In the wake of the Indiana Pacers' NBA Finals loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, coach Rick Carlisle calls retaining center Myles Turner the team's "No. 1 priority" in free agency. It appears that the loss of Tyrese Haliburton for most, if not all, of the upcoming 2025–26 season changed the equation for the Pacers front office.

Myles Turner's deal with the Milwaukee Bucks came together in part because the Indiana Pacers didn't feel like the 29-year-old was worth the contract he wanted.

Myles Turner shocked the NBA world by ditching the Indiana Pacers and joining the Milwaukee Bucks on a four-year, $107 million deal. But what makes this signing even wilder is how the Bucks pulled it off by waiving Damian Lillard and stretching his $113 million contract over five years just to create the cap space.