Indiana Pacers middle Myles Turner is about to be one of many higher free brokers obtainable this offseason. If Indiana has their approach, Turner will not be obtainable for lengthy. That is even when the Pacers should dip into the luxurious tax to maintain their beginning middle.
Indiana hasn’t been a tax group since 2005. In all, the Pacers have paid lower than $10 million in tax penalties in group historical past. To re-sign Turner, whereas holding the remainder of the group collectively, Indiana may go greater than $10 million into the tax for subsequent season alone.
At the beginning of the offseason, with Turner an unrestricted free agent and at the very least three open roster spots, the Pacers challenge to be $14 to $16 million beneath the tax line. Turner alone ought to command a beginning wage north of $20 to $25 million.
