Indiana Pacers middle Myles Turner is ready 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 must dip into the posh tax to maintain their beginning middle.
Indiana hasn’t been a tax crew since 2005. In all, the Pacers have paid lower than $10 million in tax penalties in crew historical past. To re-sign Turner, whereas protecting the remainder of the crew collectively, Indiana might go greater than $10 million into the tax for subsequent season alone.
In the beginning of the offseason, with Turner an unrestricted free agent and at the least three open roster spots, the Pacers venture to be $14 to $16 million below the tax line. Turner alone ought to command a beginning wage north of $20 to $25 million.