.0 blocks and 30.2 minutes per match while 48.1% shoot out and 39.6% from 3-point range.
According to Basketball referenceHe also finished third in Blokken (144) in the entire competition behind only San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama (176) and the then Milwaukee star Brook Lopez (148).
Moreover, Turner was the only player to make 150 3-Pointers and block 125 shots.
In addition to leading all players with postseason blocks, the starters of the Pacers with Turner Plus-11.6 points per 100 assets were in the play-offs and plus-12.2 in the regular season.
The Pacers organize the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 23 to open their 2025-26 season.
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