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Milwaukee Bucks’ Front Office has had a busy season as the organization reinstates the guard schedule because of the uncertainty about the future of the franchisee Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Shortly after Pacers lost Game 7 in the NBA final to Thunder, Bucks acquired Myles Turner from Indiana. Turner and Bucks reached an agreement on a four -year deal worth $ 107 million, ESPN reported.
Turner spent a decade in Indiana, but NBA’s two-time block-leader seemed to be in a curse in Indianapolis.
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Indiana Pacers Center Myles Turner is shooting a 3-pointer against Oklahoma City Thunder during the third quarter of Game 4 of the 2025 NBA final at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis 13 June 2025. (Kyle Terada/Imag images)
While several reports indicated that Pacers was originally open to working against a lucrative contract extension with Turner, the franchise’s attitude towards program building seemed to change after Tyrese Haliburton wounded an Achilles -Game 7.
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Myles Turner from Indiana Pacers shoots a free throw under Game 4 in the 2025 NBA final against Oklahoma City Thunder 13 June 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Haliburton is expected to be sidelined throughout the 2025-26 season and raise questions about whether Pacers would be able to compete for a championship in the near future.
Turner spoke to journalists in Las Vegas on Saturday when he was officially introduced as a member of Bucks.
Indiana Pacers Guardian Tyrese Haliburton (0) responds with Center Myles Turner (33) after shooting a 3-pointer during the second quarter against New York Knicks in Game 4 in 2025 Eastern Conference Finals in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imag images)
Turner pointed to “adaptation problems” between him and pacers under his explanation of why he decided to leave the only NBA franchise he had ever played for.
“There were customization problems, I think, on that side, you know, as far as I and them,” Turner said. “Just out of respect for their organization, out of respect for this organization, I don’t want to talk too much. But you know, again, this was just the best decision for me to move on and the best fit.”
Turner admitted that it wasn’t easy for him to romp from the team that chose him in the first round of the NBA draft in 2015.
“There were a lot of decisions going into it. It wasn’t easy,” Turner said. “I spent 10 years of my life in a place. I was a teenager when I came to the Indy market and when I just sat back and started evaluating things and just seeing where I was in my career, see where was in my life and what I wanted for myself, I just saw what Bucks put together.
“And I was excited for the opportunity. I had good conversations with DOC [Rivers] and Jon [Horst]And of course my agent and my family too. And I think we just all decided, and in the end I decided this is where I had to be. “
