Bucks' Myles Turner Details Decision To Leave Pacers After Nba Finals Run

The Milwaukee Bucks' beforehand agency has had a engaged offseason arsenic nan statement retools nan roster owed to nan uncertainty astir nan early of franchise subordinate Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Shortly aft nan Pacers mislaid Game 7 of nan NBA Finals to nan Thunder, nan Bucks acquired Myles Turner from Indiana. Turner and nan Bucks reached an statement connected a four-year woody worthy $107 million, ESPN reported.

Turner spent a decade successful Indiana, but nan NBA's two-time blocks leader seemed to beryllium astatine an impasse successful Indianapolis.

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Indiana Pacers halfway Myles Turner shoots a 3-pointer against nan Oklahoma City Thunder during nan 3rd 4th of Game 4 of nan 2025 NBA Finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis June 13, 2025.  (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

While aggregate reports indicated nan Pacers were initially unfastened to moving toward a lucrative statement hold pinch Turner, nan franchise's position connected roster building appeared to alteration aft Tyrese Haliburton's injured an Achilles tendon successful Game 7. 

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Myles Turner of nan Indiana Pacers shoots a free propulsion during Game 4 of nan 2025 NBA Finals against nan Oklahoma City Thunder June 13, 2025, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

Haliburton is expected to beryllium sidelined for nan full 2025-26 season, raising questions astir whether nan Pacers would beryllium successful a position to compete for a title successful nan adjacent future.

Turner said to reporters successful Las Vegas Saturday erstwhile he was officially introduced arsenic a personnel of nan Bucks.

Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) reacts pinch halfway Myles Turner (33) aft shooting a 3-pointer during nan 2nd 4th against nan New York Knicks successful Game 4 of nan 2025 Eastern Conference finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

Turner pointed to "alignment issues" betwixt him and nan Pacers during his mentation of why he decided to time off nan only NBA franchise he had ever played for.

"There were alignment issues, I think, connected that side, you know, arsenic acold arsenic maine and them," Turner said. "Just retired of respect for their organization, retired of respect for this organization, I'm not gonna speak connected that excessively much. But, you know, again, this was conscionable nan champion determination for maine moving guardant and nan champion fit."

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Turner did admit it wasn't easy for him to bolt from nan squad that selected him successful nan first information of nan 2015 NBA Draft.

"There were a batch of decisions that went into it. It wasn't an easy one," Turner said. "I spent 10 years of my life successful 1 place. I was a teen erstwhile I sewage to nan Indy market, and erstwhile I conscionable sat backmost and started to measure things and conscionable spot wherever I was successful my career, spot wherever was successful my life and what I wanted for myself, I conscionable benignant of saw what nan Bucks were putting together. 

"And I was excited astir nan opportunity. I had awesome conversations pinch Doc [Rivers] and Jon [Horst], and evidently my supplier arsenic well, and my family. And I deliberation we conscionable each decided, and, ultimately, I decided that, this is wherever I needed to be."

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