Myles Turner Situation
Myles Turner Situation: No-Board Man Gets Paid Myles Turner: No-Board Man Gets Paid Welp — exactly what the Pacers needed. One week, they’re 24 minutes away from a title. The next? They let their longest-tenured player and fan-favorite big man, Myles Turner, walk to their rival Milwaukee Bucks. Sounds like a disaster, right? I’m not convinced it’s even a bad thing. Opinion #1: The Pacers Used Tyrese Haliburton’s Injury as an Excuse to Be Cheap Let’s be real: it’s no secret the Pacers are a historically cheap franchise. They’ve only gone over the luxury tax once since 2000. The only teams that have spent less in that span? The Hornets and Pelicans — two perennial bottom feeders. After all those seasons the Pacers were just a few games away from the Finals, they still never spent the money to improve or keep the roster intact. That’s why so many people believed making it to Game 7 of the NBA Finals would finally push ownership to ...