Myles Turner mentioned his reasoning for leaving the Indiana Pacers to signal with the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, specializing in his objective to play for a aggressive tam.
“For me, finally it was about simply staying aggressive,” Turner mentioned. “Two years in the past, we obtained to the convention finals. Clearly, final 12 months we obtained to the Finals. Being a giant a part of successful basketball simply modified my total perspective on this league. I noticed an opportunity to stay aggressive right here.”
Turner, who averaged 15.6 factors and 6.5 rebounds final season, signed a four-year, $170 million cope with the Bucks.
Turner added that he was excited to play alongside Giannis Antetokoummpo.
“It is a rarity to be alongside him. He is a generational participant, arguably one of many biggest gamers to play this recreation. I am positive we’ll discuss right here within the weeks to return.
“I’ve performed in opposition to Giannis for fairly a while now. Very accustomed to his recreation and what he is able to. I do see a seamless match. He is somebody that is ready to push the ball, get out in transition, create for folks,” mentioned Turner.
Jon Horst then mentioned his imaginative and prescient for the Bucks’ offseason, which included including Turner and waiving-and-stretching Damian Lillard.
“All our offseason planning previous to [acquiring Turner was] desirous about how can we take this crew to the subsequent stage? … You checked out methods by which we might doubtlessly get to that and actually take our crew, retool it, rethink it, modernize our type of play, influence Giannis and his improvement, and his progress as a playmaker with that place on the finish of the season within the playoffs, and it simply was an ideal match.”
The Bucks completed fifth within the Japanese Convention final season and misplaced to the Pacers within the first spherical of the playoffs.
