Indy Sports News
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Bobby Marks: This is a stunning blow to the Eastern Conference Champions, Indiana Pacers. Turner landing in Milwaukee and Indiana not getting anything back in return is critical to a team that was 1 game away from winning the NBA championship. While they now have the $14.1M non tax mid level exception, the market for starting centers is shallow. A Turner signing would have put … [Read more...] about
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Ramona Shelburne: Myles Turner wanted to return to Indiana and run it back after the Finals run, but sources said Pacers offers were well below what Milwaukee came up with here. Indy hasn’t paid luxury tax since 2005. Seems they were prepared to do so to some extent, but not at this level. … [Read more...] about
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Sources say that the Pacers have, however, registered interest in Ayton. Don’t forget that the contract Ayton just terminated through his Blazers buyout was a four-year, $133 offer sheet that he originally signed with Indiana in July 2022 as a Phoenix Suns restricted free agent. … [Read more...] about Pacers have registered interest in Deandre Ayton
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But Indiana was already facing the likelihood next season of playing without Haliburton, who tore his Achilles about seven minutes into Game 7 of the finals, and decided it didn’t want to “overpay” for Turner now, a team source said. The Pacers had signaled a willingness to pay the luxury tax as the offseason neared, but clearly changed that stance in the wake of Haliburton’s … [Read more...] about
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Indiana’s offer to Turner, that source said, never stretched above three years or $20 million per season — well below the deal he struck with the Bucks. Turner’s struggles late in the postseason figured into the equation. He had a hard time against both the New York Knicks in the conference finals and then against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the finals, averaging about 12 … [Read more...] about