Myles Turner and the Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a four-year, $107 million contract. The deal contains a player option for Year 4 ahead of the 2028-29 season and a full 15 percent trade kicker.
The Bucks created the necessary cap space to sign Turner away from the Indiana Pacers by using the waive-and-strech provision on Damian Lillard.
Turner had been expected to re-sign with the Pacers with the team preparing to go into the luxury tax. However, the Pacers will be without Tyrese Haliburton next season as he recovers from his own Achilles injury. The Pacers suddenly have a massive hole at center that they may need to find a trade to fill.
Jon Horst and CAA Co-Head of Basketball Austin Brown partnered on executing a complex deal to improve their roster around Giannis Antetokounmpo. Turner and Antetokounmpo both valued the opportunity to partner together on the court during the process.
According to Jake Fischer, the Pacers never really exceeded an offer of $60 million over three years to Turner.