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