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[Shams] Pacers will go into lux tax for Myles Turner

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by daywalker02, Jun 9, 2025.

  1. daywalker02

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    Wouldn’t surprise me if true and honestly, it saved them from a big headache. Turner is not who he once was and he probably wanted to win. Good riddance I’d say.
     
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    Mixed feelings on Turner. His game seems to be declining and you can't pay for past performance but for what you expect to get over the course of the new contract. Especially when there are limited dollars for future extensions with Mathurin and Nesmith

    Bottom line is the Pacers miscalculated the willingness of a team to do something drastic (and IMO stupid), like stretching/waiving Lillard and in essence devoting >45M/yr to a combo of dead Lillard cap and Turner's salary.

    Milwaukee likely gave Turner the offer and clearly stipulated that the offer was void if he went to Indiana to get a matching counter-offer. They wanted to stick it to the Pacers and not be used as leverage.
     
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