Indiana Pacers middle Myles Turner is ready to be one of many higher free brokers obtainable this offseason. If Indiana has their method, Turner will not be obtainable for lengthy. That is even when the Pacers should 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.
At first of the offseason, with Turner an unrestricted free agent and not less than three open roster spots, the Pacers venture to be $14 to $16 million beneath the tax line. Turner alone ought to command a beginning wage north of $20 to $25 million.