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Myles Turner Rumors
Jon Horst on Damian Lillard buyout: We looked at the opportunity to acquire a highly productive, elite free agent, who is in the prime of his career, and who is an incredible fit next to Giannis, as an opportunity for these next two seasons in particular, instead of what would have been Dame on our books at a full salary, as really opportunistic, more than anything.
Jon Horst: The carry for the following three years, there’s no question that if you want to call it an impediment or another hurdle, that’s fine. But we were dealing with a really big hurdle and complication that we had to figure out how to deal with now, and the now matters more than anything. Maximizing Giannis’ prime, our opportunities to win, I feel like that’s our responsibility always. So it was really a now versus future decision. That being said, Myles is an incredible player in the prime of his career for four years. So four of those five years, we have Myles Turner, so it wasn’t like we just did something now and then we have to take four years of risk beyond this year and four years of carry without any production. We have four years, at least, of Myles Turner at elite production while that’s on our books. And there (are) other things that we did, there (are) other moves that we made, other players we’re able to acquire because of this move now that I believe will outweigh the carry of the 20-plus million dollars that we have.
Jon Horst: Have we done enough? We’ve done everything, I’ve done everything within my human possible power this offseason. I feel like our group works our butts off. I’ve got to shout out Dave Dean, Ryan Hoover, Milt Newton, Pat Haneman, Samer Jassar, David Mincberg, and Arjun Mahendroo, the whole group, we do everything we can to get better. We do everything we can to put the next version of this thing out there, to give Doc and Giannis and Bobby and Scoot (Kevin Porter Jr.) and the guys on our team every chance that they can to win every night. And so have we done enough? I don’t know. We’ll find out. Have we done everything that we possibly could? Absolutely. And have we done more than anyone else could possibly do? I believe we have. And that’s not an arrogant thing to say. In a very humble way. I think we’ve done as much or more than anyone else could possibly do, and I’m proud of that.
Rick Carlisle on Myles Turner leaving: 'There was never a chance to counter'
Rick Carlisle: Look—losing Myles Turner is a significant loss for our team. The guy’s been a terrific player. He had a great season. And look, we were talking to them—or talking to them, meaning his agent—about him returning. And really, kind of out of nowhere, Milwaukee decided to waive Damian Lillard and stretch his contract—stretch his money out over whatever number of years you can do it by rule. And then they created space to sign Myles. I think what probably happened—and this is part of negotiation in any sport— A team will say: “Hey, look, we have this offer. It’s this much over this many years, but if we make this offer, we need to know that you’re going to take it and not shop it.” And so, I believe that’s probably what happened with Milwaukee. It was a number. It was a certain number of years. And they just jumped at it, and there was never a chance to counter. So—those things happen. And when they do, you just have to keep going.
Rick Carlisle: I had a nice conversation with Myles the day after. Wished him the very, very best. It was a special relationship that I developed with him over four years. I mean, he played the best he’s ever played. One of the reasons was—he got to play his natural position full-time. And so, that was great for him.
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Myles Turner on leaving Indiana: 'At the end of the day it's not a Cinderella story'
Myles Turner on leaving Indiana: ‘At the end of the day, bro, it's not a Cinderella story, you know what I mean? I think that's what how people are trying to form this and though I think the way I viewed it is I wanted to be thankful, for just the people that rock with me the entire time, my 10-year journey in Indiana, but also let them realize that at this time I didn't made the best decision for my family made the best decision for me and myself going into my prime, and this is how I saw fit. Kyrie Irving: Wait, so there's a better version of Myles Turner? Myles Turner: Absolutely, I'm evolving.
Myles Turner: ‘Free agency is crazy because, you know, you view yourself one way and then you hope that others view you that way as well across the league. But then you might value yourself a certain way and demand a certain amount of number or a certain number. And then the rest of the league, you know, might be cap space or, you know, there's only a mid-level exception. ‘We can only offer you this.’ So, you know, it's a tough world of emotion, to say the least.’
Kyrie Irving: 86% of our marriages fail in the NBA
Kyrie Irving: 86% of our marriages fail in the NBA. That's an insane number. I don't think a lot of people know that number, but 86% of our marriages fail. So, you basically shooting damn near 85%. As soon as you soon as you ask to marry somebody, you basically like, "Yo, this got an 85% chance to fail." Yeah, I obviously focus on the other 15% and 14% of the married couples because there is magic to that, right? It does take a special person. But the reason why I was asking was when you were 18, 19 coming in, you were 19 cuz you were a day apart in terms of March 24th, March 23rd. How was that in terms of your relationship building afterwards? Cuz now you're getting to know tons of people. Now you're Myles Turner known by not just thousands but millions of people. How was relationship building after that? Like figuring out who you are? Myles Turner: I've grown so much. I'm going into my 30s and my 20s, I look back on I have zero regrets. Zero. Because it was all part of my process. But to answer your question, what I would say is that when I first got in the league, everybody's going to bow down. “Oh, you're Myles Turner. You're the sh*t. You're this, this, and that.” You got to you got to figure out who to listen to and who to tune out." Because I think my problem was I listened to everybody. You know, my mind was very impressionable at that age.
Myles Turner: This basketball thing, this money, it's amazing, bro. Like chat, I promise you. Kyrie Irving: Yeah we don’t take it for granted, it’s amazing. Turner: But bro, there is just so much more out there. You are nothing without your health. You're nothing without your wellness. You're nothing about you're nothing without the love that surrounds you. And I think that's something I've internalized. I love nature. I really enjoy hiking and being outdoors. I'm more of a mountains over beach kind of guy.
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Tony East: "There was alignment issues, as far as me and them," Myles Turner says of negotiations with the Pacers when I asked. Wouldn't elaborate beyond that.
Myles Turner posted a long, heartfelt goodbye to Indiana and the Pacers organization on Instagram Thursday night. Below is the entire goodbye in its entirety: 10 years. One jersey. One city. It’s hard to put into words what the past 10 seasons and past 10 years of my life has meant to me… From a teenager out of Bedford, Texas to the MAN and player I am today, Indy has been home through it all. You watched me grow up—on and off the court. Just like you I put my hard hat on clocked in & clocked out every single day… Throughout the years I put my personal pride & ego to the side and sacrificed many parts of myself and my livelihood for the betterment and advancement of this organization. I NEVER took the easy way out, I took the criticism on the chin, bit my tongue to complain and just kept my head down and grinded through it all and in the end… it was ALL so worth it!
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